Cool, TX

By: John Leffler

Type: General Entry

Published: June 1, 1995

Cool is a small incorporated town on U.S. Highway 180 eleven miles west of Weatherford in western Parker County. Cool was incorporated after 1960 and was first shown on county maps in the mid-1960s. By 1969 it had an estimated population of 506. In 1970 the census reported only 21 people living in Cool, but by 1978 its population was estimated at 253. The census reported 202 people in Cool in 1980 and 214 in 1990. The population dropped to 162 in 2000.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

John Leffler, “Cool, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 27, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cool-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: June 1, 1995

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2020-2021

Texas Almanac 2022–2023


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Cool
Currently Exists: Yes
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 2410220
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: Yes
Belongs to: Parker County
Coordinates: Latitude: 32.80005880°

Longitude: -98.01118000°
Population Counts: People Year

216 1990

162 2000

157 2010

185 2019

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