Cove Springs is a small
unincorporated community in northwest
Cherokee County,
Texas (
USA). According to the
Handbook of Texas
The ''Handbook of Texas'' is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA).
History
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, the community had a population of 40 in 2000. It is located within the
Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.
History
The area in what is known as Cove Springs today was first settled in the 1850s. It was given the name Cove Springs for a
hot spring on the
Neches Saline Road Neches may refer to:
*Neches River, a river in Texas
*Neches, Texas
Neches is an unincorporated community in east central Anderson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 175 in ...
, which was a stopping point for travelers. A Methodist Church was established at the turn of the century and a Baptist church was established in 1932. It had both churches, several businesses, and several scattered houses after
World War II. People left after the war ended, but it still had two churches and a few businesses in the early 1990s. Its population was 40 in 2000.
Geography
Cove Springs is located along
U.S. Highway 175, northwest of
Rusk in northwestern Cherokee County.
Education
Cove Springs had its own school in 1896 and had 23 students enrolled.
The area is now part of the
Jacksonville Independent School District.
Government
The
Earle's Chapel Volunteer Fire Department's Station #2 is located in Cove Springs; it serves Cove Springs and the surrounding area.
"Contact Us"
earleschapelvfd.org. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
References
Unincorporated communities in Cherokee County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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