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Odessa is a small city located primarily in Ector County, of which it is the county seatGR6, in the U.S. state of Texas. Some of its city limits extend into adjacent Midland County. Odessa's population was 90,943 at the 2000 United States Census, with a 2005 census population estimated projection of 93,546. The Midland–Odessa metropolitan area had a population 251,842 as of the July 1, 2006 estimate. The city was named after the Russian city Odessa (now in Ukraine). Image File history File links Odesa_Flag. ...
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Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
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Ector County is a county located in the state of Texas. ...
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Ector County is a county located in the state of Texas. ...
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Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
Midland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
The Midland–Odessa Metropolitan Area encompasses the counties of Midland and Ector in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
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Geography Odessa is located at 31°51′48″N, 102°21′56″W (31.863294, -102.365490)GR1.
Culture
Performing Arts The Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale (MOSC) has performed in the Permian Basin for over 45 years, and is the region's largest orchestral organization, presenting both Pops and Masterworks concerts throughout the year. Comprised of professional musicians from the area as well as Lubbock, San Angelo and other surrounding cities, the MOSC also is home to three resident chamber ensembles, the Lone Star Brass, Permian Basin String Quartet and West Texas Winds. These ensembles are made up of principal musicians in the orchestra, who come to the area from across the United States. Nickname: Hub City Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: County Lubbock County Government - Mayor David Miller Area - City 297. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas County Tom Green County Government - Mayor J.W. Lown Area - City 150. ...
The Globe of the Great Southwest, located on the campus of Odessa's community college Odessa College, features an authentic replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. It hosts plays throughout the year as well as an annual Shakespeare festival. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a county college, junior college or a city college, is an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and Associates degrees. ...
Odessa College is a public two-year college based in Odessa, Texas serving the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin. ...
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Tourism Odessa's Presidential Museum is the only one of its kind in the United States totally dedicated to the office of the Presidency, not just one single president. There are also displays about the Presidents of the Republic of Texas Capital Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco, Columbia (1836) Houston (1837–1839) Austin (1839–1845) Language(s) English (de facto) Spanish, French, German and Native American languages regionally Government Republic President1 - 1836-1838 Sam Houston - 1838-1841 Mirabeau B. Lamar - 1841-1844 Sam Houston - 1844-1845 Anson Jones Vice...
Sports The Ector County Coliseum in Odessa features events as diverse as Indoor football as played by the Intense Football League's Odessa Roughnecks, ice hockey with the Central Hockey League's Odessa Jackalopes, and rodeo every year in the form of the Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo. The Ector County Coliseum is also host to the Permian Basin International Oil Show on every even numbered year. The Permian Basin International Oil Show, one of the largest expositions of its kind, showcases the latest technology in the petroleum industry and also honors the industry’s past. Attendees to the Oil Show hail from various parts of the United States and various foreign countries. The next oil show will be held in October of 2008. The Oil Show is for executives and workers in various phases of the petroleum industry and is not open to the public. The Ector County Coliseum is a 5,131 seat multi-purpose arena in Odessa, Texas. ...
Indoor football is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas. ...
The Intense Football League is an indoor football league founded by Chad Dittman in 2004. ...
The Odessa Roughnecks is a professional indoor football team based in Odessa, Texas. ...
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The Ector County Coliseum is a 5,131 seat multi-purpose arena in Odessa, Texas. ...
The Permian Basin International Oil Show is a trade show exposition which is hosted in the Ector County Coliseum on every even numbered year. ...
The Permian Basin International Oil Show is a trade show exposition which is hosted in the Ector County Coliseum on every even numbered year. ...
Media Odessa has 10 local television stations: KMID - an American Broadcasting Company affiliate, KWES - an NBC affiliate, KOSA - a CBS affiliate and a MyNetwork TV affiliate on their digital cable station, KPEJ - a FOX affiliate, KPBT - a PBS affiliate, KWWT - The CW Television Network affiliate, KUPB - a Univision affiliate, KTLE-LP - a Telemundo affiliate, and K69IT- a Multimedios Television affiliate. It also has one local religious television station: KMLM- a God's Learning Channel affiliate that is a worldwide institution offering pro-Israel programming. KMID-TV is the ABC affiliate in Midland-Odessa, Texas, owned and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group headquartered in Irving, Texas. ...
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KWES-TV channel 9 is the NBC affiliate in the Midland / Odessa area and is currently owned by the Drewry Communications Group. ...
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KPEJ channel 24 is a Fox affiliate serving the Midland / Odessa, Texas area. ...
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KPBT-TV is a public television station in Odessa, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 36 as a PBS member station. ...
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KUPB is a Spanish-language television station in Midland, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 18 as an affiliate of Univisión. ...
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KTLE-LP and KTLD-LP are low-power television stations licensed to Odessa, Texas, as affiliates of Spanish-language network Telemundo. ...
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K69IT is a low-powered television station affiliated with the Mexico-based Multimedios Television, owned and operated by Mintz Broadcasting. ...
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KMLM is a religious television station in Odessa, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 42 as an owned-and-operated station of Gods Learning Channel. ...
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Local radio stations include KOCV-FM, broadcasting National Public Radio news and talk mixed with locally-produced music content at a frequency of 91.3 MHz. KOCV-FM is a listener-supported public radio station in the Odessa, Texas market, and is owned and operated by Odessa College. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 95.5 km² (36.9 mi²). 95.3 km² (36.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.19%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 90,943 people, 33,661 households, and 23,697 families residing in the city. in 2006, the population increased to near 97,000 The population density was 954.2/km² (2,471.4/mi²). There were 37,966 housing units at an average density of 398.3/km² (1,031.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 44.43% White, 6.88% African American, 0.77% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 16.07% from other races, and 2.93% from two or more races. 58.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 33,661 households out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.21. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ...
The age distribution is 29.8% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,209, and the median income for a family was $36,869. Males had a median income of $31,115 versus $21,743 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,096. About 16.0% of families and 18.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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Education Odessa is home to Permian High School (mascot: Panther, nickname: MOJO), the school whose 1988 football team was featured in the book and movie Friday Night Lights, and Odessa High School (mascot: Broncho). The two are the only high schools in the Ector County Independent School District. The Richard Milburn Academy (mascot: Bulldogs) {founded in 2003} is a private high school that is free to the public and not affiliated with the school district. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Odessa College are located in Odessa. Permian High School Permian High School is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas and is part of the Ector County Independent School District. ...
A melanistic black jaguar, or black panther The black panther is the common name for a black specimen (a melanistic variant) of any of several species of cats. ...
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United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
Friday Night Lights in the a 1990 book and 2004 movie that documents the coach and players of a high school football team and the small, economically-depressed Texas town of Odessa that supports and is obsessed with them. ...
Odessa High School Odessa High School (OHS) is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas (USA) and is part of the Ector County Independent School District. ...
Ector County Independent School District is a public school district based in Odessa, Texas (USA). ...
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (commonly called UT Permian Basin or simply UTPB) is located in Odessa, Texas. ...
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin Campus is a branch of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Odessa, Texas. ...
Odessa College is a public two-year college based in Odessa, Texas serving the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin. ...
Economy Though the economy is mostly driven by the area's oil industry, new economic steps are currently being taken to ensure the city's existence after oil is no longer abundant in the area. Such steps include a bid for the Futuregen test power plant and the opening of retail outlets. Odessa is also a stop on, and a supporter of, the La Entrada al Pacifico trade corridor. FutureGen is a project of the US government to build a zero-emissions coal-fired power plant that produces hydrogen and electricity while using carbon dioxide sequestration. ...
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Transportation
By Air Midland International Airport (IATA: MAF, ICAO: KMAF) is a commercially serviced airport located between Midland and Odessa in Midland County, Texas. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Midland County Government - Mayor Mike Canon Area - City 173. ...
Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
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U.S. Highway 385 is a spur of U.S. Highway 85. ...
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State Highway 191 or SH 191 is a Texas state highway running from the north side of Odessa east to the western edge of Midland. ...
Loop 338 circles Odessa, Texas in Ector County, Texas. ...
By Train - Odessa is served by the Union Pacific railroad line. This railroad only provides cargo transport to and from Odessa. Odessa is not served by passenger rail service. Passenger Rail Service was to begin in early 2000 by Amtrak, but due to its financial problems, service was never brought to Odessa
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By Bus - Odessa and Midland are served by the EZRider local bus system run by the Midland-Odessa Urban Transit District (MOUTD). The system doesn't link the cities yet, though plans are in the works as a part of future expansion.
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Midland County Government - Mayor Mike Canon Area - City 173. ...
Movies, TV, and Famous People - Odessa was the one year home of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, his wife Barbara, and their son President George W. Bush.
- Odessa was once home to Stephnie Weir of MADtv fame as well as her character Gail Cinder from the "The Lillian Verner Game Show".
- Odessa is the hometown of NBC drama Heroes characters Claire Bennet, her adoptive father Noah Bennet, and his employer Primatech Paper. The series is, however, filmed entirely in California (according to the Internet Movie Database). The shots in the pilot episode show Odessa to be in a mountainous region but the closest mountain range is the Davis Mountain range in far West Texas.
- The book Friday Night Lights and subsequent movie are based on the true struggles of the Permian Panthers, one of the two high school football teams in Odessa. Many of the characters mentioned in the book still reside in Odessa (as of January 2007). A TV show, also by the name Friday Night Lights, is currently running on NBC. It is loosely based on the book and movie but takes place in the fictional town of Dillon, TX.
- A new reality series on the TV Guide Channel following the reporters of the local CBS affiliate, KOSA-TV, is now airing on Monday nights at 8/7 Central. The show is titled Making News: Texas Style. The program states that the affiliate is based in nearby Midland, Texas though the main bureau is in Odessa. There is, however, a bureau in Midland.
- Odessa was once the home of Raymond Benson, author (most notably of continuation James Bond thrillers).
- Odessa is the hometown of former Texas Longhorn and current Detroit Lions wide receiver Roy Williams and former Oklahoma Sooner and Houston Oiler Daryl Hunt.
- Odessa is the hometown of former SMU and University of Iowa football coach Hayden Fry.
- A portion of the Tommy Lee Jones movie The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was filmed in Odessa.
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Permian High School Permian High School is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas and is part of the Ector County Independent School District. ...
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Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
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| | Regions | Ark‑La‑Tex | Big Bend | Blackland Prairies | Brazos Valley | Central Texas | Coastal Bend | Cross Timbers | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | Deep East Texas | East Texas | Edwards Plateau | Galveston Bay | Golden Triangle | Greater Houston | Llano Estacado | Longview–Marshall | Northeast Texas | North Texas | Osage Plains | Permian Basin | Piney Woods | Rio Grande Valley | Southeast Texas | South Plains | South Texas | Texas Hill Country | Texas Panhandle | West Texas This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ...
The general area of the Ark-La-Tex highlighted within the United States. ...
Casa Grande is a prominent peak in the Chisos Mountains of the Big Bend area of west Texas. ...
The Texas Blackland Prairies are an ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. ...
The Brazos Valley is a region in Texas consisting of Brazos County, Robertson County, Grimes County, Washington County, Madison County, and Leon County, with Brazos County and the cities of College Station and Bryan at its center. ...
Central Texas (a part of which is Texas Hill Country), is a region in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
The Texas Coastal Bend refers to the flat area of land along the Texas coast. ...
The Cross Timbers is a savanna on the southern Great Plains running from southeastern Kansas, across central Oklahoma, into central Texas. ...
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Deep East Texas is a subregion of East Texas in the US state of Texas. ...
Red counties show the core of East Texas; pink and red counties may or may not be included in East Texas, and thus their inclusion varies from source to source. ...
The Edwards Plateau is a region of west-central Texas which is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east, the Llano Uplift and the plains region to the north, and the Pecos River to the west. ...
Galveston Bay is a large estuary located along Texass coastline. ...
The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas, east of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. ...
The Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, is the seventh-largest metropolitan area and one of the most diverse[2] in the United States consisting of 10 counties within the state of Texas. ...
Shaded Relief Image of the Llano Estacado Llano Estacado (or Staked Plains) is a region in the southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. ...
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Northeast Texas is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. ...
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The Blackland Prairies and Cross Timbers are located to the west and south of the Flint Hills. ...
The Permian Basin is a basin in the western part of the U.S. state of Texas, from just south of Lubbock to just south of Midland & Odessa, and it extends Westward into the Southeastern part of New Mexico. ...
The Piney Woods viewed from Loop 390 outside of Marshall, Texas The Piney Woods is a terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 mi² (140,900 km²) of East Texas, Southern Arkansas, Western Louisiana, and Southeastern Oklahoma. ...
The Rio Grande Valley is an area located in the southernmost tip of Texas. ...
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Region in West Texas comprising the area north of the Caprock Escarpment on the Llano Estacado, and extending north into the Texas Panhandle. ...
South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas which lies roughly south of, or beginning at, San Antonio. ...
The Texas Hill Country, as seen from near Interstate 10. ...
The Texas Panhandle is a region of the state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. ...
The dry plains of West Texas, have often been divided up into tracks of land divided by barbed wire fences. ...
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Areas | Abilene | Amarillo | Austin–Round Rock | Beaumont–Port Arthur | Brownsville–Harlingen | College Station–Bryan | Corpus Christi | Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington | El Paso | Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown | Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood | Laredo | Longview | Lubbock | McAllen–Edinburg–Mission | Midland–Odessa | San Angelo | San Antonio | Sherman–Denison | Texarkana | Tyler | Victoria | Waco | Wichita Falls Texas has 25 metropolitan areas (MSAs) defined by the United States Census Bureau. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas County Taylor County Government - Mayor Norm Archibald Area - City 286. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State County Potter (and Randall) Government - Mayor Debra McCartt Area - City 90. ...
Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Travis County Government - Mayor Will Wynn Area - City 296. ...
The Round Rock, from which the city takes its name, marked a low water wagon crossing in Brushy Creek. ...
Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Jefferson County Government - Mayor Guy Goodson Area - City 222. ...
Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area and is situated in southeast Texas. ...
Brownsville is the county seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States, the southernmost city in Texas. ...
Harlingen is a city in Cameron County in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States. ...
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. ...
Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. ...
Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Counties Government - Mayor Henry Garrett Area - City 1,192. ...
Nickname: Motto: Live Large. ...
Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tarrant and Denton Government - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area - City 298. ...
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. ...
El Paso redirects here. ...
“Houston†redirects here. ...
City nickname: The Land of Sugar City slogan: Sugar Land. ...
Baytown is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. ...
Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. ...
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. ...
Fort Hood, named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, is a U.S. Army post located halfway between Austin and Waco within the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Nickname: Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - City Manager Carlos R. Villarreal Area - City 218. ...
Longview is a city in Texas, United States, located between Dallas, TX and Shreveport, LA. The population was 73,345 at the 2000 census, but a 2005 estimate placed the citys population at 75,609. ...
Nickname: Hub City Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: County Lubbock County Government - Mayor David Miller Area - City 297. ...
McAllen is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. ...
Edinburg is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. ...
Mission is a city located in Hidalgo County, Texas. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Midland County Government - Mayor Mike Canon Area - City 173. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas County Tom Green County Government - Mayor J.W. Lown Area - City 150. ...
“San Antonio†redirects here. ...
Sherman is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. ...
Motto: A jewel at the crossing of a great river! Location of Denison, Texas Coordinates: Country United States of America State Texas County Grayson Founded 1872 - Mayor Robert Brady Area - City 22. ...
Water tower in Texarkana. ...
Tyler is the county seat of Smith County in East Texas, United States. ...
Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas County Victoria County Government - Mayor Will Armstrong Area - City 33. ...
For the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas, see Waco Siege. ...
Wichita Falls is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. ...
| | Counties | See: List of Texas counties Index: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Anderson County formed in 1846 from part of Houston County. ...
Index: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Anderson County formed in 1846 from part of Houston County. ...
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