Corley, Texas

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'''Corley''' is an unincorporated community in Bowie County, in the U.S. state of Texas.<ref name=gnis/> According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 35 in 2000.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} It is located within the Texarkana metropolitan area.

==History== Corley was named for early settler John C. Corley. A post office was established at Corley in 1882 and remained in operation until the 1950s, with J. Carr Turner as postmaster. It had 75 residents served by a sawmill, a gristmill, a gin, a store, and a hotel in 1884. The population rose to 100 in 1890, then declined by half over the next six years. It further declined, to 35 from 1982 through 2000, and had no businesses.<ref name="Handbook">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/corley-tx|title=Corley, TX|last=Harper, Jr.|first=Cecil|access-date=2022-08-31}}</ref>

==Geography== Corley is located on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of Maud in southern Bowie County.<ref name="Handbook"/>

==Education== Corley is served by the New Boston Independent School District.

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Bowie County, Texas Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas