Lois, Texas

Lois is an unincorporated community in Cooke County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History
The area in what is known as Lois today developed in the late 1800s. A post office was established at Lois in 1897 and remained in operation until 1904. The community had a factory, two churches, two businesses, and several scattered houses serving 50 people in 1936. It still had a factory, only one business, a church, and 60 residents in 1963. Only a church and several scattered houses remained on the 1978 county highway map. Its population was 20 in 2000.

Geography
Lois is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 2848, 336, and 247, 12 mi south of Gainesville and 6 mi southwest of Valley View in southern Cooke County.

Education
Lois had its own school in 1936. It joined the Valley View Independent School District in 1943.