Black plaque № 14113

Gainesville, TX, United States

Cooke County Courthouse. Settlement of the area now known as Cooke County began in late 1845. The county was created by the State Legislature in 1848 and named for William G. Cooke, Republic of Texas Quartermaster General and a participant in the Battle of San Jacinto. Land for a county seat was don

ated by Mary E. Clark, and the new town was Gainesville in honor of U.S. Army General Edmund Pendleton Gaines. There have been four courthouses located on this site. The first, a small log structure,

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