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KAUFMAN, TEXAS
Kaufman County
Seat, Central
Texas North
32°35'7"N 96°18'28"W (32.585395, -96.307673)
Highways 34, 243 and 175
34 Miles E of Dallas
26 Miles NE of Ennis
Population: 7,788 Est. (2019)
6,703 (2010) 6,490 (2000) 5,238 (1990)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
A brief timeline of significant events in Kaufman's history:
1840: forty families led by Mississippian Dr. William P. King, arrived
and built a fort on a hill. It was called Kings Fort, and
the resulting community that built around it was called Kingsboro.
1846: Henderson
County was established and Kingsboro became part of it.
1848: Land from Henderson
County was used to establish Kaufman
County
1849: postal service began.
1852: Kingsboro becomes the county seat and was renamed for the
county.
1860: the first newspaper is published
1881: The railroad arrives and two years later Kaufman connects
to Dallas.
1884: Kaufman has 1,000 citizens which grows to 2,300 by 1900.
1963: Kaufman is hit by a tornado.
See Kaufman
County Courthouse ›
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The courthouse
(no longer standing) and the courthouse square in 1918
Photo courtesy THC |
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