McCoy

McCoy is on Farm Road 429 five miles northeast of Terrell in northeast Kaufman County. It was probably established during the 1880s and has served as a school and church community for area farmers. In 1885 a post office branch was opened. In 1896 it had 200 residents, six businesses, three churches, and a school. In 1903 postal service to the community ended. Over the next four decades the population gradually declined. By the middle of the Great Depression years McCoy had sixty-two residents; in the 1950s the population had stabilized at twenty, where it remained in 1990.

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David Minor | © TSHA

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Belongs to

McCoy is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

Yes

Place type

McCoy is classified as a Town

Associated Names

  • (Lotta)
  • (Persimmon Grove)

Location

Latitude: 32.82373610
Longitude: -96.10747250

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No

Population Count, 2009

20