Cuthand, Texas

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Cuthand is an unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas, United States.{{GNIS|1379624}}

History

A post office called Cuthand was established in 1867, and remained in operation until 1953.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}} According to tradition, the name derives from a pioneer incident in which an Indian injured his hand.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=34|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=30}}

References

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{{Red River County, Texas}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Red River County, Texas

Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas

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