Prairie Point 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 ...

Cooke County, Texas Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668. The county seat is Gainesville. The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldie ...

, United States. According to the

Handbook of Texas The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...

, the community had a population of 22 in 2009. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

Prairie Point had a factory, a business, and some scattered homes in 1936. From the 1930s to the 1960s, the population was approximately 25, which increased to an estimated 30 in 1968. In 2009, it was 22.

Geography

Prairie Point is located on Farm to Market Road 922, southwest of Gainesville near the Montague County line in southwestern Cooke County.

Education

Today, Prairie Point is served by the

Era Independent School District Era Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Era, Texas (United States). The district is located in southwestern Cooke County and extends into a small portion of northern Denton County. Era ISD has o ...

References

{{Cooke County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Cooke County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas