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Texas Department of Transportation
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The Texas Department of Transportation is a government agency in the U. S. state of Texas. The agency has been headquartered in the Dewitt C, greer Building at 125 East 11th Street in downtown Austin, Texas, since 1933. The Texas Legislature created the Texas Highway Department in 1916 to administer federal highway construction, in 1975, its responsibilities increased when the agency merged with the Texas Mass Transportation Commission, to form the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. In 1986, the department started using Dont Mess with Texas as its slogan to reduce littering on Texas roadways, the phrase was prominently shown on road signs on major highways, as well as in television, radio, and print advertisements. The slogan is still in use and remains very popular, in 2009, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles was created by the state legislature, taking over some functions from TxDOT. The executive director is currently James Bass, previously Bass served as chief financial officer since 2005. He is assisted by one deputy director and four assistant executive directors, the current interim Deputy Executive Director is Marc Williams. The department is organized into 25 geographical districts and 34 divisions, TxDOT is one of the states largest departments in terms of the number of subordinate offices – it maintains 25 geographical districts throughout the state. The large number of departments is needed due to the size of the state, the widely varying climate and soil conditions affecting public roads. In 2010, TxDOT was reorganized into four regions, North, South, East, the regions are designated as Regional Support Centers. The number of districts remained the same, each district, managed by a district engineer, is responsible for the design, location, construction, and maintenance of its area transportation systems. Local field offices within districts are known as area offices, and many also have separate maintenance offices. Functional divisions and offices headquartered in Austin provide administrative and technical support to the districts, TxDOT also publishes the annual Texas Travel Guide, which offers points of interests for all regions of Texas. Horizon is a quarterly journal focusing on policy issues and financing in particular
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Texas State Highway 21
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State Highway 21, or SH21, runs from the Texas-Louisiana boundary east of San Augustine to San Marcos in east and central Texas. That section of the Old San Antonio Road is served by Texas State Highway OSR, SH21 was one of the original 26 routes proposed in Texas in 1917 along a route from St. Augustine to Gonzales. There was proposed extension southward to Karnes City by 1922, in 1926, the terminus was shortened to Giddings. By 1943, the terminus had been rerouted through Paige to end in San Marcos. In 2010, the SH21 designation was extended along SH80, SH21 has one business route. Business State Highway 21-H is a Business Loop that runs through Kurten in central Texas, the road was bypassed in 2002 by SH21
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Bryan, Texas
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Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 76,201 and it is the county seat of Brazos County and is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. It borders the city of College Station, which lies to its south, together they are referred to as the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in Texas, containing around 190,000 people. The area around Bryan was part of a grant to Moses Austin by Spain. Austins son, Stephen F. Austin, helped bring settlers to the area, among the settlers was William Joel Bryan, the nephew of Stephen Austin. In 1866 the county seat of Brazos County was changed from Boonville to Bryan, in 1867, after many delays caused by the Civil War, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, which had only previously gotten as far as Millican, finally reached Bryan. A short time later, in 1871, the city of Bryan became incorporated, just south of Bryan, Texas A&M College opened in 1876 in what later would be known as College Station. The following year,1877 saw the establishment of the Bryan Independent School District, keeping up with progress in the rest of the country, Bryan added electric lighting and a waterworks to its community in 1889. The fifth Brazos County courthouse was built in 1892, and by the turn of the century, in 1900, using a generous grant of $10,000 from Andrew Carnegie, the Carnegie Library of Bryan opened its doors in 1902. In 1910 the town built a railroad to College Station. By 1923 the line was abandoned, the first Jewish place of worship, the Temple Freda synagogue, was opened in 1913. During the 1930s the town of North Oakwood merged with Bryan, now Bryan and College Station are twin cities. In 1936 State Highway 6 was built, running right through town, in 2006 the Texas A&M University System announced that the new Texas A&M Health Science Center campus would be built in Bryan near the new Traditions Golf Course development. A fire at the El Dorado Chemical Co. in 2009 caused the evacuation of 70,000 residents due to the burning of ammonium nitrate, possibly causing minor respiratory problems. Less than 1,000 residents chose to evacuate, taking shelter at Texas A&M University, city fire officials chose to let the fire burn down before tackling it, since the chemicals were water reactive. The evacuation, which started at 2,30 pm CST ended at 7 pm, except for a small, defined area immediately around the fire, where approximately 100 Bryan residents lived. In the end, only 500 residents were under a mandatory evacuation, officials from El Dorado said there was never any danger from the smoke or fire. The warehouse, valued at just under $1 million, was destroyed, in 2010 the Brazos County District Attorneys Office started the enforcement of a Gang Safety Zone in response to an escalation in violence within Bryan
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Texas State Highway 6
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State Highway 6 runs from the Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma boundary, to northwest of Galveston, where it is known as the Old Galveston Highway. In Sugar Land and Missouri City, it is known as Alvin-Sugarland Road, in the Houston area, it runs north to FM1960, then northwest along US Highway 290 to Hempstead, and south to Westheimer Road and Addicks, and is known as Addicks Satsuma Road. In the Bryan–College Station area, it is known as the Earl Rudder Freeway, in Hearne, it is known as Market Street. In Calvert, it is known as Main Street, for most of its length, SH6 is not a limited-access road. In 1997, the Texas Legislature designated SH6 as the Texas Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, State Highway 6 was one of the original 26 state highways proposed in 1917, overlying the King of Trails Highway. From 1919, the routing mostly followed present-day U. S. Highway 75 from Oklahoma to Dallas, in 1926, SH6 was extended along the eastern Gulf Division branch of State Highway 2 to keep SH2 from having two separate highways with the same number. US75 and US77 were overlaid on northern SH6 from Waco northward through the Dallas area to Denison, while the routes were marked concurrently, the concurrent SH6 kept its numbering until 1939, when SH6 was truncated to the Gulf Division routing ending at Waco. It was rerouted south from Hempstead to Galveston, replacing SH38 from Sugar Land to Galveston, in 1945, the roadway was extended northwest to Breckenridge over SH67, continuing northwest to near Throckmorton along SH157, which was decommissioned. Also in 1945, the section in southeast Texas between Hempstead and Sugar Land was cancelled for reasons, and transferred to Farm to Market Road 359. In 1952, the route was truncated on the north side and this section was transferred to U. S. Highway 183. That portion of FM1960 from 290 to then Highway 90 at Addicks was built in the 1950s, in the early 1970s, the northern section underwent a massive rerouting due to realignments of numerous U. S. and state routes. In 1971, the section from Breckenridge south to Eastland was redesignated as State Highway 69 and it was instead rerouted west along U. S. Highway 80 to Cisco, then replaced U. S. Highway 380 northwest to near Old Glory. The route was extended in 1975, replacing State Highway 283 between Old Glory and Stamford northward to the Texas/Oklahoma border, completing the current routing of SH6. A spur, SH 6A went from SH6 to Texas City, by 1931, this route was renumbered as State Highway 146. In June 2016, a section of the highway in Eastland County between Cisco and Albany was destroyed due to major flooding, SH6 has three business routes. Business State Highway 6-N is a loop that runs from SH6 near Marlin in central Texas. The road was bypassed in 1978 by SH6 and designated Loop 23, the road was redesignated as Business SH 6-N in 1991. Business State Highway 6-R is a loop that runs through Bryan
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U.S. Route 190
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U. S. Route 190 is an east–west United States highway in Louisiana and Texas. It evolved from the shortest of intrastate routes in 1926 to a length comparable to a main Interstate Highway route, leading from the swamps and pine forests of Louisiana to the West Texas desert. It runs east through Texas Hill Country speckled with sage brush, intersecting with State Highway 305, crossing into Schleicher County, just outside Eldorado was where the raid of the Yearning for Zion Ranch gained national attention. Continuing on a northeastward route US190 enters McCulloch County and into Brady, Texas. Being the closest city to the center of Texas, the city proclaims being the True Heart of Texas. Continuing east US190 enters Lampasas County, entering Lometa, merging and running concurrent with U. S. Route 183 south into the city of Lampasas. Splitting from US183 and continuing east, US190 runs through Kempner and into the southern corner of Coryell County. On the east side of Copperas Cove, a concurrency with Interstate 14 begins, US190 then traverses through part of Fort Hood, into Bell County and Killeen. Being directly adjacent to the cantonment of Fort Hood, both Killeen and Copperas Cove depend on the fort and those stationed there. A restaurant in Killeen was the site of one of the worst mass shootings in U. S. history where 23 people were killed. US190 next intersects and merges with I-35 north through Belton and enters Temple, where Interstate 14 ends, continuing east and south US190 passes through Rogers and enters Milam County then Cameron and merges with U. S. Route 77 south for a distance. A few miles south of Cameron US190 merges and runs concurrent with U. S. Route 79 north, continuing east, US190 enters San Jacinto County, passing north of Oakhurst and Point Blank, crossing Lake Livingston, entering Polk County and into Onalaska. East of Woodville FM256 splits north and US190 crosses BA Steinhagen Lake, into Jasper County, intersecting with State Highway 63 east, continuing east US190 travels through Holly Springs enters Newton County and proceeds into Newton. In Newton US190 turns south through Bon Wier, and then crosses the Louisiana line, in Newton County, Texas, US190 has been designated one of the routes on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. The site number attached to the signs denote the location of the sign, the sign in the picture is located on the westbound side of the highway, inside the Texas line, just west of the Welcome to Texas sign near the Sabine River. US190 crosses the Sabine River and enters the western portion of Louisiana in swampy bayou terrain three miles west of Merryville, Louisiana, Merryville is the location of the old Coushatta Indian village. From Merryville the highway heads north by northeast to the community of Junction, Louisiana, Junction is where LA111 and US190 intersect and is the site of a roadside marker and the joining of two Indian trails. US190 runs concurrently with US171 to Ragley, where US190 parts with US171 heading east, from Ragley, the two-lane highway heads nearly due east almost parallel to Interstate 10 until Opelousas
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Interstate 45
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Interstate 45 is an interstate highway located entirely within the U. S. state of Texas. While most interstate routes ending in five are cross-country north-south routes, I-45 is comparatively short and it connects the cities of Dallas and Houston, continuing southeast from Houston to Galveston over the Galveston Causeway to the Gulf of Mexico. I-45 replaced US75 over its length, although portions of US75 remained parallel to I-45 until its elimination south of downtown Dallas in 1987. At the south end of I-45, State Highway 87 continues into downtown Galveston, the north end is at Interstate 30 in downtown Dallas, where US75 used the Good-Latimer Expressway. A short continuation, known by traffic reporters as the I-45 overhead, signed as part of US75, traffic can use Spur 366 to connect to Interstate 35E at the north end of I-345. The portion of I-45 between downtown Houston and Galveston is known to Houston residents as the Gulf Freeway, I-45 and I-345 in the Dallas area, north of the interchanges with Interstate 20 and State Highway 310, is the Julius Schepps Freeway. The Gulf Freeway and North Freeway both include reversible high-occupancy vehicle lanes for buses and other vehicles to and from downtown Houston. U. S. Highway 190 joins I-45 for 26 miles from Huntsville, Texas to Madisonville, U. S. Highway 287 joins I-45 for 18 miles from Corsicana, Texas to Ennis, Texas. US287 signs are posted from the northern end of Business Loop 45 in Corsicana to the Ellis County line. Interstate 45 gained notoriety during Hurricane Rita in 2005, thousands of Houston area evacuees jammed the roadway trying to leave. As a result, the became a parking lot. Gas stations ran dry and hundreds of peoples cars simply ran empty, four-hour drives suddenly became 24-hour drives. At just 284.913 miles, I-45 is the shortest of the interstates. The stretch of I-45 connecting Galveston with Houston is known as the Gulf Freeway and it was the first freeway built in Texas—opened in stages beginning on October 1,1948, up to a full completion to Galveston in 1952, as part of U. S. Highway 75. At the north end, it connects to the North Freeway via the short Pierce Elevated, completed in 1967, after several interchanges, I-45 crosses the Galveston Causeway and passes Tiki Island. Old U. S. Highway 75 south of junction was upgraded on the spot. The Gulf Freeway generally parallels State Highway 3 about 1 mile to the west, bypassing La Marque, Dickinson and South Houston. It includes interchanges with other freeways, the Emmett F. Lowry Expressway, NASA Road 1 Bypass
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Cross Roads, Texas
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Cross Roads is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,563 at the 2010 census, Cross Roads is located at 33°13′55″N 97°0′7″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 6.9 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 603 people,228 households, the population density was 87.7 people per square mile. There were 241 housing units at a density of 35.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 92. 54% White,0. 66% African American,1. 16% Native American,0. 33% Asian,4. 81% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 8. 29% of the population. 15. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 2.90. In the town, the population was out with 21. 1% under the age of 18,6. 1% from 18 to 24,30. 2% from 25 to 44,31. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 42 years, for every 100 females there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males, the median income for a household in the town was $72,031, and the median income for a family was $93,510. Males had an income of $61,827 versus $31,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $42,664, about 2. 5% of families and 3. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 5% of those under age 18 and 2. 5% of those age 65 or over. Cross Roads is served by Aubrey Independent School District and Denton Independent School District, braswell High School of Denton ISD serves Cross Roads. Town of Cross Roads official website
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Midway, Texas
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Midway is a city in Madison County, Texas, United States at the junction of the La Bahía Road and the Old San Antonio Road in northeastern Madison County. Midway was the birthplace of George McJunkin, who was born a slave, Midway is located at 31°1′23″N 95°45′4″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 1.6 square miles. As of the census of 2000,288 people,120 households, the population density was 179.6 people per square mile. The 151 housing units averaged 94.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 80. 90% White,15. 97% African American,0. 35% Native American,1. 39% from other races, hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5. 21% of the population. The average household size was 2.40 and the family size was 2.83. In the city, the population was distributed as 24. 0% under the age of 18,10. 8% from 18 to 24,23. 6% from 25 to 44,22. 2% from 45 to 64, the median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.9 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $36,875, males had a median income of $24,145 versus $24,375 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,824, about 6. 8% of families and 8. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. 7% of those under the age of 18 and 28. 9% of those 65 or over. The Ferguson Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men, is located in unincorporated Madison County, the climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Midway has a subtropical climate
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Brazos County, Texas
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Brazos County is a county located in the U. S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 194,851, along with Brazoria County, the county is named for the Brazos River, which forms its western border. The county was formed in 1841 and organized in 1843, Brazos County is part of the College Station-Bryan, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1837 most of the area of present-day Brazos County was included in Washington County, the Brazos River, which bisected the latter, proved a serious obstacle to county government, and a new county, Navasota, was formed in January 1841. The first court, with Judge R. E. B, baylor presiding, was held later that year in the home of Joseph Ferguson, fourteen miles west of the site of present Bryan. The county seat, named Boonville for Mordecai Boon, was located on John Austins league and was surveyed by Hiram Hanover in 1841, in January of the following year Navasota County was renamed Brazos County. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 591 square miles. Burleson County Grimes County Madison County Robertson County Washington County As of the census of 2000, there were 152,415 people,55,202 households, the population density was 260 people per square mile. There were 59,023 housing units at a density of 101 per square mile. 17. 88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,15. 3% were of German,8. 4% English,7. 3% Irish and 7. 2% American ancestry according to Census 2000. 25. 50% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.16. In the county, the population was out with 21. 50% under the age of 18,32. 00% from 18 to 24,26. 00% from 25 to 44,13. 80% from 45 to 64. The median age was 24 years, for every 100 females there were 102.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.30 males, the median income for a household in the county was $29,104, and the median income for a family was $46,530. Males had an income of $32,864 versus $24,179 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,212, about 14. 00% of families and 26. 90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21. 60% of those under age 18 and 10. 30% of those age 65 or over. The Brazos Transit District operates a route bus service and paratransit throughout Bryan. U. S. Brazos County is a Republican stronghold, with no Democrat carrying the county since Texas native Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 landslide
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Robertson County, Texas
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Robertson County is a county located in the U. S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 16,622, the county was created in 1837 and organized the following year. It is named for Sterling C, Robertson, an early settler who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Robertson County is part of the College Station-Bryan, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 865 square miles, of which 856 square miles is land and 9.7 square miles is water. U. S. Highway 79 U. S. Highway 190 State Highway 6 State Highway 7 State Highway 14 Additionally, State Highway OSR forms Robertson Countys southeastern border, but doesnt fully enter the county. Limestone County Leon County Brazos County Burleson County Milam County Falls County As of the census of 2000, there were 16,000 people,6,179 households, the population density was 19 people per square mile. There were 7,874 housing units at a density of 9 per square mile. 14. 74% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,26. 90% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the family size was 3.09. In the county, the population was out with 28. 20% under the age of 18,7. 50% from 18 to 24,24. 20% from 25 to 44,23. 10% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 91.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.70 males, the median income for a household in the county was $28,886, and the median income for a family was $35,590. Males had an income of $30,795 versus $21,529 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,714. About 17. 30% of families and 20. 60% of the population were below the poverty line,1879, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
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Leon County, Texas
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Leon County is a county located in the U. S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 16,801, the legislature of the Republic of Texas authorized Leon County in 1846 from part of Robertson County, and named it in honor of Martín De León, the founder of Victoria, Texas. However, local tradition holds that it is named for a wolf of the region commonly called the león. The county was organized that year with its first county seat at Leona. In 1851 the county seat was moved to Centerville since Leona was in the far part of the county. The 1886 Leon County Courthouse was designed by architect George Edwin Dickey of Houston, the courthouse was rededicated on July 1,2007 following a full restoration to a 1909 date. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,081 square miles. The population density was 14 people per square mile, there were 8,299 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile. 7. 91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,24. 80% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the family size was 2.92. In the county, the population was out with 24. 30% under the age of 18,6. 70% from 18 to 24,23. 40% from 25 to 44,25. 60% from 45 to 64. The median age was 42 years, for every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males, the median income for a household in the county was $30,981, and the median income for a family was $38,029. Males had an income of $32,036 versus $19,607 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,599, about 12. 60% of families and 15. 60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21. 20% of those under age 18 and 14. 30% of those age 65 or over. Leon County is so heavily Republican that in 2014 none of the statewide GOP nominees fell below 87 percent of the votes cast, representative Kevin Brady of Texass 8th congressional district led the ticket with 97 percent of the ballots cast in Leon County
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Madison County, Texas
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Madison County is a county located in the U. S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,664, the county was created in 1853 and organized the next year. It is named for James Madison, the president of the United States. The current Madison County Courthouse was built in 1970 and it is at least the fifth courthouse to serve Madison County. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 472 square miles. The population density was 28 people per square mile, there were 4,797 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 66. 79% White,22. 87% African American,0. 32% Native American,0. 39% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,7. 90% from other races, and 1. 72% from two or more races. 15. 78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,24. 50% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the family size was 3.05. In the county, the population was out with 21. 10% under the age of 18,13. 00% from 18 to 24,31. 90% from 25 to 44,20. 00% from 45 to 64. The median age was 33 years, for every 100 females there were 142.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 155.10 males, the median income for a household in the county was $29,418, and the median income for a family was $35,779. Males had an income of $25,625 versus $19,777 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,056, about 12. 30% of families and 15. 80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20. 00% of those under age 18 and 16. 30% of those age 65 or over. The Ferguson Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men, is located in an area in the county. Madisonville Midway Normangee North Zulch National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Texas Madison County governments website Madison County from the Handbook of Texas Online
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Texas state highway system
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Texas state highways are a network of highways owned and maintained by the U. S. state of Texas. The Texas Department of Transportation is the agency responsible for the day-to-day operations. Texas has the second-largest state highway next to North Carolinas state highway system. The system also includes a network of farm to market roads that connect rural areas of the state with urban areas. The state also owns and maintains some park and recreational roads located near and within state and national parks, all state highways, regardless of classification, are paved roads. The Old San Antonio Road, also known as the El Camino Real, is the oldest highway in the United States, the length of the highways varies from I-10s 878.6 miles inside the state borders to Spur 200 at just 0.05 miles long. The Texas State Highway System can trace its roots to the establishment of the Texas Highway Department on April 4,1917, administrative control of the department was given to a three-member commission appointed by the governor for two-year terms. On June 21,1917, the commission conducted its first public hearing to solicit input on potential highway routes, the committee also divided the state into six divisions to be headquartered in Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo, and San Antonio. Later that year, the commission designated 26 state highways covering 8,865 miles which were to be accessible to 89% of the states population. In 1921, Congress amended the Federal Aid to Roads Act of 1916 to require the states to control of road design, construction. As a result, on January 1,1924, the Texas Highway Department took full control of maintaining the highways from the counties within which they resided. By 1927, the system covered 17,960 miles, of which 96 miles were concrete,1,060 miles were asphalt,5,000 miles were gravel, shell or stone. In 1951, a 50-mile section of the Gulf Freeway opened, in 1957, the state began receiving federal funding for the construction of the Interstate Highway System. The first section of Interstate Highway from county line to county line to open in the state was a 43-mile section of I-35 in Bexar County, by 1967, the highway system controlled 66,000 miles of highway. In 1984, US66 was replaced by I-40 and the US66 designation was removed from the highway system the following year. In 1992, the 3,200 miles of Interstate Highway System in Texas was completed with the opening of a section of I-27. In 1997, the Texas Turnpike Authority was merged with TxDOT and independently, the North Texas Turnpike Authority became responsible for projects in Collin, Dallas, Denton. The Interstate Highway with the longest segment in Texas is I-10 at 880.6 miles, the shortest in the state is I-110 at 0.9 miles
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Texas State Highway NASA Road 1
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State Highway NASA Road 1 is an east–west state highway that runs from Interstate 45 in Webster to State Highway 146 in Seabrook. The route is a 6-lane to 8-lane divided highway for most of its length, a Portion of the route is a 4-lane controlled access highway that bypasses the central businesses of Webster. The highway is the route to NASAs Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. It is one of only two Texas highways with an official beginning with a letter, the other is State Highway OSR. The highway was designated as Farm to Market Road 528 in 1945, but upon the opening of Johnson Space Center. NASA Road 1 begins at I-45 in Webster and heads towards the northeast through Webster intersecting SH3, the highway passes along the southern boundary of the Johnson Space Center and provides access to the Space Center. The highway follows the shore of Clear Lake and ends at SH146 in Seabrook. NASA1 Bypass Freeway is a freeway that passes to the south of Webster and it is 2.7 miles long and has 4 mainlanes. The contract for construction was awarded in 2004 and it opened in December 2008, the freeway consists of two direct access ramps which are convenient for travelers coming to and from Houston. Motorists coming from Galveston have to encounter a traffic signal at Kobayashi Road before experiencing the uninterrupted flow of the freeway, the freeway bypasses much of the congestion in inner-city Webster, giving easy access to Johnson Space Center. The entire route is in Harris County, Houston Freeways, Ch.4, The Spokes Erik Slotboom, September 13,2005, updated June,2005. NASA1 bypass Erik Slotboom, May 7,2005
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Texas State Highway 1
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For other highways in Texas numbered 1, see NASA Road 1, Texas Loop Highway 1, Texas Spur Route 1, Farm to Market Road 1, Ranch Road 1, and Texas Park Road 1. State Highway 1 was a Texas state highway traveled across the U. S. state of Texas. The highway traveled from Texarkana on the border to El Paso on the western border, via Dallas and Fort Worth, Abilene. SH1 was approximately 842 miles long, and was one of the original 26 Texas state highways, in 1920, the entire length of the highway was designated as part of the Bankhead Highway, a transcontinental Auto trail. In the Texas Department of Transportations 1939 state highway renumbering, most of SH1 was redesignated as U. S. Route 80, as well as U. S. Route 287, Texas State Highway 16, and others. Most of these highways were replaced by Interstate 10, Interstate 20, the only portion of SH1 that existed after 1939 was a short spur located in Dallas. Texas State Highway 1 was officially cancelled on September 19,1952, due to the highways historic value, a highway can not be designated as Texas State Highway 1 unless by the order of TxDOT Executive Director or by the Transportation Commission. Texas State Highway 1 had several long spur routes, most of these were simply numbered as State Highway 1, and were renumbered within a few years. Two of these spurs were separately numbered, in terms of todays Interstate Highways, the routing of SH1 is followed by Interstate 10 from New Mexico to east of Van Horn, I-20 to west of Fort Worth, and I-30 to Texarkana. The only major difference was between east of Ranger and Weatherford, where SH1 used what is now designated SH16, SH1 was assigned in 1917 as one of the original 26 state highways. By 1919, it had been extended northwest from El Paso to the New Mexico border, in February 1920, the whole of SH1 was included in the transcontinental Bankhead Highway, a marked auto trail. In late 1926, the United States Numbered Highways were assigned, State Highway 1 kept its number, but was also assigned U. S. Highway 80 from New Mexico to Dallas and U. S. Highway 67 from Dallas to Texarkana. By 1936, US80 had been moved off SH1 west of downtown Dallas, in downtown, US80 turned east on Commerce Street, and US67, which had joined US80 along Davis Street, turned east on Elm Street. In the 1939 general redescription, SH1 was truncated to only this short piece west from downtown Dallas and it split from US80 and ran northeast on Fort Worth Avenue and Commerce Street. Upon entering downtown Dallas, it split into the pair of Commerce and Elm Streets. In 1952, the route was renumbered to Loop 260 and signed as U. S. Route 80 Business, Loop 260 was removed from the State Highway System and turned over to the City of Dallas in 1991. In the original 1917 definition, SH1 had a split between Abilene and Palo Pinto, another split was present between Sulphur Springs and Texarkana, and a branch ran from the northern route at Naples east to State Highway 8 at Douglassville. By 1919, the route between Sulphur Springs and Texarkana had become State Highway 1-A, and a new State Highway 1-C ran southeast from SH 1-A at Atlanta to the Louisiana state line
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State highway
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Depending on the state, state highway may be used for one meaning and state road or state route for the other. In some countries such as New Zealand, the state is used in its sense of a nation. By this meaning a state highway is a maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities. Australias State Route system covers urban and inter-regional routes that are not included in the National Route or the National Highway systems and these routes are marked with a blue shield. Sometimes a state route may be formed when a national route is decommissioned. Most states and territories have introduced an alphanumeric numbering system. Brazil is another country that is divided into states and has state highways, canada is divided into provinces and territories, each of which maintains its own system of provincial or territorial highways. Canadas federal National Highway System is a dual system which includes the Trans-Canada Highway network. Italys Strade Statali extend for some 18,000 km, overseen by the Azienda Nazionale Autonoma delle Strade founded in 1946, State highways in India are numbered highways that are laid and maintained by state governments. Mexicos State Highway System is a system of urban and state routes constructed and maintained by each Mexican state, the main purpose of the state networks is to serve as a feeder system to the federal highway system. All states except the Federal District operate a road network, each state marks these routes with a white shield containing the abbreviated name of the state plus the route number. New Zealand state highways are national highways – the word state in this sense means government or public, New Zealands state highway system is a nationwide network of roads covering the North Island and the South Island. As of 2006, just under 100 roads have a State Highway designation, the NZ Transport Agency administers them. The speed limit for most state highways is 100 km/h, with reductions when one passes through a populated area. The highways in New Zealand were originally designated on a system, national and provincial, with national highways having a higher standard. Now all of them are state highways, and the network consists of SH1 running the length of main islands, SH 2–5 and 10–58 in the North Island, and SH 6–8. National and provincial highways are numbered north to south. State Highway 1 runs the length of both islands, local highways are the next important roads under the National highways
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U.S. state
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A U. S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a geographic territory. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders. States range in population from just under 600,000 to over 39 million, four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names. States are divided into counties or county-equivalents, which may be assigned some local authority but are not sovereign. County or county-equivalent structure varies widely by state, State governments are allocated power by the people through their individual constitutions. All are grounded in principles, and each provides for a government. States possess a number of powers and rights under the United States Constitution, Constitution has been amended, and the interpretation and application of its provisions have changed. The general tendency has been toward centralization and incorporation, with the government playing a much larger role than it once did. There is a debate over states rights, which concerns the extent and nature of the states powers and sovereignty in relation to the federal government. States and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a legislature consisting of the Senate. Each state is represented in the Senate by two senators, and is guaranteed at least one Representative in the House, members of the House are elected from single-member districts. Representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census, the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50, alaska and Hawaii are the most recent states admitted, both in 1959. The Constitution is silent on the question of states have the power to secede from the Union. Shortly after the Civil War, the U. S. Supreme Court, in Texas v. White, as a result, while the governments of the various states share many similar features, they often vary greatly with regard to form and substance
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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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Old San Antonio Road
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This article is about the Old San Antonio Road. For the historic roadway which it is considered a part of, the Old San Antonio Road was a historic roadway located in the U. S. states of Texas and Louisiana. Parts of it were based on traditional Native American trails and its Texas terminus was about 35 miles southeast of Eagle Pass at the Rio Grande in Maverick County, and its northern terminus was at Natchitoches, Louisiana. The road continued from Texas through Monclova to Mexico City, Louisiana Highway 6 mostly runs alongside the Old San Antonio Road for the entirety of its route through that state from Natchitoches to west of Many. State Highway 21 follows the old road to Midway, Texas, then State Highway OSR follows it around Bryan and College Station, South of San Marcos, the road follows the Old Bastrop Road until it intersects with I-35. The road leaves the Interstate at New Braunfels and follows Solms road, then Nacogdoches Road, South of San Antonio, the road follows Old Pleasanton Road, then varying local and county roads and merges with State Highway 97 to Cotulla. The road crosses private property and then follows State Highway 133 to Catarina, after Catarina, the road is on private property. In 1691, Domingo Terán de los Ríos took additional missionaries to East Texas following much the same course as traveled by De León, in 1693, Gregorio de Salinas Varona further defined the course of the road while bringing relief supplies from Monclova. The Old San Antonio Road was not a road, but a network of trails with different routes at different times. The trails path was dictated by things as diverse as weather, during the time that Texas was a Spanish, then Mexican, state, the road was used as a major thoroughfare between Mexico City and East Texas. With Texas independence, however, trade between Mexico and Texas waned, while Mexicos trade with the United States began to increase, the old route from San Antonio to Louisiana, now called the Camino Arriba, was still a vital link for Texans to the United States. After the Civil War, the name Camino Arriba faded and the road was called the Old San Antonio Road, by the 1870s, with the coming of the railroad, the roadway between San Antonio and Mexico had all but disappeared. It was then called the Lower Presidio Road, in 1915, the State of Texas and the Daughters of the American Revolution funded a project to place pink granite markers at approximately 5-mile intervals along the route of the Old San Antonio Road. Zively, a surveyor, mapped the routing in 1915 and 1916. Inscribed granite markers were installed later, and the Texas DAR presented the markers to the State of Texas in a ceremony in San Antonio on March 2,1918, the State of Texas took this routing and marked the remaining county roads as State Highway OSR. Originally, the route from the Sabine River to San Marcos carried this designation. As of February 2006, all but nine of the 123 markers were surviving, in deep South Texas, many of the markers are now on private ranches. In 1929, the Texas legislature designated the Zivley version of the Old San Antonio Road as one of the trails of Texas
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Brazos River
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It sometimes is used to mark the boundary between East Texas and West Texas. Another major tributary of the Upper Brazos is the Clear Fork Brazos River, the main stem of the Brazos is dammed in three places, all north of Waco, forming Possum Kingdom Lake, Lake Granbury, and Lake Whitney. Of these three, Granbury was the last to be completed, in 1969, when its construction was proposed in the mid-1950s, John Graves wrote the book, Goodbye to a River. A small municipal dam is near the city limit of Waco at the end of the Baylor campus. This impoundment of the Brazos through Waco is locally called Lake Brazos, a total of nineteen major reservoirs are located along the Brazos. Later Spanish accounts call it Los Brazos de Dios, for which there were several different explanations. In 1842, native Indian commissioner of Texas, Ethan Stroud established a trading post on this river, Brazos River was the scene of a battle between the Texas Navy and Mexican Navy during the Texas Revolution. Texas Navy ship Independence was defeated by one Mexican vessel, the river was important for navigation before and after the American Civil War, and steam boats sailed as far up the river as Washington-on-the-Brazos. While attempts to improve navigation on the river continued, railroads proved more reliable. The Brazos River also flooded, often seriously, on a basis before a piecemeal levee system was replaced. The river is important today as a source of water for power, irrigation. The water is administered by the Brazos River Authority, the river also features prominently in a number of prison songs, because at one time nearly every prison in Texas was near the Brazos. On June 2,2016, the rising of the river required evacuations for portions of Brazoria County, the Brazos River watershed covers a total area of 119,174 square kilometers. Within the watershed lie 42 lakes and rivers which have a storage capacity of 2.5 million acre-feet. The Brazos watershed also has a ground water availability of 119,275 acre-feet per year. Approximately 31% of the use within the watershed is cropland. Approximately 61% is grassland shrubland and forest while urban use only makes up 4. 6%, the population density within the watershed is 19.5 people per square kilometer. The main water quality issues within the Brazos Watershed are high nutrient loads, high bacterial and salinity levels and these water quality issues can be attributed to livestock, fertilizer and chemical run off
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Normangee, Texas
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Normangee is a town in Leon and Madison Counties in the U. S. state of Texas. The population was 685 at the 2010 census, so on January 26,1907, S. B. Phillips filed for record a plat of the new town, Normangee, located in the southwest corner of the Robert Rogers land grant at the junction of the Old San Antonio Road and the two new railroads. When the H&TC was being built through this region, railroad officials placed a town every 8 miles, a small community known as Rogers Prairie, existed two miles east of where the railroad line was built. Norman G. Kittrell was the county judge of Leon County at the time, the railroad named the new town after Judge Kittrell. Since there was already a Norman, Oklahoma, the town renamed itself Normangee, Normangee is located at 31°1′45″N 96°7′4″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 1.1 square miles. Normangee is incorporated in Leon County, where most of it lies, as of the census of 2000, there were 719 people,277 households, and 185 families residing in the town. The population density was 648.0 people per square mile, there were 358 housing units at an average density of 322.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 73. 71% White,20. 45% African American,0. 42% Native American,0. 14% Pacific Islander,3. 48% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 8. 07% of the population. 28. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.22. In the town, the population was out with 30. 7% under the age of 18,6. 5% from 18 to 24,28. 7% from 25 to 44,17. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.1 males, the median income for a household in the town was $28,594, and the median income for a family was $34,444. Males had an income of $29,375 versus $16,042 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,336, about 16. 1% of families and 17. 6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22. 2% of those under age 18 and 17. 6% of those age 65 or over. The Town of Normangee is served by the Normangee Independent School District and is home to the Normangee High School Panthers. The local economy consists of over 100 small businesses, including banking, groceries and staple goods, antique and thrift stores, health care, william Womack Heath, ambassador to Sweden Joseph Jones, Texas A&M basketball player R
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Caldwell, Texas
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Caldwell is a designated Main Street City in Burleson County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,104 at the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Burleson County. It is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, Caldwell is the home of the Czech Heritage Museum, which is open to the public on Saturdays from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. The annual Kolache Festival, a celebration of Czech heritage named for a type of pastry, is held in Caldwell the second weekend of September, Caldwell is located northwest of the center of Burleson County at 30°31′43″N 96°42′1″W. Texas State Highway 21 passes through the center of the city, leading northeast 23 miles to Bryan, Texas State Highway 36 bypasses the center of the city to the northeast, leading northwest 16 miles to Milano and southeast 32 miles to Brenham. According to the United States Census Bureau, Caldwell has an area of 3.9 square miles, of which 0.03 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,449 people,1,322 households, the population density was 1,021.4 people per square mile. There were 1,485 housing units at a density of 439.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 71. 24% White,12. 64% African American,0. 17% Native American,0. 09% Asian,13. 71% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 22. 96% of the population. 26. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.16. In the city, the population was out with 28. 8% under the age of 18,9. 5% from 18 to 24,26. 7% from 25 to 44,20. 5% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 87.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males, the median income for a household in the city was $29,936, and the median income for a family was $37,658. Males had an income of $25,745 versus $20,306 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,141, about 14. 2% of families and 17. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21. 0% of those under age 18 and 12. 2% of those age 65 or over. Caldwell is served by the Caldwell Independent School District, chuck Norris The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Caldwell has a subtropical climate
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Hearne, Texas
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Hearne is a city in Robertson County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,459, the city is named for a family that settled in the area in the 19th century and promoted the construction of rail lines through the city. Hearne is located on land initially belonged to politician and soldier José Francisco Ruiz. By the 1840s, a tavern was located there and it served as a general store. The Hearne family moved to the area in the 1850s, purchasing 10,000 acres, Hearne wanted a railroad line built through the area, but the Civil War started before the railroad could be constructed. His widow later gave 700 acres to the Houston and Texas Central Railway, with the construction of a depot in Hearne in 1868, businesses began to open, including a hotel, saloons, churches and a cotton gin. Two rail lines met in Hearne by the 1870s, hearnes population was 2,129 in 1900 and 3,511 in 1940. Between 1943 and 1946, a camp operated near the city limits. Agricultural and manufacturing came to Hearne by the 1960s. By 1990, over 5,000 people lived in Hearne, on New Years Eve 1990, the Wal-Mart in Hearne closed. After closure, the store was converted into the current Hearne High School, merchants in downtown Hearne by that time had already folded their businesses because they were unable to compete with Wal-Mart. The New York Times reported that out of more than 1,500 Wal-Mart stores in the nation, in November 2000,15 African-American residents of Hearne, Texas, were indicted on drug charges after being arrested in a series of drug sweeps. The ACLU filed a class action lawsuit, Kelly v. Paschall, on their behalf, the government had promised the informant leniency on a burglary charge and a hundred dollars in cash in exchange for each suspect he helped convict. On May 11,2005, the ACLU and Robertson County announced a settlement of the lawsuit. District Attorney John Paschall dismissed the charges against the plaintiffs of the suit and he also admitted that the witness had tampered with evidence and failed a polygraph test. A movie, American Violet, was made about the incident, in May 2014, protesters demonstrated against the shooting of a 93-year-old woman named Pearlie Golden by the Hearne Police Department. After Officer Stephen Stem responded to a disturbance at Goldens residence, police said that Golden had discharged a firearm into the ground twice. Stem shot Golden three times, resulting in Goldens death, the officer had been on the police force since 2012 and it was his second fatal shooting
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Franklin, Texas
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Franklin is a city and county seat of Robertson County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,564, Franklin is located at 31°1′34″N 96°29′10″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 0.9 square miles. Franklin is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, as of the census of 2000, there were 1,470 people,533 households, and 351 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,594.4 people per square mile, there were 626 housing units at an average density of 679.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 75. 51% White,19. 52% African American,0. 20% Native American,0. 41% Asian,0. 07% Pacific Islander,2. 93% from other races, and 1. 36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8. 84% of the population,30. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 18. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the family size was 3.20. In the city, the population was out with 29. 0% under the age of 18,6. 9% from 18 to 24,25. 0% from 25 to 44,18. 4% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.6 males, the median income for a household in the city was $27,400, and the median income for a family was $33,889. Males had an income of $31,818 versus $20,441 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,490, about 15. 4% of families and 18. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23. 5% of those under age 18 and 25. 0% of those age 65 or over. Franklin is served by the Franklin Independent School District, the district website is located at Franklin ISD. It consists of Roland Reynolds Elementary, Franklin Middle School, and Franklin High School
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Jewett, Texas
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Jewett is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,167 at the 2010 census, Jewett is the birthplace of Alger Texas Alexander, Fritz Von Erich and Romus Burgin. It was laid out in 1871 by the International Railroad Company, Jewett is located at 31°21′44″N 96°8′41″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.1 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 861 people,333 households, the population density was 418.4 people per square mile. There were 399 housing units at a density of 193.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 75. 15% White,7. 67% African American,14. 87% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 23. 58% of the population. 30. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.22. In the city, the population was out with 31. 6% under the age of 18,10. 1% from 18 to 24,27. 4% from 25 to 44,18. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 31 years, for every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males, the median income for a household in the city was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $33,500. Males had an income of $31,667 versus $20,347 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,469, about 21. 4% of families and 26. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29. 7% of those under age 18 and 21. 0% of those age 65 or over. The City of Jewett is served by the Leon Independent School District, the climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Jewett has a subtropical climate
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Centerville, Texas
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Centerville is a city in Leon County, in the U. S. state of Texas. The population was 892 at the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Leon County. Centerville was so named as it is near the center of Leon County. However, it is coincidentally located nearly midway between Dallas and Houston. Centerville became the county seat of Leon County in 1850 and it was originally built on 200 acres donated by Robert J Townes and D. C. The town established an annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival in 1937, according to the United States Census Bureau, Centerville has a total area of 1.5 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 903 people,388 households, the population density was 620.9 people per square mile. There were 464 housing units at a density of 319.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 75. 30% White,21. 82% African American,0. 33% Native American,0. 22% Asian,1. 66% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 99% of the population. 38. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 22. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.89. In the city, the population was out with 22. 1% under the age of 18,6. 3% from 18 to 24,22. 6% from 25 to 44,25. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 44 years, for every 100 females there were 83.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.5 males, the median income for a household in the city was $25,677, and the median income for a family was $35,278. Males had an income of $38,125 versus $19,167 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,469, about 14. 9% of families and 19. 1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. 7% of those under age 18 and 20. 9% of those age 65 or over. The City of Centerville is served by the Centerville Independent School District, Centerville is home to several churches representing the main denominations of the Christian faith, in addition to several non-denominational congregations. Blues singer Lightnin Hopkins was born in Centerville in 1912, philanthropist Addie Peed Swearingen was born in Centerville in 1904. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers, according to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Centerville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated Cfa on climate maps
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Madisonville, Texas
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Madisonville is a city in Madison County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,396 at the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Madison County. Both the City of Madisonville and the County of Madison were named for U. S. President James Madison, Madisonville is located at 30°57′3″N 95°54′45″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 4.3 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,159 people,1,473 households, the population density was 1,003.3 people per square mile. There were 1,653 housing units at a density of 398.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 56. 60% White,29. 21% African American,0. 50% Native American,0. 41% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,10. 56% from other races, and 2. 69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22. 24% of the population,26. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the family size was 3.28. In the city, the population was out with 29. 7% under the age of 18,10. 1% from 18 to 24,25. 2% from 25 to 44,18. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 33 years, for every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males, the median income for a household in the city was $25,440, and the median income for a family was $29,077. Males had an income of $22,292 versus $19,885 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,551, about 20. 7% of families and 23. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31. 1% of those under age 18 and 17. 0% of those age 65 or over. The City of Madisonville is served by the Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District, the climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Madisonville has a subtropical climate. City of Madisonville History of Madisonville from the Handbook of Texas Online published by the Texas State Historical Association
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Texas State Highway 75
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State Highway 75 is a 132. 63-mile-long Texas state highway remnant of the old U. S. Route 75. This route was designated in 1987, southern terminus is in Conroe, where it merges into Interstate 45 at the southern side of Loop 336. Northern terminus is approximately three miles north of Streetman, in the section of Navarro County, where it becomes the east side frontage road for I-45. SH75 was previously designated in 1926 to replace SH 13A from Amarillo east to the Oklahoma border, by 1927 it was running concurrently with the newly designated U. S. Highway 66, and was cancelled by 1938. North of Dallas, US75 was rerouted onto Central Expressway, one of the first expressway projects in the United States and its original route from Richardson to Howe was redesignated as State Highway 5
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Leona, Texas
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Leona is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States. The population was 175 at the 2010 census, Leona is located at 31°9′17″N 95°58′33″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.2 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 181 people,71 households, the population density was 83.2 people per square mile. There were 91 housing units at a density of 41. 8/sq mi. The racial makeup of the city was 83. 43% White,13. 81% African American,0. 55% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 21% of the population. 31. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.22. In the city, the population was out with 29. 3% under the age of 18,7. 7% from 18 to 24,26. 0% from 25 to 44,18. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 101.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males, the median income for a household in the city was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $37,083. Males had an income of $27,500 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,725, about 4. 8% of families and 11. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9. 8% of those under the age of 18 and 16. 7% of those 65 or over. The City of Leona is served by the Centerville Independent School District
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Crockett, Texas
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Crockett is a city in Houston County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,950 and it is the fifth oldest city and the county seat of Houston County, the oldest county in Texas. The town was named after David Crockett who reportedly had camped nearby on his way to the Alamo, a family from Tennessee donated the land for the town and named it after Crockett, whom they had previously known. The town was incorporated in 1837, and a post office was granted the following year, Crockett was connected to Nacogdoches by stage service. In 1839 raids by the Alabama-Coushatta and Cherokee Indians forced the residents to take shelter in the fortified log courthouse. Crockett was a center for Confederate conscripts during the Civil War. The railroad came through in 1872 enabling Crockett to exploit the timber resources. By 1885 the town was thriving with a population of 1,200 and it evolved into Mary Allen Junior College, which operated into the 1970s. In 1904 lignite mining started and it peaked about 1910, the stands of timber were seriously depleted by the 1920s. The population was over 3,000 in the mid-1920s and by 1936, the population of Crockett increased while most of East Texas declined after World War II. It reached 5,000 by the 1960 census, during this time, one of the first loop roads in the nation was built around the city. This traffic reliever was procured through the works of politicians who called Crockett home. Blues singer Lightnin Hopkins was once arrested in Crockett, Texas, in recent years, the economy of Crockett has expanded with the construction of new retail space on Loop 304. Several historic buildings in downtown have been renovated to new office and service space. Renewed interest in reserves of gas in the surrounding area has led to construction of energy infrastructure. Monroe, a grandnephew of U. S. President James Monroe came to Crockett from Virginia and he established what is now the Monroe-Crook House built with brick placed between the inner and outer walls. George W. Crook purchased the residence in 1911, the house, open for public tours, is located in front of the John H. Wooters Public Library in the same block as the Crockett Presbyterian Church. The Presbyterian Church was established in 1854, the building was razed by a fire in 1926 and rebuilt
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