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Bosque County, Texas

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40historic places

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1854formed

18,235pop. 2020

25cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 40 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near Clifton, Meridian, CLifton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

37 of 40 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

40 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bekken, J. H., House	Clifton	Building	1983
Bosque County Courthouse	Meridian	Building	1977
Bosque River Bridge	Meridian	Structure	2025
Brandhagen Houses	Clifton	Building	1983
Bridges-Johnson House	Meridian	Building	1979
Brogdon Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Bronstad House	Clifton	Building	1983
Colwick Homestead	CLifton	Site	2015
Colwick, John and Mary, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Dahl, Peder, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Ellingson Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Erickson, Even and Petrine, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Finstad, Ole and Elizabeth, Homesite	Clifton	Structure	1983
First National Bank Building	Meridian	Building	1979
Godager, Adolf and Christine, Homesite	Clifton	Structure	1983
Grimland, Gunsten and Lofise, House	Clifton	Building	1983
Grimland, Keddel and Liv, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Hoff-Ulland Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Hog Creek Archeological District	Mosheim	District	1977
Jenson, James Jens and Martha, House	Clifton	Building	1983
Knudson, Christen and Johanne, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Lahlum, A. H., House	Clifton	Building	1983
Larson, Martin, House	Clifton	Building	1983
Linberg, Eric and Martha, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Lumpkin Building	Meridian	Building	1998
Norway Mill	Clifton	Building	1983
Olson, Joseph and Anna, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Olson-Hanson Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Olson-Nelson Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Pederson, John, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Pierson, Ole and Ann, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Questad, Carl and Sedsel, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Reeder-Omenson Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Reierson, Hans and Berthe, House	Clifton	Building	1983
Ringness, Jens and Kari, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Rogstad, Tom and Martha, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Schultz, Tobias and Wilhelmine, Farm	Clifton	Building	1983
Shefstad, Gunarus and Ingerborg, House	Clifton	Building	1983
Upper Settlement Rural Historic District	Granfills Gap	District	1983
Wilson Homesite	Clifton	Structure	1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bosque was formed in 1854 (1854-02-04) from McLENNAN.

BOSQUE created from McLENNAN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bosque County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,005	11,217	17,390	18,032	15,761	11,836	10,809	13,401	17,204	18,235

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

25 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Barry Cemetery	32.01348	-97.79169
Barton Cemetery	31.63229	-97.55282
Boggy Cemetery	31.72627	-97.75836
Cedron Cemetery	31.9546	-97.46391
Cedron Cemetery	31.96265	-97.50141
Clifton Cemetery	31.77185	-97.57343
Clifton Memorial Park	31.82275	-97.57996
Cranfills Cemetery	31.78363	-97.83943
Flanary Cemetery	32.06904	-97.89059
Fulton Cemetery	32.02876	-97.78281
Kanz Cemetery	31.68877	-97.55169
Luth Cemetery	31.79293	-97.77391
Morgan Cemetery	32.00293	-97.61224
New Iredell Cemetery	31.98015	-97.85725
Norway Mill Cemetery	31.698	-97.65696
Oak Grove Cemetery	32.05015	-97.74197
Old Valley Mills Cemetery	31.67349	-97.47307
Olde Cemetery	31.63322	-97.5178
Oswald Cemetery	31.81463	-97.57778
Proffitt Cemetery	31.91376	-97.95448
Russell Cemetery	32.05182	-97.71253
Smiths Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery	31.82877	-97.34307
Terrell Cemetery	31.71405	-97.57002
Thiele Cemetery	31.73794	-97.49418
Valley Mills Cemetery	31.66294	-97.47807

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Kimball	32.10904	-97.48585

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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