Coldwater is a

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Sherman County, Texas Sherman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,782. Its county seat is Stratford. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1889. It is named for Sidney Sherman, who fought in ...

. It was the county seat from 1889 to 1901.

History

The town was founded on a ranch owned by William B. Slaughter, son of

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. According to the

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, "By 1891 a hotel, a courthouse, a jail, and a mercantile store had been erected." Two years later, in 1893, a newspaper called the ''Sherman County Banner'' was started by Charles Randolph and George Loomis. The post office closed down in 1907. A brickhouse on the ranch was still used as a church until 1940. Coldwater is now the location of the Coldwater gas field.

References

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