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Waco, Texas. / 31.55139°N 97.15583°W / 31.55139; -97.15583. Waco ( / ˈweɪkoʊ / WAY-koh) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. [ 7] It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin.
Congressional district. 17th. Website. www .co .mclennan .tx .us. McLennan County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 260,579. [ 1] Its county seat and largest city is Waco. [ 2] The U.S. census 2023 county population estimate is 268,583. [ 3]
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into ...
The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in unincorporated McLennan County, Texas, [12] [13] [14] 13 miles (21 kilometers) northeast of Waco. Suspecting the group of stockpiling illegal weapons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) obtained a search warrant for the compound and ...
The Waco metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of McLennan, Falls and Bosque counties in Central Texas, anchored by the city of Waco. As of the 1 April 2020 census (which includes all 3 Counties), the MSA had a population of 295,782. [1] The 2023 population estimate was 304,865 which ...
Lake Waco is a man-made reservoir located on the west side of Waco, in McLennan County, Texas. It provides water to several cities in the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area, including Waco (pop. 135,858), Bellmead (pop. 9,901), Hewitt (pop. 13,368), Robinson (pop. 10,509), Woodway (pop. 8,452) and others in the Cross Timbers and Prairies ...
c. 1958. Destroyed. April 19, 1993. The New Mount Carmel Center was a large group of buildings used by the Branch Davidian religious group located near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Waco. The Branch Davidians were established by Benjamin Roden in 1959 as a breakaway sect from Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, and was later led by ...
GNIS feature ID. 1690857 [ 3] Website. bruceville-eddy .us. Bruceville-Eddy is a city in McLennan and Falls counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 1,413 at the 2020 census. [ 4] Most of the city is in McLennan County and is part of the Waco metropolitan statistical area. A small southern portion is in Falls County.