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Wells is at the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm to Market Road 1247, twenty-three miles south of Rusk in extreme southern Cherokee County.It was established in 1885 as a stop on the newly constructed Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad and was named for Maj. E. H. Wells, a civil engineer for the railroad.
Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto and Parker Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 14,820 at the 2020 census. The population was 14,820 at the 2020 census. The city is named for mineral wells in the area, which were highly popular in the early 1900s.
Jim Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 38,891.The county was founded in 1911 [1] and is named for James B. Wells Jr. (1850–1923), for three decades a judge and Democratic Party political boss in South Texas.
It would rise 14 stories over Mineral Wells, and house 450 guest rooms, two ballrooms, an in-house beauty shop, and other novelties such as a bowling alley, a gymnasium, and an outdoor swimming pool. Completed three years later with a cost of $1.2 million (equivalent to US$21,000,000 in 2023), the mammoth building instantly dominated the city ...
The Church of Wells (formerly the Church of Arlington, or You Must Be Born Again (YMBBA) Ministries) is an American religious group considered by some to be a cult [1] located in Wells, Texas. The group is led by Sean Morris, Jacob Gardner, and Ryan Ringnald, former street preachers who are all in their early thirties.
Wells High School is a public high school located in Wells, Texas . It is the sole high school in the Wells Independent School District and is classified as a 1A school by the UIL. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]
James Babbage Wells Jr. (1850–1923) was an American lawyer, rancher, and Democratic Party boss of South Texas.Wells is remembered for the nearly four decades that he spent as a political kingmaker from his base in Cameron County, Texas, and as the namesake of Jim Wells County, in the same state.
Wells Branch creek begins in Wells Branch and is a Tributary of Walnut Creek [23] which travels south through the city of Austin, Texas and eventually empties into the Colorado River. [ 24 ] References