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Cooke County Library
The Cooke County Library is a public library serving the population of Cooke County, Texas. The library is located in Gainesville, Texas. Founding (1903) The first city library in Gainesville, Texas was located in a building known as the Joe Townsley building on North Dixon Street in 1903. The XLI Club added the first collection of 400 books and it was run by Sue McKemie, she was a volunteer that offered to keep the library open one day a week. The library's popularity grew and its hours were extended to each afternoon with a growing list of volunteers. This early library was known as the XLI Club Subscription Library. In 1907 the Gainesville city council allowed two rooms on the second floor to be used inside city hall as the library. Once established on the second floor the first paid librarian was Gertha Lockard. Pioneer county librarian Lillian Gunter raised funds alongside the XLI Club for a Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Foundation library between the years 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 soldier during the Texas Revolution. It is a part of the Texoma region. Cooke County comprises the Gainesville, TX micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas– Fort Worth, TX- OK combined statistical area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which (2.6%) are covered by water. Major highways * Interstate 35/U.S. Highway 77 * U.S. Highway 82 * Farm to Market Road 51 Adjacent counties * Love County, Oklahoma (north) * Grayson County (east) * Denton County (south) * Wise County (southwest) * Montague County (west) Demographics ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |