Exploring Goodnight, Texas: A Historical Overview


By: Laurie E. Jasinski

Published: November 18, 2004

Goodnight was a small rural community located off Farm Road 3096 about eighteen miles east of Corsicana in eastern Navarro County. The settlement probably existed by the early 1900s, and in the 1930s the area included a school, several churches, farms, and homes. The dispersed community of Goodnight was shown on highway maps throughout the twentieth century, and in 2000 the census reported a population of twenty-five residents.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Laurie E. Jasinski, “Goodnight, TX (Navarro County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/goodnight-tx-navarro-county.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: HNG44

November 18, 2004

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Place
Goodnight
Currently Exists
No
Place Type
Town
USGS ID
1378368
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to
  • Navarro County
Associated Names

Samaria

Coordinates
  • Latitude: 32.12182000°
  • Longitude: -96.15969470°

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