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CCR is now available for review at City Hall.

Located: U.S. Highway 277 and Farm Road 266, 84 miles north of Abilene, 72 miles southwest of Wichita Falls

First settled: 1886 and originally named Riley Springs

Named for: Robert D. Goree, Confederate veteran

Incorporated: 1906, the same year the Chigger Hill School moved to Goree

At its peak: About 35 businesses, including a cotton gin, grocery store, movie theater, bank and skating rink. Served by the Wichita Valley Railroad

Today: Agricultural community with cotton, cattle

Population then: 614 in 1920

Population now: 307 est. in 2007

City budget: $121,000

About Knox County: Munday and Knox City are the largest towns in the county. Goree is larger than the county seat of Benjamin, population 263.

Sources: Handbook of Texas Online, Texas Almanac