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CALLISBURG,
TEXASCooke County,
North Central Texas
FM 2896 and FM 678
11 Miles NE of Gainesville
Population:
365 (2000) |
Callisburg
Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
First settlement occured sometime before the Civil War. Named for a blacksmith
named Sam Callis, the community had a post office granted in 1873. The population
was 300 in 1883 and the town had most essential businesses. For reasons not known,
the post office closed and the population fell by two-thirds by 1902. Oil was
discovered in the 1920s, but if there was a boom, it was short lived. The population
level stayed between 100 and 200 through the 1970s when it decreased to a mere
68 but by 1988 it reached a high-water mark of 329. | |
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