Cuthand is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Red River County, Texas
Red River County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,587. Its county seat is Clarksville. The county was created in 1835 and organized in 1837. It is named for the Red River, which forms its ...
, United States.
History
A
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
called Cuthand was established in 1867, and remained in operation until 1953. According to tradition, the name derives from a pioneer incident in which an Indian injured his hand.
References
Unincorporated communities in Red River County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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