Editing Cooper, Texas (section)

===Transportation===
[[File:Cooper Depot Texas Midland blt 1913.png|thumb|Texas Midland railroad depot, erected in 1913]]
[[Texas State Highway 154]] (TX 154) intersects the city, passing through the central portion of Cooper. The highway begins at its terminus in the western portion of Cooper. The roadway travels eastward through central Cooper, before bending southeast and exiting the city. TX 154 travels within the Cooper proper for approximately {{convert|1.94|mi}}.<ref name="Statewide Map">{{cite map|cartography=Transportation Planning and Programming Division |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |url=http://www.dot.state.tx.us/travel/planning_map.htm |title=Statewide Planning Map |date=2013 |access-date=February 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023163533/http://www.dot.state.tx.us/travel/planning_map.htm |archive-date=October 23, 2012 }}</ref> TX 154 was first constructed through Cooper on September 26, 1935.<ref>{{TxDOT|SH|154|access-date=February 19, 2013}}</ref> [[Texas State Highway 24|State Highway 24]] bypasses Cooper as a four-lane divided highway.<ref name="Mapbook 502"/> Only {{convert|0.48|mi}} of the highway pass through Cooper, traveling through the western edge of the city limits.<ref name="Statewide Map"/> TX 24 was originally designated through Cooper on September 26, 1939.<ref>{{TxDOT|SH|24|link=no|access-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> However, TX 24 was rerouted around Cooper and, on January 14, 1991, the {{convert|1.94|mi}} long portion of highway was redesignated as Texas State Highway 24 Business.<ref>{{TxDOT|BS|24|D|link=no|access-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>

[[Farm to Market Road 64]] (FM 64) enters the western portion of Cooper, traveling for a short distance before terminating at TX 154. The highway, which was constructed on June 23, 1942, spends approximately {{convert|0.41|mi}} within the city.<ref name="Statewide Map"/><ref>{{TxDOT|FM|64|link=no|access-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> FM 1528, known locally as 1st Street, travels through the center of Cooper. Beginning at an intersection with TX 154, the highway travels southward through the city for about {{convert|0.6|mi}}, before exiting and turning westward. The road was constructed on September 28, 1949.<ref name="Statewide Map"/><ref>{{TxDOT|FM|1528|access-date=February 20, 2013|link=no}}</ref> Nearby highways include FM 1880, which travels from the edge of the city to a part of the Cooper Lake Wildlife Management Area, FM 128, which ends at an intersection with TX 24 a short distance north of Cooper, and FM 1529, which northward a short distance east of the city.<ref name="Mapbook 502"/>

In 1886, the Santa Fe Railroad was constructed to the north of Cooper, through Ben Franklin and Pecan Gap. Nearly a decade later, in 1895, the Texas Midland Railroad was constructed through Cooper, helping the city's economy to boom. The extant depot was built in 1913<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jpchurchill.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/88/|title=Delta County museum holds heritage of area|date=8 February 2010}}</ref> and, the railroad flourished until 1928, when it was sold to the [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Corporation]] due to the region's struggling economy.<ref name="Delta County"/> The line was closed in 1934, and was abandoned in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reed |first=S. G |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqt22 |title=Texas Midland Railroad |work=Handbook of Texas Online |access-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref> Currently,{{when|date=March 2024}} the only railroad to pass near Cooper is the [[Blacklands Railroad]].<ref name="Mapbook 502"/> Commerce Municipal Airport is currently the closest airfield to Cooper, located approximately {{convert|13|mi}} away.<ref name="Statewide Map"/>