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Sivells Bend

Ghost town · Cooke County, Texas

Thackerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Thackerville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sivells Bend is a ghost town in Cooke County, Texas. It is one of 2 former communities in Cooke County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 84th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sivells Bend as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.8497° N, 97.2239° W.

Key facts

Elevation863 ft
Nearest living townBurneyville, OK
Distance to it4.8 miles
Coordinates33.84972, -97.22389

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What's there now

Sivells Bend is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Burneyville, OK (population 1,030), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 863 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Sivells Bend?

Sivells Bend is in Cooke County, Texas, at 33.8497, -97.2239.

How many ghost towns are in Cooke County?

Cooke County, Texas has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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