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History
in a Pecan Shell
The town was given its name by Frank Liedke, a Civil War veteran, who moved to
the area in 1867 and named the town after his hometown in Germany. After the Civil
War Coesfield had a number of residents who were veterans that had moved to the
area to farm.
A post office opened there in 1883, and the town's population
grew from twenty-five in 1884 to 150 in 1890. Its post office closed in 1906,
and by 1933 the population of Coesfield had declined to eighty-one. By the mid-1980s
only a few residents remained. |
1907
Cooke County Postal Map showing Coesfield
(Above
"E" in "COOKE")
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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