Coutchman, Texas

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Coutchman, Texas, sometimes spelled as Couchman, Texas was a town in northern Freestone County, Texas, some 5 miles west of Streetman on farm road 489.

Coutchman was settled around 1850 and named after local landowner William Coutchman. It had a peak population of about 300 people. Coutchman had a post office from January of 1894 to February of 1905, at which time post was directed to the post office in Wortham. In the 1910 census Coutchman was listed as having a population of 100 people. By 1930 there was no listing. The area ceased to have an identity as a seperate community later in the 20th century.

Coutchman is best known as the birthplace of blues great Blind Lemon Jefferson.