Editing Goree, Texas (section)

==History==
Settlers first arrived in the area around 1886. By 1887, a settlement was centered around a store and post office built by Bill Benedict. Originally known as Riley Springs, the community was renamed Goree after Robert D. Goree, a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] veteran and Knox County pioneer. Benedict's store was bought by J.W. McLendon in 1890 and moved it with its post office to a new site that became known as North Goree. A school was built near the relocated store in 1901. In 1904, North Goree was renamed Hefner.<ref name="Texas Handbook">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlg30 | title = Goree, Texas | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | date =  | accessdate = 2009-08-02}}</ref>

At its president-day location, the first plans for a new community began in 1905 with the announcement that the Wichita Valley Railroad would be built through the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://cityofgoree.blogspot.com/2007/12/history-of-goree-part-i.html | title = History of Goree, Part I | publisher = John H. Bates (1964) | date =  14 December 2007| accessdate = 2009-08-02}}</ref> 1906 was an important year in Goree's history as the railroad arrived, homes and businesses were erected, and the community became an incorporated municipality.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://cityofgoree.blogspot.com/2009/06/history-of-gore-part-9-goree-township.html | title = History of Goree, Part 9 (Goree Township) | publisher = John H. Bates (1964) | date =  19 June 2009| accessdate = 2009-08-02}}</ref> The school relocated from the Hefner location to Goree in 1906 as well and was renamed Chigger Hill School.

Goree had a population of 614 in 1920, but that figure had fallen to 425 by 1940. The number of residents rose to 640 in 1950, but declined throughout the remainder of the twentieth century.<ref name="Texas Handbook"/>