In 2006, an expansion project at Crosby Park added one of the three regulation-size soccer fields and the youth-size soccer field. During this expansion project, a flood water detention basin that serves as a soccer practice field in dry conditions was also added. In 2008, construction of a new concession stand with rest rooms and two picnic pavilions will be completed. The concession stand will serve the new football and soccer fields that were part of the 2006 expansion project. Another new amenity to be added at Crosby Park in 2008 is a 2,100' paved walking trail around the new soccer and football fields.

For more information, please call the Parks Reservation Office at (281) 353-4196.

Crosby Community Center is located across from Crosby Park, and meetings rooms are available for private functions. Please call (281) 462-0543, for more information or to make reservations. 

Future Expansion at Crosby Park

Improvements completed and underway at Crosby Park
Commissioner Jerry Eversole hosted a groundbreaking event June 6, 2007 for the second phase of construction at Crosby Park. The new construction will add two new pavilions and a concession/rest room structure for the football and soccer leagues.

At this groundbreaking, Commissioner Eversole also cut the ribbon on the first phase of construction that began June 2006 and included two lighted parking lots with 96 parking spaces, one regulation-size and one youth-size soccer field, two lighted football fields, electrical infrastructure, and a detention pond with pilot channels that doubles as a soccer practice field in dry conditions.

A piece of history at Crosby Park

This caboose serves as a historical piece of the town once known as Lick Skillet, Texas, established in 1823. Legend says, "East Texas oxen team drivers sipped the spring sweet waters and licked their plates clean (from the vast number of wild game)." In 1861, the Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad & Lumber Company (SGBR&L) "brought the world to town." As the tracks were being laid, the town was renamed in honor of C. J. Crosby, a railroad construction engineer. SGBR&L was later acquired by Southern Pacific Railroad.

The caboose was classified as a SP (Southern Pacific) 1017-C40-1 and commissioned in 1963 or 1964. On July 19, 1979, after the series was retired, the caboose was donated to Precinct 4, and Commissioners Court approved payment to Magnolia Transportation Company to move the caboose to Crosby Park.