GLEN COVE, TX
GLEN COVE, TEXAS. Glen Cove, on Hords Creek and Farm Road 53 in west central Coleman County, was named for a rancher called Glen who drove cattle from Waco to the area for winter grazing. The town remained a small ranching center. In 1940 it had a church, three businesses, and seventy-five residents. By 1980 its population was reported as forty, and it continued to be reported at that level through 2000.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Leona Bruce, They Came in Peace to Coleman County (Fort Worth: Branch-Smith, 1970).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Beatrice Grady Gay, "GLEN COVE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hng11), accessed May 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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