Freemound

Freemound is just east of the Cooke-Montague county line and eighteen miles southwest of Gainesville in southwestern Cooke County. The community had a post office from 1894 through 1907. Ten people reportedly lived in Freemound during the 1940s, when highway maps showed a few scattered residences and one empty business building at the site. In the 1960s there were a number of scattered dwellings in the area, and in 1990 Freemound remained a small farming community.

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Belongs to

Freemound is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Freemound is classified as a Town

Associated Names

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Location

Latitude: 33.56066390
Longitude: -97.47641300

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No