David Crockett discovered the area of Honey Grove when he camped there on his way to join the Texas Army at San Antonio in 1836.

Crockett sent many letters back to Tennessee, telling of an area with an abundance of honey-filled trees, hence the town's name.

B. S. Walcott contributed much to the town's development, by planning the city's landscape and later on by selling building lots.

Samuel Erwin and Davy Crockett, old friends from Kentucky, were instrumental in the founding of Honey Grove.

First settler in the Honey Grove area, Erwin arrived here in 1837 and surveyed land grants for other pioneers.

The monument reads in part that Crockett traveled by riverboat, horseback, and on foot, entering Texas along the Red River, camping at a site half a mile northeast of today's park, where he found wild bees and honey in hollow trees, and called the campsite a "honey grove".

In 2007, Honey Grove was also a temporary filming location for an episode of One Tree Hill, in which the local high school won a contest the CW and Sunkist promoted.

Mark Schwahn, the creator of One Tree Hill, ultimately chose Honey Grove High School as the winner.

The cast from One Tree Hill, who filmed with Honey Grove High School, included Chad Michael Murray, Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton, James Lafferty, and Bethany Joy Lenz.

Honey Grove is a type A, general law municipality whose government consists of a mayor and five aldermen.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.