| Red River City, Texas | |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 33.8029°N -96.5308°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Grayson County |
| Established Date: | 1873 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 165 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | −06:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −05:00 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | , |
In the early 1870s Red River City was a settlement in North Texas, just south of the Red River, which forms the border with the state of Oklahoma. With a population of about 50, it was served by a post office in 1873 and 1874.[1]
In 1873 the Houston and Texas Central Railway line reached Red River City, where it connected with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. This junction formed an all-railroad route from the main cities of Texas to St. Louis, Missouri and the Eastern United States.[2] The railway crossed the Red River nearby over the Colbert Bridge, which was also completed in 1873, but destroyed by flooding that same year.[3] The line reopened with the second Colbert Bridge in 1892, but it too was destroyed by flooding in 1908.[4] The route was changed for the third bridge at Carpenters Bluff, which opened in 1910.[5]
Red River City subsequently became part of Denison, Texas in Grayson County.