page_title: Preston, Texas
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Preston, Texas / Decline / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Portion of map included in a report entitled: Contributions to economic geology (short papers and preliminary reports), 1922, Part II, Mineral fuels, by K. C. Heald. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 736 Plate IV Indexed from departmental edition (EIN137 B936 no. 735-738) Structure contours by O.B. Hopkins, Sidney Powers, and H. M. Robinson.
context_page_description: Preston, also known as Preston Bend, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on the Red River in Grayson County, Texas, United States. It grew in the 19th century at the intersection of several military and trade roads and was an important crossing on the Shawnee cattle trail. Preston lost prominence after the MK&T railroad bypassed the town to the east, leading to a decline in traveler and cattle drive traffic. Much of its former town site is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Texoma. Its population was 2,096 as of the 2010 census.
context_section_description: In the 20th century, Preston had a public school system, two churches, a cotton gin, and a cemetery. In the 1930s, the town had about 20 residents.
  New Preston developed more centrally within the bend.
caption: Area around Preston in 1922
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