Gouldbusk, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
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Gouldbusk is an unincorporated community in Coleman County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 70 in 2000.
Gouldbusk, Texas | |
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  Gouldbusk Location within Texas  Gouldbusk Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 31°33′18″N 99°28′36″W | |
| 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] |
History
The community was named for English 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 for cotton and had a post office. Alongside the post office, the community also had a cotton gin, six businesses, and 150 inhabitants in 1940, which then plunged to 70 in 1980, after World 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]
Geography
Gouldbusk is located 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Farm to Market Road 1026 and 20 mi (32 km) south of Coleman in south-central Coleman County.[4]
Education
Gouldbusk is served by the Panther Creek Consolidated Independent School District.
Notable people
- Shirla Jean Rathjen Howard, wife of former Missouri politician Jerry Thomas Howard, is from Gouldbusk.[5]