Mound, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
31°21′7″N 97°38′15″W / 31.35194°N 97.63750°W / 31.35194; -97.6375076558
Mound is an unincorporated community in Coryell County, Texas, United States. Its elevation is 692 feet (211 m).[1] Although Mound is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76558.[2]
Mound was settled early in the 1850s, before most other communities in Coryell County; despite this, it did not receive a railroad line until 1882 or a post office until 1884. Although Mound was long a center of education (it was named for the local White Mound School), in 1971 its schools were merged into the Gatesville Independent School District. Today, FM 1829 passes through Mound.[3]
As of 2020, the population of Mound was 174.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mound, Texas
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth (June 15, 2010). "Mound, TX". Handbook of Texas (online ed.). Texas State Historical Association.
External links
2020 Census Results For Mound, Tx
- https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Mound%20CDP,%20Texas
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Municipalities and communities of Coryell County, Texas, United States
County seat: Gatesville
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- Fort Cavazos‡
- Mound
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