Elysian Fields, Texas

Elysian Fields is a rural unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas, United States.

The community was originally the site of a Caddo village named Big Springs.

The name of the town is believed to have originated from a dinner conversation in New Orleans in which Capt.

Edward Smith compared its beauty to the Elysian Fields of Greek Mythology in 1817.

The community is now the center of the Elysian Fields Independent School District.