Horseshoe Bend

Coesfield is near Horseshoe Bend on the Red River, fifteen miles northeast of Gainesville in Cooke County. The town was given its name by Frank Liedke, a Civil War veteran, who moved to the area in 1867 and named the town after his hometown in Germany. After the Civil War Coesfield had a number of residents who were veterans that had moved to the area to farm. A post office opened there in 1883, and the town's population grew from twenty-five in 1884 to 150 in 1890. Its post office closed in 1906, and by 1933 the population of Coesfield had declined to eighty-one. By the mid-1980s only a few residents remained there.

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Robert Wayne McDaniel | © TSHA

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Horseshoe Bend is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Horseshoe Bend is classified as a Town

Associated Names

  • [Horse Shoe Bend]
  • (Coesfield)

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No