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Hood County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,598. Its county seat is Granbury. The county is named for John Bell Hood, a Confederate lieutenant general and the commander of Hood's Texas Brigade.
Erath County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the United States Census bureau its population was 42,545 in 2020. The county seat is Stephenville. The county is named for George Bernard Erath, an early surveyor and a soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Eastland County is a county located in central West Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17,725. The county seat is Eastland. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1873. It is named for William Mosby Eastland, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and the only officer to die as a result of the "Black Bean executions" of the Mier Expedition.
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Palo Pinto is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community and county seat in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census with a population of 333.
Paluxy is an unincorporated community in Hood County, Texas, United States.
Bluff Dale Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Bluff Dale, Texas.
Bluff Dale is an unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States.
Morgan Mill is an unincorporated community on U.S. Route 281 in northeastern Erath County, Texas, United States. It had a population of approximately 206 in 1990.
Lingleville is an unincorporated community and is located in Erath County, Texas, United States. Lingleville is located at the intersection of Fms 8 and 219, ten miles west of Stephenville, in west central Erath County.
Caddo is an unincorporated community in Stephens County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 40 in 2000. Caddo has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76429.
Alexander is an unincorporated community located in southern Erath County in Central Texas, United States. Alexander is located in the southern part of the county, along Texas State Highway 6 and Fm-914. The town was originally called: "Harper's Mill" when the Post Office was approved for operation around the 1870s. The name was changed in the 1880s, when the Texas Central line, part of the historic Katy Railroad, was built from east to west through the townsite on its way from the Waco area to Stamford, with a branch to Cross Plains from the line at De Leon. In 1907, the Stephenville North and South Texas Railway, part of the Cotton Belt Route, was constructed from north to south and intersected with the Katy's line in Alexander. This made the town an important community for business in the area. The Cotton Belt Route ran from Stephenville through to nearby Carlton. On October 17, 1934, the Cotton Belt Route was abandoned from Stephenville to Hamilton. The Katy Railroad remained through Alexander until its abandonment in the late 1960s. The Alexander post office closed in 1970 and the population remained at a steady 40 from the 1970s through 2000.
Purves is an unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States. Purves is located in the southwestern part of the county, along Fm-219 South, seven miles south of the City of Dublin.
Edna Hill is an unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States, located in the extreme southwestern corner of the county along Fm-1702, approximately nine miles south of the City of Dublin in Central Texas. The first settlers of the area arrived around the 1850s. In the early 1900s, a school was opened in the community and from 1935 to 1940 Edna Hill consisted of the school, numerous homes, and two churches. In the last half of the 1940s, the Edna Hill School District consolidated with Dublin Schools. In the 1960s, Edna Hill's population was around 32, a figure which it remained steady from the late 1970s through the 2000s.
Clairette is an unincorporated community located in Erath County in Central Texas, United States. Clairette is situated in the southern part of the county along Texas State Highway 6 and the Bosque River, five miles northwest of Hico, and 16 miles to the east of Dublin. Clairette was founded during the 1880s when the Texas Central line, part of the historic Katy Railroad, was constructed through the townsite on its way from the Waco area to Stamford, with a branch to Cross Plains from the line at De Leon. The Katy abandoned the line through Clairette in the late 1960s. Clairette was named after a now defunct brand of soap that was popular at the time. At its peak, Clairette had a population of around 300 however, from the 1970s through the 2000s Clairette's population remained at a steady 60. Clairette declined due to the removal of the railroad but also the construction of nearby US Highway 281 and the improvement of Texas State Highway 6, which allowed for easier commuting to larger nearby areas.
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