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Gilmer is a city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, Texas, United States. [4] It is best known for being the home of the East Texas Yamboree and the birthplace of popular music singers Don Henley of the Eagles band and Johnny Mathis , as well as blues musician Freddie King .
Upshur County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,892. [1] The county seat is Gilmer. [2] The county is named for Abel P. Upshur, who was U.S. Secretary of State during President John Tyler's administration.
SH 300 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 80 on the west side of Longview, and travels northwest through residential sections of the city. The route continues to the northwest, passing through agricultural sections of southeastern Upshur County before reaching its terminus at U.S. Route 271 and State Highway 155 on the far southern edge of Gilmer.
Gilmer High School. Gilmer Independent School District is a 4A public school district based in Gilmer, in the U.S. state of Texas.. The district is located in central Upshur County and extends into a small portion of southern Camp County.
Lake Gilmer is four miles (6 km) west of downtown Gilmer, Texas, in the United States.It is located at State Highway 852 (SH 852). The lake opened on September 29, 2001. It is 1,010 acres (4.1 km 2) in size and has another 1557 acres (6.3 km 2) of land that is planned to be developed into hiking and nature trail
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Dr. W. H. Kelsey, who was Miss Kelsey’s father, was a physician, merchant, and Methodist preacher. In addition to being a land surveyor, Captain Hart also was the first county clerk of Upshur County, Postmaster of Gilmer, and later represented his district in the state legislature, was a magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Mason, and was a ...
Point Mallard Park's J. Gilmer Blackburn Aquatic Center was developed after Gilmer Blackburn, mayor of Decatur from 1962 to 1968, saw enclosed "wave-making" swimming pools in Germany and thought one could be developed as a tourist attraction in the United States for his city. J. Austin Smith, an Ohio pool manufacturer, worked with the City of Decatur to design the pool.