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Decatur Baptist College (now Dallas Baptist University) was established in Decatur in 1898. It was the first two-year institution of higher education in Texas. In 1965, the college moved to Dallas to be in a larger population center. The former Administration Building then housed the Wise County Heritage Museum.
1379119 [1] Stonewall is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Gillespie County, Texas, United States. The population was 451 at the 2020 census. It was named for Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, by Israel P. Nunez, who established a stage station near the site in 1870.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Wise County Courthouse (2022) Show map of Texas Show map of the United States Show all. Location. 101 N Trinity St., Decatur, Texas. Coordinates. 32°14′04″N 97°35′13″W / 32.23444°N 97.58694°W / 32.23444; -97.58694 (Wise County Courthouse) Built. 1896.
Congressional districts. 13th, 26th. Website. www.co.wise.tx.us. Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. [1] Its county seat is Decatur. [2] Wise County is part of the Dallas – Fort Worth – Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
Added to NRHP. May 1, 1974. Designated RTHL. 1962. The Waggoner Mansion (a.k.a. El Castile) is a historic mansion in Decatur, Texas. The sixteen room mansion was built in 1883 by the Waggoner Family. It was purchased in 1942 by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Luker.
Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [1][2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property.
Decatur Independent School District. / 33.22083°N 97.75194°W / 33.22083; -97.75194. Decatur Independent School District is a public school district based in Decatur, Texas ( USA ), northwest of Fort Worth. In addition to Decatur, the district also serves portions of New Fairview and Rhome . Decatur ISD was established by Mark Rawen, a ...
Decatur Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLUD, FAA LID: LUD) is a city-owned public airport two miles (3.7 km) north of Decatur, in Wise County, Texas. [1]Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Decatur Municipal Airport is assigned LUD by the FAA and has no IATA designation [2] (IATA assigned LUD to Lüderitz Airport in Namibia [3]).