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Texas State Highway 11 crosses the southern part of Whitewright with US 69, leading southeast 36 miles (58 km) to Commerce and northwest 17 miles (27 km) to Sherman. According to the United States Census Bureau, Whitewright has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km 2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km 2), or 0.21%, is water. [6]
Downtown Congress Avenue in Downtown Austin University of Texas at Austin Hyde Park. Central Austin includes the city's Downtown and central neighborhoods. The area is north of the Colorado River and is enclosed by Interstate 35 to the east, approximately 51st Street/North Loop/Hancock Drive to the north, and Mopac Expressway (SL 1) to the west.
The city got its name as it was a lone settlement of white colonists amid several Native American villages in the Fort Worth area in the Texas Republic territory in the 1840s. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] On October 14, 2005, city leaders, citing hurdles in attracting businesses, [ 18 ] announced a plan to have local voters decide on a possible name change ...
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White City is situated near Cedar Lake. It was settled in 1939, after voters passed the sale of alcohol. A post office operated from 1940 or 1941, to the 1950s. Oilfields supported the town during the 1930s. From the 1940s, the town declined, being abandoned by the 1950s. [2] [3]
Whitesboro is located in western Grayson County. [8] U.S. Route 82 passes through the northern side of the city, and U.S. Route 377 passes through the eastern side. US 82 leads east 17 miles (27 km) to Sherman, the county seat, and west 13 miles (21 km) to Gainesville, while US 377 leads north 15 miles (24 km) to the Oklahoma border on the Red River and south 41 miles (66 km) to Denton.
[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2), all land. [4] Whiteface is located on State Highway 114, 44 miles (71 km) west of Lubbock and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Morton, the Cochran County seat.
The city of El Lago was established in 1961 and over the years has been home to at least 47 astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon; Buzz Aldrin, the lunar module pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission and the second person to walk on the Moon; Jim Lovell, the command module pilot of Apollo 8 (making him one of the first three humans to fly to the Moon) and ...