Cool, Texas
Cool is a small incorporated town in western Parker County, set on the rolling prairie and cross timbers of North Texas roughly 40 miles west of Fort Worth. It lies along U.S. Highway 180 west of Weatherford, in a rural area long given over to ranching and farmland.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 242
- Change from 2020 base
- +16.3%
- Land area
- 1.6 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Parker County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Parker County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Cool
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Cool.
County History
Parker County was formed in 1855 and named for a settler leader
Parker County was carved out of Bosque and Navarro counties after settlers petitioned the state legislature in 1855.
Property Tax
Two offices handle property taxes in Parker County
Two doors next to each other on Santa Fe Drive split the job. One decides what your property is worth, the other handles your license plates.
Indigenous History
Kiowa and Comanche raids shaped early Parker County
Kiowa and Comanche bands controlled the Parker County area before and during early European settlement, with raids continuing into the early 1870s.
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