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Before Red Oak was given its name in 1849, it was known as Possum Trot due to the animal that lived there. [6] The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad began near the Red Oak area in 1884 and was completed in 1890. [6] This railroad allowed people to travel to Dallas and Waco. [6] In 1949, Red Oak became an incorporated town of Ellis, County. [6]
Quercus buckleyi, commonly known as Texas red oak, Buckley's oak, or Spanish oak [4] [5] is a species of flowering plant. [6] [7] It is endemic to the southern Great Plains of the United States (Oklahoma and Texas). [8] Buckley's oak is smaller and more likely to be multitrunked than its close relative, the Shumard oak (Q. shumardii).
The route is expected to start somewhere in southern Mesquite, Texas at an interchange with Interstate 20 where it may connect with either the PGBT or a proposed Rockwall/Kaufman County Outer Loop. It will run from that point southwest to Interstate 45 in Ferris, to Interstate 35E in Glenn Heights, just north of Red Oak.
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The Red Oak Independent School District is a school district in northern Ellis County, Texas . The district serves the majorities of the municipalities of Red Oak, Pecan Hill and Oak Leaf, along with some portions of Glenn Heights, Ovilla, and Waxahachie. [1] In 2010, the school district was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]
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