COPEVILLE, TEXAS

Collin County, Central Texas North

33° 4' 46" N, 96° 24' 56" W (33.079444, -96.415556)

State Hwy 78
Just E of Lavon Lake
6 Miles SW of Farmersville
About 21 Miles SE of McKinney the county seat
35 Miles NE of Dallas
Population: 243 est. (2010) 106 (2000, 1990)

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Copelville TX Gulf Colorado Santa FeRailway Depot

The 1887 Copelville Gulf Colorado Santa Fe Railway Depot
with a sign for segregated waiting room
Vintage photo courtesy Joe Wetzel
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History in a Pecan Shell

Miles Cope, one of the areas original settlers is the town’s namesake.

Originally a mile west of its present location, the community was surveyed and platted in the 1870s.

Copeville received a post office in 1878 and in 1886 the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks a mile east of the community. This resulted in a move of both businesses and residences to the tracks.

By 1915 the population is thought to have reached 300, but by the mid 1920s it had declined to less than 250. During WWII the decline continued – reaching 150 in 1943. From the mid 1980s the population has been given as 106.

Copeville Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Mike Price, November 2007
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Copeville old store
Photo courtesy Mike Price, November 2007

Collin County 1940s map showing Copeville on Gulf Colorado Santa Fe Railroad
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Take a road trip

Copeville, Texas Nearby Towns:
McKinney the county seat
Farmersville
Dallas
See Collin County

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