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History in
a Pecan Shell
The
town was given its name by Frank Liedke, a Civil War veteran, who
moved to the area in 1867 and named the town after his hometown in
Germany. After the Civil War Coesfield had a number of residents who
were veterans that had moved to the area to farm.
A post office opened there in 1883, and the town's population grew
from twenty-five in 1884 to 150 in 1890. Its post office closed in
1906, and by 1933 the population of Coesfield had declined to eighty-one.
By the mid-1980s only a few residents remained. |
1907 postal
map showing Coesfield in NE Cooke
County
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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