GODLEY, TEXAS

Johnson County, Central Texas North

32°26'54"N 97°31'46"W (32.448427, -97.529520)

State Highway 171, FM 2331 and FM 917
11 Miles NW of Cleburne the county seat
8 Miles SE of Cresson
30 Miles SW of Fort Worth
Population: 1,228 Est. (2018)
1,009 (2010) 879 (2000) 569 (1990)

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Texas Shaped Sign
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2013

History in a Pecan Shell

The town was established in 1886. The namesake was R. B. Godley, a Cleburne businessman who donated the right-of-way to the railroad (The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe).

Godley also donated 20 acres for the townsite. A station was built that same year (1886) and a post office opened in 1888.

Early population figures aren’t available but in the mid 1920s, there were 613 residents, which declined to 378 during the Great Depression. The 1940s saw continuing decline and it bottomed out at 317. By the 1950s it had rebounded to 424.

The 1990 census counted 569 residents which grew to 879 by 2000.

Godley IOOF Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2013
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Oil Well Sign
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Entering Godley City Limit | Leaving Cresson
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, August 2013
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1907 Johnson County map showing Godley & Cresson
near Hood / Johnson County line
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Central Texas North

Godley, Texas Nearby Towns:
Cleburne the county seat
SW of Fort Worth
See Johnson County

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