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The Preston E. Smith Unit is a state prison for men located in Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas, owned and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [1] This facility was opened in October 1992, and a maximum capacity of 2234 male inmates held at various security levels. The prison was named for Texas governor Preston Smith.
Lamesa (/ l ə ˈ m iː s ə / lə-MEE-sə) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States. [6] The population was 8,674 at the 2020 census, down from 9,952 at the 2000 census. Located south of Lubbock on the Llano Estacado, Lamesa was founded in 1903. Most of its economy is based on cotton farming.
Preston Earnest Smith (March 8, 1912 – October 18, 2003) was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as the 40th governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973. A member of the Democratic Party , he previously served as the 35th lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1969.
Preston E. Smith Unit Johnny Joe Avalos (born December 1, 1986) is an American serial killer who raped and fatally strangled four women and a teenage girl in San Antonio , Texas , between 2012 and 2015.
[1] [2] The county seat is Lamesa. [3] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1905. [4] It is named for Nicholas Mosby Dawson, [5] a soldier of the Texas Revolution. Dawson County comprises the Lamesa, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), and it is, by population, the smallest Micropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.
I-227 is proposed to be routed via SH 158 from Sterling City to Midland and SH 349 from Midland to Lamesa; I-327 would utilize US 287 from Dumas to the Oklahoma state line. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] However, after legislation passed through the U.S. Senate in August 2023, I-227 and I-327 were respectively redesignated as I-27W and I-27N, with I-27E replacing ...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he ...
Lamesa Farm Workers Community Historic District: August 9, 1993 : Approx 1 mile north of the junction of US 87 and US 180 Los Ybanez: See also. National Register of ...