Coesfield, Texas | |
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  Coesfield Location in Texas | |
| Coordinates: 33°49′06″N97°01′55″W / 33.8184368°N 97.0319539°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Cooke |
| Named for | Coesfeld |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| USGS Feature ID | 1379567 |
Coesfield is a ghost town in Cooke County, Texas, United States. [1]
Coesfield is situated on the Red River. It was named by resident American Civil War veteran Frank Liedke, who named it after his hometown Coesfeld. A post office was estsblished in 1883, and remained in operation until 1906. By the mid-1980s, the population was down to a few residents. [2] [3]
Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. Its county seat is Decatur. Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area. Its Wise Eyes crime-watch program, eventually adopted by mostly rural counties in several states, was started in 1993 by then-Sheriff Phil Ryan.
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Loving County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. With a population at 64 during the 2020 census, it is the least populous county in the United States with a permanent population. Its county seat and only community is Mentone. The county was originally created in 1887, and after being disorganized in 1897, was reorganized in 1931.
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Grayson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,543. The county seat is Sherman. The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. Grayson County is included in the Sherman-Denison metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, combined statistical area. Located on the state's border with Oklahoma, it is part of the Texoma region, with proximity to Lake Texoma and the Red River.
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Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668. The county seat is Gainesville. The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. It is a part of the Texoma region.
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Callisburg is a city in Cooke County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 321 at the 2020 census, down from 353 at the 2010 census.
Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. Its population was 17,394 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Texoma region and is an important Agri-business center.
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The Great Hanging at Gainesville was the execution by hanging of 41 suspected Unionists in Gainesville, Texas, in October 1862 during the American Civil War. Confederate troops shot two additional suspects trying to escape. Confederate troops captured and arrested some 150–200 men in and near Cooke County at a time when numerous North Texas citizens opposed the new law on conscription. Many suspects were tried by a "Citizens' Court" organized by a Confederate military officer. It made up its own rules for conviction and had no status under state law. Although only 11% of county households enslaved people, seven of the 12 men on the jury were enslavers.
Custer City, formerly Centennial City, is a ghost town in Cooke County, Texas, United States.
Bloomfield is a ghost town in Cooke County, Texas, United States.
Hemming is a ghost town in Cooke County, Texas, United States.
Freemound is a ghost town in Cooke County, Texas, United States. A post office in operation from 1894 to 1907. In the 1940s, there were ten people.
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