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Van Alstyne is a city in Grayson and Collin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 3,046 at the 2010 census , [ 5 ] up from 2,502 at the 2000 census. The Grayson County portion of Van Alstyne is part of the Sherman – Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area .
U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Interstate 345 (I-345) in Dallas, Texas northward to the Canadian border in Noyes, Minnesota. In the state of Texas it runs from I-345 in Dallas and heads north to the Oklahoma state line, a distance of about 75.3 miles (121.2 km).
Judge James G. Thompson and Mr. James Archer Potts both owned large ranches at the future site of Pottsboro, before its inception. [5]Pottsboro was established in 1876 by James A. Potts, a pioneer settler who donated land for a town and a right-of-way so the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad would extend its tracks westward from Denison to his settlement.
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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.
Van Alstyne: FM 3133 east: FM 121 east (East Jefferson Street) – Pilot Grove: south end of FM 121 overlap: FM 121 west (West Van Alstyne Parkway) to US 75 – Gunter: north end of FM 121 overlap: Howe: Spur 381 west (Haning) FM 902 east (Kosse) – Tom Bean: south end of FM 902 overlap: US 75 / FM 902 west – Sherman, Dorchester, McKinney
1880 map of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. Ebenezer Allen of Galveston, Texas obtained the charter to establish a railroad company on March 11, 1848. Other investors included Paul Bremond, Thomas William House, Sr., William J. Hutchins, Francis Moore, Benjamin A. Shepherd, James H. Stevens, William Marsh Rice, and William Van Alstyne. [2]
The Van Alstyne Independent School District is a public school district in Grayson County, Texas, United States, based in Van Alstyne. The district extends into portions of northern Collin County. In the 2018-2019 school year, the school district received an A rating (97 out of 100) from the Texas Education Agency. [3]