cooper texas city county seat state texas located north south cooper largest settlement cooper population inhabited native people cooper founded time established cooper grew rapidly quickly center local events city economy relied primarily agricultural farming shipping local goods railroad line built city assisting cooper growth city continued grow 1910s early 1920s region cotton crop failed devastating local economy businesses forced close including railroad city population cooper began recover mid-1930s people left return city fully recovered local economy continued rely growing cotton main economy 1960s began shift wheat growing early 1970s population cooper slow decline 1970s cooper currently sites listed national_register_of_historic_places city economy relies largely agriculture cooper located eastern edge dallas large county metropolitan area populated country history establishment inhabitants area site cooper indians settled large portions eastern texas early highly advanced living large wooden structures skilled farmers european visit area french explorer discovered area decades later european disease attacks neighboring tribes attacks european settlers forced area cooper delaware tribes settled area officially recognized region cooper formed absorbing cooper area years later region designated newly formed civil war region site cooper began grow develop people nearby texas grew tired poor road conditions connected region people area petitioned state government create new county located north south july years debating state texas granted request new county shortly settlements built cooper town established community named chairman boundaries helped establish new county cooper selected seat county named triangular shape establishment cooper grew rapidly established post office built community cooper incorporated town held government elections year cooper constructed county courthouse town main market center cooper population ran cooper chartered railroad helped promote rapid growth town cooper population passed people contained churches school businesses including bank hotel town weekly newspapers cooper continued grow early 1900s especially area agriculture early 1890s farms number value number cash crops nearly region produced chickens pigs yearly cooper continued grow 1920s bank rebuilt region crops continued cooper reported largest population hit great depression early late community cotton crop failed forcing residents withdraw savings bank forced close time reopened months later region economy families moved away cooper early 1930s bank forced close failed hurting cooper economy new deal program offered relief cooper demolished courthouse cooper replaced new cost equivalent respectively stability economy cooper population remained low 1950s returned people population declined 1980s continued slowly decline cooper roughly businesses 1970s 1980s work begun filling lake began september year lake open recreation time cooper reported having businesses population population dropped people geography climate cooper county seat populated city according statistics city total area square miles km2 square miles km2 land square miles km2 covered water cooper located elevation feet miles north north south located miles northeast dallas miles west bypasses cooper north business splits passes center city begins western edge cooper passes center city intersecting near county courthouse farm market road enters western portion cooper terminating state highway nearby highways include cooper located texas region flat tall grass prairie ecosystem covers large portion north central texas region elevation rarely differs feet feet area geology consists mainly deep clay clay mixed dark colored county known high quality ideal crop growing climate classification cooper zone warm wet summers humid subtropical climate average temperature cooper january july highest recorded temperature lowest recorded temperature average month october average month january average hottest month august demographics census population cooper people families residing households spread housing units city total showed increase racial makeup town white african american native american asian races race population households children age living married couples living female husband present families households individuals living years age older average household size average family size age distribution older median age years median income household town median income family employed males median income versus employed females capita income city census residents self identified variety ethnic major categories reflect settlers early mid-19th century people american descent population city followed irish english german russian french scottish french dutch norwegian slavic palestinian austrian welsh polish italian rounding persons economy cooper economy relied heavily agricultural farming founding 1950s especially growing cash crops cotton corn crops grown acres farmland county produced large quantities livestock cows grazing land near cooper logging industry began grow region mills constructed producing furniture lumber built line county shipping crops lumber major business cooper early 1890s livestock industry struggled number raised dropping half previous decade agricultural business number farms area cooper increasing value farms doubled equivalent respectively production cotton industry began boom city limits cooper housed hotel grocery store wagon maker feed stores general stores drug stores cotton contained manufacturing establishments employed people average income working region equivalent respectively turn century cotton industry crop agricultural business region livestock production production especially chicken addition shipping agricultural goods livestock main business cooper rebuilt important factor cooper economy 1910s potatoes important economy sudden drop livestock business cotton crop failed cooper economy cooper inhabitants deep debt price crops lumber businesses exhausted regions resources forcing business people moved away find new work local economy stabilized mid-1930s cotton potato corn production began rise growing ended addition railroad going cooper failed years shipping industry cooper struggling cotton carried cooper economy 1950s 1960s shift growing wheat 1970s cooper reported businesses 1970s half 1980s 1990s cooper economy shifted manufacturing shipping local goods cooper businesses currently cooper economy features unique industries according industries town percentage employed civilian population years educational health social services manufacturing arts entertainment recreation accommodation food services construction transportation utilities professional scientific management administrative waste management services public administration retail trade finance insurance real estate rental services public administration agriculture forestry fishing hunting mining people labor force age people population civilian work force people population labor force time census seventy people unemployed armed forces employed residents age private sector wage salary workers accounted people classified federal government workers self employed making population classified unpaid worker median household income city cooper persons class income people identified retired culture media founding cooper served center attractions city host small schools churches construction authorized major work lake began lake finished lake popular tourist attraction area boating swimming fishing available main fish stocked lake bass north shore lake doctor creek unit cooper lake state park park contains picnic areas large swimming area park contains hiking equestrian trails eastern edge lake near wildlife observation deck large platform west northwest shores lake park constructed protects unique habitat types wetland park contains hiking trails stations wildlife viewing areas park allows fishing hunting visitors proper license cooper host annual event held october serves social gathering region day event begins open air concert events include run walk smashing car festival includes numerous street vendors children area located cooper acre municipal park numerous recreational community centers including historic house john built later restored author newspaper published cooper delta newspaper published ran weekly time publishing delta ended newspaper began running weekly eventually stopped running cooper review began running weekly cooper review run jim published government incorporation cooper served seat cooper houses county courthouse county offices sheriff county library cooper mayor council government city council members elected large current council members mayor pro city current mayor election occurred october establish control newly formed county cooper held election establishing government time county courthouse built cooper addition cooper voted democratic_party presidential election incorporation won numerous local county government positions 1890s early 1900s 1970s politics shifted county began voting republican_party government consists county judge county commissioners representing county current judge commissioners current county sheriff addition cooper served texas judicial districts judge serves judge 62nd texas judicial district position held announced seeking term cooper texas 8th served judge served 8th district judge election announced seeking term cooper represented republican senator republican represents cooper senate town represented united_states house_of_representatives republican republican republican united_states senate education historically advanced education time cooper county founded churches county number increased nearly combined students attending schools operated months year founded cooper school located cooper college moved commerce campus destroyed fire school later renamed cooper reported successful school located city proper schools important 1940s local activity centers early 1940s common schools independent school districts schools employed people combined total students enrolled cooper offered year high school program late 1940s help state taxes transportation schools districts began consolidate cooper elementary schools junior high school high school currently operates schools serve cooper cooper covers majority community located jurisdiction communities located currently schools jurisdiction located cooper proper schools cooper junior high school transportation intersects city passing central portion cooper highway begins terminus western portion cooper roadway travels eastward central cooper bending southeast exiting city travels cooper proper approximately miles constructed cooper september state highway bypasses cooper lane divided highway miles highway pass cooper traveling western edge city limits originally designated cooper september rerouted cooper january miles long portion highway redesignated highway business farm market road enters western portion cooper traveling short distance terminating highway constructed june spends approximately miles city known locally 1st street travels center cooper beginning intersection highway travels southward city miles exiting turning westward road constructed september nearby highways include travels edge city ends intersection short distance north cooper northward short distance east city constructed north cooper nearly decade later constructed cooper helping city economy boom railroad flourished sold region struggling economy line closed abandoned currently railroad pass near cooper commerce municipal airport currently closest airfield cooper located approximately miles away religion religious establishment region erected pioneers tennessee methodist episcopal churches built nearby seven churches predominantly methodist established seven baptist churches established region held meeting early 1980s churches located cooper baptist churches located cooper mid-1960s churches region representing seven christian churches closed currently churches located city limits cooper include congregations seventh day baptist catholic denominations christianity churches baptist methodist christianity notable people comedian novelty pianist singer dancer lawrence ron morris professional football player national_football_league nfl
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