Texas Almanac, 1945-1946 Page: 435
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historic origin, located near
hunting and fishing min county
Area, sq mi. 1,004 Crop
Pop. .. 6,192 Ban
Pop. sq ml.. 6 2 lfg
Tax val ... $5,651,010 Reta
Tot val ... $14,350,000 Aut
Income $3.287,000 Inc.
Paint Rock (800), county
center, wool and mohair con
primary market. Eden (1,60
point for southern part. Mil
(250).
*COOKE COLI OOSSTON
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Gently rolling prairie in
Timber region in east In C
drained by Red River, whi
boundary, and by tributaries
Created from Fannin County 1
named for William G Cooke,
ans Grays," who fought in
Alt. 700-1,100 ft., ann. rainmf
ann temp. 63.9.
Resources: Oil production 4
vary from hlac wav and grCOUNTIES AND CITIES OF TEXAS. 435
county seat. Good *CORYELL COUNTY
Land (a) 86,913 Rolling to hilly
k dep ..$2,086,000 and p a r t I v o ' - . .
, 1939. broken coun- -
al1 sales. $1,548,000 tyokn Central ....
o reg . 1,651 t inEet - "E-..
tax ret 718 /OS
seat, is retail trade LET0 A . w GE
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3) is trade, shipping E -, ET .
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s organized i
Created and i t;,,, - 2 "
}o , 1854 trom Bell
SCounty, named , - PE ,SCOVE
for James Cor -
ell, early-day I
" frontiersman, w h o
S located on Coryell Cieek in 1835 Alt 650-1,100
ft , ann. rainfall 31.12 inm, mean ann temp. 67 5'
82 Wide variety fruit, truck.
Resources: Rich sandy loams in north, fertile
black in bottoms, prairies black Cedars for
* TY posts, oak, elm, ash, pecan Limestone devel-
oped; deposits of glass sand and clay
WOODBIE Crops: Cotton (6,398 bales), corn, oats, pea-
nuts, alfalfa, grain sorghums, wheat, broomcorn.
I. Wide variety fruit, truck
o a Livestock " Chief income from wool, mohair,
S o dairying, but good sales of beef cattle, hogs.
, horses and mules, poultry. Milk depot in Gates-
l ille has increased dairying, as has amp Hood
VALLEY VIEW ~ Estimated 22 per cent county's area used for
Swear purposes, including 5,000 acres of Bluebonnet
" Ordnance and a part of Camp Hood (138.000
acres). Mother Neff State Park in the county,
o as are ruins of old Fort Gates, early defense post
Area, sq.mi. 1,043 Croplandl (a) 181,241
o z + e s o Pop . ... 20,226 Bank dep . $6,111,000
MMES Pop. sq ml.. 19 4 Mfg , 1939 . $2b9,831
est, sander Cross Tax val ... 88,153 848 Retail sales. $4,625,000
vest, sander Cross Tot. val.... $18,400,000 Auto reg . 5,001
entral North Texas, Income . $10 002.000 Inc tax ret 901
ch forms northern Gatesvllle (4,500), county seat, principal retail
of Trinity River and trading center, home of State Training School
848, organized 149, for Boys Copperas Cove (356), Oglesby (550),
captain "New Orle- Coryell (175), Pldcoke (200), The Grove (150).
Texas Revolution. *COTTLE COUNTY
all 35.55 min., mean
,068,409 bbls. Soils E LAZAREI
y loam on uplandslighter loams in Cross Timbers to deep red min Red
River Valley. Post oak, pecan, walnut, hickory,
willow, some blackjack. Other minerals natural
gas, asphalt, brick and tile clay, molder's sand,
imestone silica sand.
Crops: One of best-diversified grain counties
in Texas. Oats (1,295,073 bu.), barley (214,513
bu.), corn (465,671 bu.), wheat (667.332 bu.).
Cotton (6,328 bales), other feedstuffs raised.
Commercial truck crops tomatoes, cantaloupes,
sweet potatoes, cucumbers. Flax is new crop.
Soil conservation followed.
Livestock: Beef cattle, hogs, sheep, mules,
horses, dairying, poultry. Milk production in 1939
more than 4,000,000 gals., eggs sold 1,134,000 doz.
Turkeys shipped annually.
Fine fishing, three od lakes. Excellent hunt-
ing in season Old California and Chisholm Trails
passed through the county.
Area, sq.mi. 909 Cropland (a) 178,919
Pop. . 24,909 Bank dep .. $9,394,000
Pop. sq mi.. 27 4 Mfg., 1939 . $1,670,078
Tax val ... $20,441,200 Retail sales. $8,109,000
Tot. val ... $33.400.000 Auto reg. . 7,387
Income $16,281,000 Inc. tax ret. 1,853
Galnesville (12,500) county seat, known as
"City of 100,000 Trees " Has oil refinery, flour
mill, flower farms, cottonseed oil mill, cotton
gins, compress, garment factory. Home of famous
Community Circus (suspended for duration of
war) and 30-acre park for all-year performances
and museum planned after war. Population, busi-
ness increased by near-by Camp Howze. State
Training School for Girls located here. Muenster
(599), located in productive grain area, has cheese
plant, flour mill, oil refinery. Valley View (700).o 2 4 6 610
MILES
Rolling Northwest Texas county below Great
Plains, broken by forks of Pease, Tongue and
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