When will the power be back in Gainesville, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Gainesville is a city of about 18,295 residents in Cooke County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Gainesville by name, so this page reports the Cooke County county-wide view, which covers Gainesville. If a serving utility does name Gainesville during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Gainesville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Gainesville: the closest other places we track are Sanger, about 18 miles to the south; Denton, about 29 miles to the south; Celina, about 30 miles to the southeast; and Providence Village, about 30 miles to the south. Also nearby: Sherman (30 mi E); Little Elm (34 mi S); Denison (34 mi E); Prosper (34 mi SE); Corinth (35 mi S); Highland Village (38 mi S); Frisco (38 mi SE); and Ardmore, OK (38 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Durant, OK (50 mi); east toward Bonham (55 mi); southeast toward Anna (40 mi); south toward Northlake (39 mi); and southwest toward Azle (56 mi).
Who serves Gainesville?
We track live outage data from Oncor, CoServ / Denton County EC, Grayson-Collin EC, Texas-New Mexico Power ↗ and 1 more in Cooke County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association also serves parts of Cooke County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Gainesville's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 129 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 30 — 129 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 28 — 242 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Sep 21 — 50 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 11 — 154 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Cooke County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Cooke County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gainesville, TX?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Gainesville's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Gainesville, TX?
To check your own street, search a Gainesville ZIP code — 76240 or 76241 — and the map opens on that area.
