Cooke County Texas – Courthouse and Other Interesting places

Cooke County Courthouse 1911 Gainesville, Texas

Cooke County – Introduction

Cooke County Texas is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. The county is located in North Texas along the Red river bordering Oklahoma in the north. Interstate Highway 35 Crosses the Red River into Oklahoma just north of the county seat Gainesville, Texas.

Pictures of the older County Courthouses

None Found to Date

Pictures of the 1911 Cooke County Courthouse

Cooke County Courthouse 1911 Gainesville, Texas

Cooke County Courthouse Center Skylight Gainesville Texas

Cooke County Courthouse 1911 Cornerstone Gainesville Texas

Cities and Towns

*Gainesville – County Seat
Callisburg
Lindsay
Muenster
Valley View
Oak Ridge

Other Cooke County Attractions

Cooke County Centennial Marker – Plaque was stolen in 2008, not sure if it was ever recovered – Created March 20, 1848. Organized March 10, 1849. Named in honor of William G. Cooke 1808-1847. Captain of the “New Orleans Greys,” 1835; Assistant Inspector General at San Jacinto, 1836; member of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841; Secretary of War and Marine, 1845; Adjutant General, 1846-1847; County Seat, Gainesville. 1964
Butterfield Overland Stage Line Centennial Marker – There is a second massive pink granite centennial marker dedicated to the stage line that ran through Cooke County in the 1800s – Gainesville was a station on the Southern Overland Mail Line (Butterfield Route), which provided semi weekly mail and stage service between St. Louis and San Francisco, 1858-1861. The line was 2795 miles long one of the longest stage transportation routes ever established.
Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Depot, Gainesville
St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Gainesville
State Theater Gainesville
Leonard Park, Gainesville
Medal of Honor Park, Gainesville