Goshen | |
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| Coordinates: 32°57′39″N97°44′48″W / 32.96083°N 97.74667°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Parker |
| Elevation | 1,079 ft (329 m) |
Goshen is an unincorporated community in Parker County, Texas, United States. [1] The community developed around a Methodist church. [2]
Parker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 148,222. The county seat is Weatherford. The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. It is named for Isaac Parker, a state legislator who introduced the bill that established the county in 1855. Parker later fought in the Texas Brigade.
Limestone County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,146. Its county seat is Groesbeck. The county was created in 1846.
Anderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Located within East Texas, its county seat is Palestine. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of Anderson County was 57,922. Anderson County comprises the Palestine micropolitan statistical area. Anderson County was organized in 1846, and was named after Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805-1845), the last vice president of the Republic of Texas.
Elkhart is a town the U.S. state of Texas, in Anderson County. Named for a friendly Native American who assisted the early settlers of the area, Elkhart's population was 1,287 at the 2020 U.S. census.
Weatherford is a city and the county seat of Parker County, Texas, United States. In 2020, its population was 30,854. Weatherford is named after Thomas J. Weatherford, a State senator and advocate for Texas's secession to the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
Cynthia Ann Parker, Naduah, Narua, or Preloch, was a woman who was captured, aged around nine, by a Comanche band during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, where several of her relatives were killed. She was taken with several of her family members, including her younger brother John Richard Parker. Parker was later adopted into the tribe and had three children with a chief. Twenty-four years later she was relocated and taken captive by Texas Rangers, aged approximately 33, and unwillingly forced to separate from her sons and conform to European-American society. Her Comanche name means "was found" or "someone found" in English.
Oliver Loving was an American rancher and cattle driver. Together with Charles Goodnight, he developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive.
Pleasant Tackitt was a 19th-century politician, pioneer Methodist minister, stockman, teacher, farmer, Indian fighter, and Confederate officer. Tackitt was a key figure in the history of Arkansas and North Texas, including a state representative in the Arkansas General Assembly. Because of his battles with Indians in Texas, Tackitt became known as "the Fighting Parson".
Peaster is an unincorporated community in Parker County, Texas, United States, nine miles (14 km) northwest of Weatherford.
Brock is an incorporated town in Parker County, Texas, United States.
The Weatherford Democrat is a five-day daily newspaper published in Weatherford, Texas, from Tuesday through Saturday. Covering Parker County, Texas, it is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Frederick Garland "Fritz" Lanham was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.
Weatherford College is a public community college in Weatherford, Texas, with branch campuses in nearby Wise County, and Granbury.
Dennis is a city in Parker County, Texas, United States. On May 6, 2017, voters approved incorporation of Dennis. On September 20, 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau notified the Geographic Names Information Service of the upgrade to city status.
Goshen, sometimes called Hutcheson, is an unincorporated area in Walker County, Texas, United States.
Goshen is an unincorporated area and abandoned settlement in Henderson County, Texas, United States. Its location was described as "on Trim Creek eight miles northeast of Eustace in northwestern Henderson County." There is a cemetery there with about 450 graves.
Mary Couts Burnett was a wealthy philanthropist who donated the bulk of her estate to Texas Christian University. The endowment was used to establish the Mary Couts Burnett Library at the university.
Bose Ikard was an African-American cowboy who participated in the pioneering cattle drives on what became known as the Goodnight–Loving Trail, after the American Civil War and through 1869. Aspects of his life inspired the fictional character Joshua Deets, the African-American cowboy in Larry McMurtry's novel Lonesome Dove.
Edward H. Tarrant served the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas. He also served in the Texas House of Representatives during both periods. Tarrant County was named for him.
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