Bonita is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in north central Montague County

Montague County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 19,117 people, 7,770 households, and 5,485 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 9,862 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 north of U.S. Route 82

U.S. Route 82

U.S. Route 82 is an east–west United States highway in the southern United States. What started as a 1932 addition to the system across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas eventually became a 1,609 mile route extending from the White Sands of New Mexico to Georgia's Atlantic coast.The...

 on Farm to Market Road 1815

Farm to Market Road 1815

Farm to Market Road 1815 or FM 1815, is a two-lane, state-maintained highway that connects FM 1956 with U.S. Highway 82 in north central Montague County. Farming areas and Bonita are serviced by the road, as well as other various county secondary roads....

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The West Texas

West Texas

West Texas is a vernacular term applied to a region in the southwestern quadrant of the United States that primarily encompasses the arid and semi-arid lands in the western portion of the state of Texas....

 historical preservationist

Preservationist

Preservationist is generally understood to mean historic preservationist: one who advocates to preserve architecturally or historically significant buildings, structures, objects or sites from demolition or degradation...

 Myna Potts

Myna Potts

Myna Gayle Hicks Potts is an historical preservationist from Chillicothe in Hardeman County in West Texas who is the curator of the Medicine Mound Museum in the nearby ghost town of Medicine Mound. Only two buildings remain in the town...

 was born in Bonita in 1927.

History

Bonita was established in 1886 with the construction of the Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway

Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway

The Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway Company was chartered on July 23, 1886, to build a rail line from Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, to Seymour in Baylor County, Texas, a distance of . The line was to cross Montague, Clay and Wichita counties....

 through northern Montague County. In 1887, Bonita received a post office and a train station. A bank was chartered in 1906. Fires, flooding, and the construction of US highway 82 two miles south of town in the 1930s led to Bonita's demise. By the 1950s, the population had fallen to below 100, and the post office closed in 1967. In 1969 the railroad line was abandoned and the tracks removed in 1971.

Education

The Bonita area is serviced by the Nocona Independent School District

Nocona Independent School District

Nocona Independent School District is a public school district based in Nocona, Texas . Nocona ISD provides more than the standard K-12 curriculum. NISD offers extended opportunities for students ranging from Head Start for very young children to college dual credit courses via distance learning...

 and Saint Jo Independent School District

Saint Jo Independent School District

Saint Jo Independent School District is a public school district based in Saint Jo, Texas .Located in Montague County, a small portion of the district extends into Cooke County....

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