Gun Barrel City is a city in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,672 at the 2010 census, up from 5,145 at the 2000 census. The town began as an unincorporated community known as the "Old Bethel Community" in the 1960s after completion of Cedar Creek Reservoir. It was incorporated in the late 1960s so it could legally sell beer and wine. The city takes its name from a former road, Gun Barrel Lane, as has as its motto, "We Shoot... Show more Straight with You", and its symbol – a rifle with two crossed antique pistols after having to remove Yosemite Sam as its unofficial mascot that once graced its signs along the road at the city limits. It is rumored that Gun Barrel Lane got its name during the 1920s and 1930s when Jesse Daniels frequented the area. It was considered a safe backwoods place during Prohibition when the likes of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker hung out in the area....
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