Mound, Texas

Mound, Texas
Mound is located in Texas
Mound
Mound
Location within the state of Texas
Mound is located in the United States
Mound
Mound
Mound (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°21′02″N 97°38′35″W / 31.35056°N 97.64306°W / 31.35056; -97.64306
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCoryell
Elevation686 ft (209 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
76558
GNIS feature ID2805769[1]

Mound is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Coryell County, Texas, United States. Its elevation is 692 feet (211 m).[1] Although Mound is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76558.[2]

Mound was settled early in the 1850s, before most other communities in Coryell County; despite this, it did not receive a railroad line until 1882 or a post office until 1884. Although Mound was long a center of education (it was named for the local White Mound School), in 1971 its schools were merged into the Gatesville Independent School District. Today, FM 1829 passes through Mound.[3]

As of 2020, the population of Mound was 174.

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mound, Texas
  2. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  3. ^ Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth (June 15, 2010). "Mound, TX". Handbook of Texas (online ed.). Texas State Historical Association.