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Davis, also known as Davistown or Davis Switch, is an unincorporated community in Atascosa County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 8 in 2000. It is located within the San Antonio metropolitan area.
Numbering plan areas and area codes of Texas with numbering plan area 281/346/713/832 highlighted. Area codes 713, 281, 832, 346, and 621 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) forming an overlay complex for Houston, Texas and its environs. Area code 713 is one of the original four area codes established for Texas ...
In 1927, the Texas Legislature authorized the Texas Highway Department, a precursor agency to TxDOT, to construct Davis Mountains State Park Highway after what was then the State Parks Board had failed to acquire parkland for a state park within the Davis Mountains. The road was to include portions of the present SH 118 and State Highway 166 ...
76131, 76179. Area code: 817: FIPS code: 48-64112 [3] GNIS feature ID: ... 1989, Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 crashed near Saginaw, killing both pilots ...
The road had been designated on September 15, 1930 from Fort Davis as far as the Fowlkes Ranch [6] enabling construction of nearby McDonald Observatory and Davis Mountains State Park. [5] On September 23, 1931, a survey was made for the location. [7] On April 24, 1933, SH 166 Spur to Mount Locke observatory was added. [8]
Arch "Beaver" Aplin. In 1982, founder Arch "Beaver" Aplin was a partner in the opening of a store in Clute, Texas, the first to bear the name "Buc-ee's".He formed the name Buc-ee's by combining his childhood nickname; the name of his Labrador Retriever, Buck; as well as the appeal of Ipana toothpaste's animated mascot, Bucky the beaver.
A second roadless inventory, RARE II, was initiated in 1977, which culminated in a recommendation of wilderness designation for 15,000,000 acres (61,000 km 2) of national forest land and further study for another 10,800,000 acres (44,000 km 2). [4] This set of recommendations was also quickly challenged in the courts and largely voided as a result.
Spur 78 is the highest state maintained road in Texas at 6,791 feet near the summit of Mt. Locke where the older telescopes of the observatory are located. Spur 77 branches off from Spur 78 providing access to the newer research equipment atop Mt. Fowlkes. Rolling hills in the Davis Mountains