Gouldbusk, Texas

Gouldbusk, Texas
Unincorporated community
Gouldbusk is located in Texas
Gouldbusk
Gouldbusk
Gouldbusk is located in the United States
Gouldbusk
Gouldbusk
Coordinates: 31°33′18″N 99°28′36″W / 31.55500°N 99.47667°W / 31.55500; -99.47667
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyColeman
Elevation
1,513 ft (461 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code325
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.

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. ^ a b 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 2024-06-13.
  5. ^ "Shirla Jean Rathjen Howard". Retrieved 2018-06-12.


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