GOSHEN, TX (PARKER COUNTY)
GOSHEN, TEXAS (Parker County). Goshen, near Walnut Creek in northeastern Parker County, was one of the first church communities established in the county. In the mid-1850s a Methodist community developed there, and in 1854 a Methodist meetinghouse was built and given the biblical name Goshen by Rev. James Pleasant Tackitt. The community did not survive into the twentieth century.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Gustavus Adolphus Holland, History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin (Weatherford, Texas: Herald, 1931; rpt. 1937). Henry Smythe, Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford (St. Louis: Lavat, 1877; rpt., Waco: Morrison, 1973).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
David Minor, "GOSHEN, TX (PARKER COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvg34), accessed May 18, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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