Gafford 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
Hopkins County,
Texas
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, United States.
It is also known as Gafford (or Gafford's) Chapel. It was named for Thomas Mayfield Gafford (1849-1927), who deeded land for a church there in 1881. The Gafford Chapel Cemetery is the burial place of many of the pioneers of Hopkins County.
The coordinates of Gafford are 33.165 N, 95.695 W. It is located just off State Highway 11, a few miles northwest of
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Unincorporated communities in Texas
Unincorporated communities in Hopkins County, Texas
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