Named for early settler James Stanton Cone, the community of Cone was established in 1901, and was granted a post office sometime around 1903. On 14 February 1903, the Cone School began teaching students on land donated by a man by the name of Charles Travis, and by 1939 the community was home to 150 residents.[2]
After the 1930s, however, the population began to decline. By 1965, the Cone school's enrollment had fallen so low that the district was forced to consolidate, sending the few remaining pupils to attend school in Ralls. By 1988 the population had fallen to less than fifty, and only three businesses and the post office remained in operation. By 2000, however, the population had rebounded to its current level of approximately 70. Cone school building was purchased in 1966 by The Primitive Baptist Foundation and repurposed it as the Harmony Plains Singing School.
cone, texas, cone, unincorporated, community, crosby, county, texas, united, states, lies, route, thirty, four, miles, northeast, lubbock, estimated, population, cone, part, lubbock, metropolitan, statistical, areaunincorporated, communitycone, school, built, . Cone is an unincorporated community in Crosby County Texas United States It lies on U S Route 62 thirty four miles northeast of Lubbock has an estimated population of 70 Cone is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical AreaCone TexasUnincorporated communityCone school built in 1923ConeShow map of TexasConeShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 33 47 50 N 101 23 16 W 33 79722 N 101 38778 W 33 79722 101 38778 1 CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyCrosbyRegionLlano EstacadoElevation 1 3 130 ft 950 m Population 2000 est Total20Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code79357Area code806GNIS feature ID1354866 1 WebsiteHandbook of Texas Contents 1 History 2 Education 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editNamed for early settler James Stanton Cone the community of Cone was established in 1901 and was granted a post office sometime around 1903 On 14 February 1903 the Cone School began teaching students on land donated by a man by the name of Charles Travis and by 1939 the community was home to 150 residents 2 After the 1930s however the population began to decline By 1965 the Cone school s enrollment had fallen so low that the district was forced to consolidate sending the few remaining pupils to attend school in Ralls By 1988 the population had fallen to less than fifty and only three businesses and the post office remained in operation By 2000 however the population had rebounded to its current level of approximately 70 Cone school building was purchased in 1966 by The Primitive Baptist Foundation and repurposed it as the Harmony Plains Singing School Education editCone is served by the Ralls Independent School District See also editBlanco Canyon Canyon Valley Texas Duffy s Peak Estacado Texas Mount Blanco White River Texas References edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Cone Texas Handbook of Texas Online Cone TX Crosby County External links editCone TX Crosby County from the Handbook of Texas Online Public domain photos of the Llano Estacado Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cone Texas amp oldid 1199126010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
