Gouldbusk, Texas Explained

Official Name:Gouldbusk, Texas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:Gouldbusk
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Coleman
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1,513
Coordinates:31.555°N -99.4767°W
Postal Code:76845
Area Code:325
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1358215

Gouldbusk is an unincorporated community in Coleman County, Texas, United States. 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.

Although it is unincorporated, Gouldbusk has a post office with the ZIP code 76845.[1]

Geography

Gouldbusk is located 6miles west of Farm to Market Road 1026 and 20miles south of Coleman in south-central Coleman County.[2]

Education

Gouldbusk is served by the Panther Creek Consolidated Independent School District.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  2. Web site: Gouldbusk, Texas . Texas Escapes Online Magazine . 2024-06-13.
  3. Web site: Shirla Jean Rathjen Howard . 2018-06-12.