Prairie Point, Texas

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Prairie Point, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Prairie Point
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Prairie Point
Coordinates: 33°29′43″N97°28′28″W / 33.49528°N 97.47444°W / 33.49528; -97.47444
Country United States
State Texas
County Cooke
Elevation
879 ft (268 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 940
GNIS feature ID1382568 [1]

Prairie Point is an unincorporated community in Cooke County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 22 in 2009. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

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History

Prairie Point had a factory, a business, and some scattered homes in 1936. The population was given as 25 from the 1930s to the 1960s. It went up to 30 in 1968. The 1978 county highway map showed a church and scattered houses in the vicinity. The population remained at 30 in 1990, then went down to 22 in 2009. [2]

Geography

Prairie Point is located on Farm to Market Road 922, 20 mi (32 km) southwest of Gainesville near the Montague County line in southwestern Cooke County. [2]

Education

The settlement got its name from a schoolhouse that was constructed in the middle of the 1850s on a hilltop with a view of the surrounding prairie. The school district that resulted from the 1920 school consolidation of Prairie Point and neighboring Rosston was renamed the Ross Point School District and a new facility was constructed halfway between the two towns. It continued to operate in 1936. [2] Today, Prairie Point is served by the Era Independent School District.

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