This city is a participant in the:

Texas Main Street City Program
Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program

Get to Know Gainesville

While a railroad is only four blocks from its center, Gainesville is unmistakably a courthouse town. Ambitious folks travelling west for homestead or seeking gold in California often passed through Gainesville along the Butterfield Trail—an important east-west artery and mail route.

Later, as more settlers arrived, the courthouse tower drew the eye and established the importance of the town, providing a sense of “law and order”—a well-run community offering safety and prosperity to its residents.

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