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Granbury is a city in and the county seat of Hood County, Texas, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 10,958, and it is the principal city of the Granbury micropolitan statistical area. Granbury is named after Confederate General Hiram B. Granbury.
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Granbury, Texas. Pages in category "People from Granbury, Texas" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Other major buildings include the 1885 Hood County Jailhouse, the 1885 First National Bank Building, the 1891 building which formerly housed the Hood County News, the 1893 Aston-Landers Saloon Building, [2] the 1893 Nutt Brothers Building, and the 1886 Granbury Opea House.
Hood County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,598. [1] Its county seat is Granbury. [2] The county is named for John Bell Hood, a Confederate lieutenant general and the commander of Hood's Texas Brigade.
The Granbury micropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one counties in North Central Texas, anchored by the city of Granbury. As of the 2000 census , the area had a population of 47,909 (a July 1, 2009, estimate placed the population at 59,493).
Andrews was born near Granbury and graduated from Granbury High School in 1955. She grew up with brothers Walter and George, and sister Shirley who also played and later coached girls basketball. [7] Clyde Rains held Shirley back for one year in school so she and Leta could play basketball together for four years in high school. [8]
Granbury High School was the home to Leta Andrews, the winningest high school basketball coach in the United States. She won 1,416 games during her 52 seasons of coaching, [10] [11] surpassing Robert Hughes, who won 1,333 games in his career. [12] She announced her retirement on May 1, 2014. [10]
House Bill 5, 85th Regular Legislative Session, 2017, established DFPS as an agency independent of Texas Health and Human Services effective Sept. 1, 2017. [4] To comply with previous legislation, on Sept. 1, 2017, HHSC assumed responsibility for the child care licensing function previously managed by DFPS.