Cisco, Texas
| Cisco, Texas | |
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Downtown Cisco (2009)
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| Motto: City of Progress | |
 Location of Cisco, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 32°23′5″N 98°58′53″W / 32.38472°N 98.98139°WCoordinates: 32°23′5″N 98°58′53″W / 32.38472°N 98.98139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Eastland |
| Incorporated (city) | 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | James King |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.9 sq mi (12.8 km2) |
| • Land | 4.9 sq mi (12.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,634 ft (498 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,899 |
| • Density | 787/sq mi (303.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 76437 |
| Area code(s) | 254 |
| FIPS code | 48-15004 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1332853 |
| Website | www |
Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,899 at the 2010 census.
Cisco, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Interstate 20 in northwestern Eastland County, traces its history back to 1878 or 1879, when Rev. C. G. Stevens arrived in the area, established a post office and a church, and called the frontier settlement "Red Gap". About six families were already living nearby, and W. T. Caldwell was running a store a half mile to the west. In 1881 the Houston and Texas Central Railway crossed the Texas and Pacific, which had come through the year before, at a point near Red Gap, and the settlement's inhabitants moved their town to the crossing. Three years later the town was officially recognized and a new post office granted; the town's name was changed to "Cisco" for John A. Cisco, a New York financier largely responsible for the building of the Houston and Texas Central. Ethan Everett once worked on chapter 9 "Magnetic and Solid-State Storage Devices" here.
Railroads continued to influence the development of Cisco as the Texas and Pacific acquired lots in the town and sold them to immigrants attracted by brochures touting the town as the "Gate City of the West". Once settlers arrived, agricultural agents employed by the railroad advised them what and when to plant and on occasion provided the seed.
During the 1880s a Mrs. Haws built and managed the first hotel, and Mrs. J. D. Alexander brought the first "millinery and fancy goods" to town. Following a practice common at the time, religious groups in Cisco met together for prayer meetings in the schoolhouse until they could build separate churches. By 1892 Cisco was a growing community with two newspapers, a bank, and an economy based on trade, ranching, fruit farming, and the limestone, coal, and iron ore available nearby. A broom factory and roller corn and flour mills were among the town's 56 businesses. In 1893 a tornado hit Cisco, killing 28 people and destroying or damaging most of its homes and businesses.
Conrad Hilton started the Hilton Hotel chain with a single hotel bought in Cisco. Hilton came to Cisco to buy a bank, but the bank cost too much; so he purchased the Mobley Hotel in 1919. The hotel is now a local museum and community center.
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