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Colorado City, Texas
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Colorado City is a city in and the county seat of Mitchell County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,146 at the 2010 census, Colorado City is located at 32°23′46″N 100°51′44″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 5.3 square miles. Colorado City is situated along the Colorado River to the west, according to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Colorado City has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated BSk on climate maps. As of the census of 2000,4,281 people,1,646 households, the population density was 809.2 people per square mile. There were 2,076 housing units at a density of 392.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 76. 71% White,5. 09% African American,0. 54% Native American,0. 44% Asian,14. 62% from other races, hispanics or Latino of any race were 36. 25% of the population. About 29. 6% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.12. In the city, the population was distributed as 28. 5% under the age of 18,8. 2% from 18 to 24,24. 0% from 25 to 44,20. 6% from 45 to 64, the median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.4 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $22,842, males had a median income of $22,272 versus $20,037 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,591, about 18. 7% of families and 20. 6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26. 2% of those under age 18 and 23. 9% of those age 65 or over. Colorado City is served by the Colorado Independent School District, representative George Mahon of Lubbock was raised in Mitchell County and is honored with a statue in front of the courthouse. List of oil pipelines List of oil refineries Colorado City - Official website Colorado, a town and the county-seat of Mitchell County, Tex
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Texas
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Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Other major cities include Austin, the second most populous state capital in the U. S. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State to signify its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the states struggle for independence from Mexico. The Lone Star can be found on the Texan state flag, the origin of Texass name is from the word Tejas, which means friends in the Caddo language. Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, although Texas is popularly associated with the U. S. southwestern deserts, less than 10 percent of Texas land area is desert. Most of the centers are located in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests. Traveling from east to west, one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods, to rolling plains and rugged hills, the term six flags over Texas refers to several nations that have ruled over the territory. Spain was the first European country to claim the area of Texas, Mexico controlled the territory until 1836 when Texas won its independence, becoming an independent Republic. In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th state, the states annexation set off a chain of events that caused the Mexican–American War in 1846. A slave state before the American Civil War, Texas declared its secession from the U. S. in early 1861, after the Civil War and the restoration of its representation in the federal government, Texas entered a long period of economic stagnation. One Texan industry that thrived after the Civil War was cattle, due to its long history as a center of the industry, Texas is associated with the image of the cowboy. The states economic fortunes changed in the early 20th century, when oil discoveries initiated a boom in the state. With strong investments in universities, Texas developed a diversified economy, as of 2010 it shares the top of the list of the most Fortune 500 companies with California at 57. With a growing base of industry, the leads in many industries, including agriculture, petrochemicals, energy, computers and electronics, aerospace. Texas has led the nation in export revenue since 2002 and has the second-highest gross state product. The name Texas, based on the Caddo word tejas meaning friends or allies, was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves, during Spanish colonial rule, the area was officially known as the Nuevo Reino de Filipinas, La Provincia de Texas. Texas is the second largest U. S. state, behind Alaska, though 10 percent larger than France and almost twice as large as Germany or Japan, it ranks only 27th worldwide amongst country subdivisions by size. If it were an independent country, Texas would be the 40th largest behind Chile, Texas is in the south central part of the United States of America. Three of its borders are defined by rivers, the Rio Grande forms a natural border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Colorado River (Texas)
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The Colorado River is an 862-mile long river in the U. S. state of Texas. It is the 18th longest river in the United States and the longest river with both its source and its mouth within Texas and its drainage basin and some of its usually dry tributaries extend into New Mexico. The Colorado River originates south of Lubbock, on the Llano Estacado, near Lamesa. It flows generally southeast, out of the Llano Estacado and through the Texas Hill Country, through several reservoirs including Lake J. B. Thomas, E. V. Spence Reservoir, and Lake O. H. The river flows through several reservoirs before reaching Austin, including Lake Buchanan. Johnson, commonly referred to as Lake LBJ and Lake Travis, the Llano River joins the Colorado at Lake LBJ near Kingsland. The Pedernales River joins the Colorado at Lake Travis near Briarcliff, after passing through Austin, the Colorado River continues flowing southeast until emptying into Matagorda Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, near Matagorda. The Colorado River, which red or reddish river in Spanish, was frequently confused by Spanish explorers with the Brazos River to the north. The European discoverer of two neighboring rivers called the present Colorado River the Brazos de Dios, and called the present Brazos the Colorado River. The upper Colorado River was controlled by Comanches from the early 18th century to the late 19th century, in 1757, Spanish Texas attempted to establish an outlying Catholic mission on the San Saba River, near its confluence with the Colorado River. Nearly defenseless and viewed by the Comanche tribe as a territorial invasion, the Comanche were not effectively challenged on the upper Colorado River for nearly a century. The river is an important source of water for farming, cities, major man-made reservoirs on the river include Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, and Lady Bird Lake in Austin. Collectively, these lakes are known as the Highland Lakes, in addition to power plants operating on each of the major lakes, waters of the Colorado are used for cooling the South Texas Nuclear Project, near Bay City. The Colorado River Municipal Water District owns and operates three reservoirs upstream of the Highland Lakes, Lake J. B, Thomas near Snyder, E. V. Spence Reservoir near Robert Lee, and O. H. Ivie Reservoir near Ballinger. Flood control and use of the Colorado River is managed by two agencies established by the Texas Legislature, the Upper Colorado River Authority, and the Lower Colorado River Authority, there are 11 major reservoirs along the Colorado River. The Colorado River is joined by five significant tributaries, Concho River, Pecan Bayou, Llano River, San Saba River, beals Creek is also a tributary fed by arroyos such as Sulphur Springs Draw, McKenzie, Seminole, Monument, Mustang, Midland, and Johnson Draws
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Columbus, Texas
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Columbus is a city in Colorado County in southeastern Texas, United States,74 miles west of Houston. The population was 3,655 as of the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Colorado County and is located on the Colorado River. The Colorado County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the town motto, coined by James Harbert Wooten, Jr. M. D. is City of Live Oaks and Live Folks. Columbus is the home of a Santa Claus Museum, based on the collection of Mary Elizabeth Hopkins and it is located along Interstate 10, on the southwest side of the Colorado River. Columbus is in the part of Colorado County at 29°42′21″N 96°32′46″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.88 square miles, of which 0.004 square miles. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers, according to the Köppen climate classification system, Columbus has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps. The first American settlers arrived in 1821 and believed this was the site of Montezumas Indian village. In 1822, the Mexican government issued land grants to members of Stephen F. Austins Old Three Hundred, alleys 1830s log cabin has been preserved in Columbus and is used as a tool museum. Beason arrived in 1821, received his grant in 1822. By late December 1821, colonists Robert H. Kuykendall with his brother Joseph, in 1822, Benjamin Beason began operating a ferry across the Colorado River, and the settlement became known as Beasons Ferry or Beasons Crossing. Beason also established a gristmill, gin, and a sawmill, Beasons Crossing became part of Austins San Felipe colony in 1822, when the colony was divided into two districts by the Mexican governor José F. Trespalacios. The Mexican government granted the rights to establish a town, john J. Tumlinson, Sr. was elected alcalde, with Robert Kuykendall captain and Moses Morrison lieutenant. Tumlinsons land adjoined Beasons, together, they made up much of the site of present-day Columbus, Tumlinson was killed by Native Americans in 1823. In 1834, after the Tumlinson children inherited the estate, they land to William Dewees. Dewees land grant was near the site of present-day Glidden, Texas, by 1836, Beasons Ferry Crossing was home to over 25 families. During the fight for Texas independence, Sam Houston and his men camped along the banks of the Colorado River near Beasons Crossing, following the Battle of the Alamo, Santa Annas army headed for San Jacinto, and Houston ordered that Beasons Crossing be burned during the Runaway Scrape. Columbus was established by European Americans in 1837 after Texas achieved independence from Mexico, after the population returned following warfare, residents renamed Beasons Crossing Columbus
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Texas's 10th congressional district
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Texas District 10 of the United States House of Representatives is a congressional district that serves the northwestern portion of the Greater Houston region stretching to the Austin area of Texas. The current representative is Michael McCaul, list of United States congressional districts Martis, Kenneth C. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, the Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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