King, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 31°22′47″N97°54′53″W / 31.37972°N 97.91472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Coryell |
Elevation | 846 ft (258 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 254 |
GNIS feature ID | 1380030 [1] |
King is an unincorporated community in Coryell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 25 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
Established as Stringtown, the town was granted a postoffice in 1882 under their new name of King. It closed in 1953. [2]
The population was 100 in the 1890s, and twenty-five in the 1940s. It was again reported as 25 in the year 2000. [2]
King is located on Farm to Market Road 1783 on Cowhouse Creek, 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Gatesville in west-central Coryell County. [2]
King had its own school in the mid-1880s. [2] Today, the community is served by the Gatesville Independent School District.