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SIVELLS
BEND, TEXASCooke County,
North Central Texas
FM 1201
4 miles South of the Red River
20 miles NW of Gainesville
88 miles NW of Dallas
85 miles NW of Fort
Worth
Population: 100 (1990)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The Sivells Brothers, Simon and Bill, are the namesakes of this town.
Around 1850 they built a store, but abandoned it due to Indian misbehavior.
The community was reestablished nine years later. The next formative
occurrence was when a branch of the Chisholm Trail came through
in the late 1860s.
The town billeted a company of Confederate soldiers during the Civil
War and a post office was granted in 1872 - and was cancelled 101
years later.
In 1882 the population reached 100 - the same as the 1990 census.
The low level mark was in the 1940s when only 40 people lived in the
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