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KAUFMAN,
TEXASKaufman
County Seat, North
Central Texas
Highways 34, 243 and 175
34 Miles E of Dallas
26 Miles NE of Ennis
Population
6,490(2000) 5,238 (1990)
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| History in
a Pecan Shell
A brief timeline of significant events in Kaufman's
history:
1840: forty families led by Mississippian Dr. William P. King,
arrived and built a fort on a hill. It was called Kings Fort, and the resulting
community that built around it was called Kingsboro.
1846: Henderson
County was established and Kingsboro became part of it.
1848: Land from Henderson
County was used to establish Kaufman County
1849: postal service began.
1852: Kingsboro becomes the county seat and was renamed for the county.
1860:
the first newspaper is published
1881: The railroad arrives and two years
later Kaufman connects to Dallas.
1884: Kaufman has 1,000 citizens which grows
to 2,300 by 1900.
1963: Kaufman is hit by a tornado.
Kaufman
County Courthouse
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