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Cooke County Courthouse Gainsville, Texas |
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![]() Photo: Robert Deering 4/16/2003 |
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Completed - 1911
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1848 COUNTY NAMED FOR: William G. Cooke, a hero of the Texas Revolution. COUNTY SEATS: One - Gainesville COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Edmund Pendelton Gaines, an early Texas military leader COURTHOUSES: Four - 1850, 1853, 1878, and 1911 STANDING: One - 1911 Beaux-Arts building made of brick and stone. LINKS: Cooke County |