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Culleoka, Texas
Culleoka, Texas is located in Texas
Culleoka, Texas
Culleoka, Texas
Location in Texas
Culleoka, Texas is located in the United States
Culleoka, Texas
Culleoka, Texas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Collin
Area
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
551 ft (168 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total 25
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
75407
Area code(s) 214, 469, 972
GNIS feature ID 1333803

Culleoka is a populated place in Collin County, Texas, United States. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

The early settlers of Culleoka named the community for their hometown in Tennessee. It was established in the latter part of the 1880s after a general store was built in 1887. Twenty people were living there in 1892, and by 1900 a mill and cotton gin were running there. There was a post office at Culleoka from 1893 to 1906, catering to an estimated fifty residents. Following 1906, the community's mail was delivered to McKinney. The population of Culleoka increased to 150 during the ensuing several decades, and it stayed there until the late 1940s. The village had four churches and three or four businesses in the 1930s. The area had a downturn in the late 1940s, partly because of the expansion of Plano nearby and the disturbance brought about by the construction of Lavon Dam in 1954, which created a sizable reservoir. In 1990, the community continued to exist.

Geography

Culleoka is located on a spur off of Farm to Market Road 982 near Lavon Lake, 10 mi (16 km) east of McKinney in east-central Collin County.

Education

Culleoka had its own high school in the 1930s. Today the community is served by the Princeton Independent School District. It is zoned for Godwin and Harper Elementary Schools, Clark Middle School, and Princeton High School.

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