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KAUFMAN,
TEXASKaufman
County Seat, North
Central Texas
Highways 34, 243 and 175
34 Miles E of Dallas
26 Miles NE of Ennis
Population
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.
Kaufman
County Courthouse
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