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Several governors of Texas hailed from McLennan County: Ann Richards (1991–1995), the state's second female governor; Pat Morris Neff (1921–1925), who also served as president of Baylor University; Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1887–1891), whose family helped found Waco and who also served as the fourth president of Texas A&M University; and ...
The Mayor of the City of Waco is the official head of the city of Waco in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] Waco was incorporated in 1856. ... John Dollins 1916 1917 Ed ...
McClanahan, Texas is an unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States. [1] It is six miles northeast of the county seat, Marlin , on FM 147 . [ 2 ]
The 1982 Lake Waco Murders refers to the deaths of three teenagers (two females, one male) near Lake Waco in Waco, Texas, in July 1982.The police investigation and criminal trials that followed the murders lasted for more than a decade and resulted in the execution of one man, David Wayne Spence, and life prison sentences for two other men allegedly involved in the crime, Anthony and Gilbert ...
Waco city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [42] Pop 2010 [43] Pop 2020 [44] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
The 20th Texas Legislature met from January 11 to April 4, 1887, in regular session, and from April 16 to May 15, 1888, in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 general election .
The airport opened May 5, 1942 as Waco Army Air Field and was the headquarters of the Army Air Force Central Instructors' School during World War II. It was deactivated after the war in 1945 but was reactivated in 1948 as a pilot training base under the Air Training Command .
In 2013, Brazos began constructing its current headquarters in Waco's Texas Central Industrial park. [2] Brazos operates four plants which can produce up to 2,909 megawatts of electricity. [citation needed] Brazos was an initial investor in the Comanche Peak Nuclear Generating Station but later sold its interest to TXU.