- Coutchman, Texas
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Coutchman (sometimes spelled Couchman) was a town in northern Freestone County, Texas, United States, some 5 miles west of Streetman on farm road 489.
Coutchman was settled around 1850 and named after local landowner William Coutchman. It had a peak population of about 300 people. Coutchman had a post office from January 1894 to February 1905, at which time post was directed to the post office in Wortham. In the 1910 census Coutchman was listed as having a population of 100 people. By 1930 there was no listing. The area ceased to have an identity as a separate community later in the 20th century.
Coutchman is best known as the birthplace of blues great Blind Lemon Jefferson.
References
- Handbook of Texas Online article
- Post offices of Freestone County
- Hammond's Modern Atlas of the World, C. S. Hammond & Company, New York, 1917
Municipalities and communities of Freestone County, Texas Cities Towns Unincorporated
communitiesGhost towns Coutchman
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Geography of Freestone County, Texas
- Unincorporated communities in Texas
- Ghost towns in East Texas
- West Texas geography stubs
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