Gouldbusk, Texas | |
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| Coordinates:31°33′18″N99°28′36″W / 31.55500°N 99.47667°W /31.55500; -99.47667 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Coleman |
| Elevation | 1,513 ft (461 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 76845 |
| Area code | 325 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1358215[1] |
Gouldbusk is anunincorporated community inColeman County, Texas, United States.[1] According to theHandbook of Texas, the community had a population of 70 in 2000.
The community was named forEnglish settler William Gould-Busk, who bought the Starkweather ranch about 1886. It soon grew when the land around the area was sold for more farms in 1903. It then became a shipping port forcotton and had a post office. Alongside the post office, the community also had acotton gin, six businesses, and 150 inhabitants in 1940, which then plunged to 70 in 1980, afterWorld War II. The population remained at that level in 2000.[2]
Although it is unincorporated, Gouldbusk has a post office with the ZIP code 76845.[3]
Gouldbusk is located 6 mi (9.7 km) west ofFarm to Market Road 1026 and 20 mi (32 km) south ofColeman in south-central Coleman County.[4]
Gouldbusk is served by thePanther Creek Consolidated Independent School District.
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