Gouldbusk, Texas

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Gouldbusk, Texas
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Gouldbusk
Coordinates: 31°33′18″N99°28′36″W / 31.55500°N 99.47667°W / 31.55500; -99.47667
Country United States
State Texas
County Coleman
Elevation
1,513 ft (461 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 325
GNIS feature ID1358215 [1]

Gouldbusk is an unincorporated community in Coleman County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 70 in 2000.

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History

The community was named for English settler William Gould-Busk, who bought the Starkweather ranch about 1886. It soon grew when the land around the area was sold for more farms in 1903. It then became a shipping port for cotton and had a post office. Alongside the post office, the community also had a cotton gin, six businesses, and 150 inhabitants in 1940, which then plunged to 70 in 1980, after World War II. The population remained at that level in 2000. [2]

Although it is unincorporated, Gouldbusk has a post office with the ZIP code 76845. [3]

Geography

Gouldbusk is located 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Farm to Market Road 1026 and 20 mi (32 km) south of Coleman in south-central Coleman County. [4]

Education

Gouldbusk is served by the Panther Creek Consolidated Independent School District.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gouldbusk, Texas
  2. Gouldbusk, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  4. "Gouldbusk, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  5. "Shirla Jean Rathjen Howard" . Retrieved June 12, 2018.