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GOOSENECK,
TEXAS
A Ghost Community
Young County, Texas Panhandle / North Central Texas
5 Miles S of Graham off FM
1287
About 37 miles NW of Mineral
Wells
Population: 0
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The community
which was once known as Honey Bend now exists only as a cemetery.
The town was settled by the 1880s and the name comes from a prominent
twist in the Brazos River - an Oxbow lake in-the-making.
The community at its peak was hardly more than a school and church,
but they did manage to form a cemetery association in 1932 to maintain
the original graveyard.
James James, sometimes known as "Double Jimmy" was a local celebrity
and 1812 War Veteran who is interred in the Gooseneck Cemetery.
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