Place:Poolville, Parker, Texas, United States

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NamePoolville
TypeTown
Coordinates32.967°N 97.85°W
Located inParker, Texas, United States
Contained Places
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Poolville Cemetery
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Poolville is an unincorporated community in Parker County, Texas, United States located along Farm Road 920, about seventeen miles north of Weatherford, the county seat. It has a population of 2,325 and a school district with three campuses. Businesses include a seed company, a post office (ZIP Code 76487), a convenience store, a storage facility and 2L Custom Trucks.

There are five churches: Methodist, Southern Baptist, Church of Christ, The Lone Star Church of Poolville Texas, and Oak Tree Baptist Church. The United Methodist and the Church of Christ Church buildings are located just west of the town square behind the seed company.

February 22, 1996, an eight-month drought brought fires to Poolville, destroying hundreds to thousands of acres of land.

The rodeo announcer Bob Tallman operates a ranch near Poolville.

Orville Bullington, a Wichita Falls attorney and the 1932 Republican gubernatorial nominee against Miriam A. Ferguson, was raised in Poolville.

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