Muenster is located east of
Wichita Falls almost to
Gainesville on US 82 on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, in
Cooke County.
Muenster was incorporated in December 1927, and on September 5, 1959, the residents voted to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the city limits.
Muenster had 1,408 residents in 1982, the majority of them descendents of the early German Catholic settlers, who named it after the capital of Westphalia in their homeland. The town holds an annual spring festival, the Germanfest.
In 1990 the population was 1,387. Industries included farming, dairying, and oil.