The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city is named for Peta Nocona, the Comanche chief. The area was first known to white settlers as the last stop in Texas before crossing the Red River on the Chisolm Trail. It was founded in 1887 along a particular bend in the Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway line, which soon became part of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, connecting Gainesville and Henrietta, and later Wichita Falls.
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Start Nocona’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nocona’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Nocona, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Nocona is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Nocona has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Montague County Courthouse and Jail in Montague, 8.2 miles away.
Nocona and the nearest listed places
Closest to Nocona
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.