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Caney Creek is the only out-flow tributary of Lake Tyler East, although Lake Tyler as a whole comprises Lake Tyler West and Lake Tyler East, which were connected via a canal on May 29, 1968. Lake Tyler East has a surface area of 2,276 acres, an average depth of 16.5 feet, and a watershed area of 62 square miles. [ 2 ]
Around 1870, when the Texas and Pacific Railway was built, the city was founded as Windmill Town. In 1881, it was renamed as Merkel in honor of the first settler in this area, S. M. Merkel, from Germany. In 1882, the first mercantile store and in 1883, the first post office opened. [6]
An aerial view of the city of Tyler, the namesake of Lake Tyler. Lake Tyler (West) is a man-made public water reservoir located south-east of Tyler, Texas, in eastern Smith County. While named after the town of Tyler (pop. 104,789), Lake Tyler is closer to the smaller cities of Whitehouse (pop. 7660) and Arp (pop. 970).
UPDATE: The City of Tyler said a boil water notice was issued as of 3:55 p.m. for TWU customers in west Tyler as a safety precaution due to the main break. Tyler ISD said that schools affected by ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 57.97 sq mi (150.1 km 2), of which 57.45 sq mi (148.8 km 2) is land and 0.52 sq mi (1.3 km 2) is covered by water. Tyler is the principal city of the Greater Tyler metropolitan area, and a principal city in the Tyler–Longview area, a conurbation of the Tyler and Longview ...
The Tyler metropolitan area, or Greater Tyler area centered on the city of Tyler, Texas, is one of the largest Texan metropolitan areas in East Texas. It had a combined population of 216,080 according to the 2010 U.S. census, and 233,479 in 2020. The Tyler metropolitan area encompasses all of Smith County.
Barbara Reid Bass (born January 29, 1954) is the former mayor of Tyler, Texas.First elected in May 2008, [1] she won re-election in 2010 and 2012. [3] She left office in 2014 because of term limits [2] and was succeeded by Martin Heines, a real estate businessman.
Martin J. Heines (born 1962) is the former mayor of Tyler, Texas.First elected in May 2014, he won re-election in 2016 and 2018, [1] [2] serving three terms as mayor. Heines succeeded three term Mayor Barbra Bass, to become mayor in 2014.