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Ward County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,644. [1] The county seat is Monahans. [2] The county was created in 1887 and organized in 1892. [3] It is named for Thomas W. Ward, a soldier in the Texas Revolution.
Sandstorm, 1894 Main Street, 1894 Bank of America Building, Midland's tallest. Midland was established in June 1881 as Midway Station, on the Texas and Pacific Railway.Its name came from its central location between Fort Worth and El Paso, but because there were already other towns in Texas named Midway, the city changed its name to Midland in January 1884 when it was granted its first post ...
Jeff Barosh, Texas-based country music singer-songwriter; professionally known as Jeff Chance was born and raised in El Campo. He died in El Campo in 2008 at the age of 53; Joey Hunt, NFL Player for the Seattle Seahawks; Memo Rodriguez, MLS Player for the Houston Dynamo; born in Wharton and raised in El Campo [9]
Weslaco (/ ˈ w ɛ s l ə k oʊ / WESS-lə-koh) is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States.As of the 2020 census the population was 41,103, Studies from 2023 show the population is 43,053 [4] and in 2020 the estimated population was 40,160. [5]
A fierce rivalry, the Lone Star Showdown, also exists between the state's two largest universities, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. The athletics portion of the Lone Star Showdown rivalry was paused between 2012, when Texas A&M left the Big 12 and joined the SEC, and 2024, when Texas joined them. [361]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Mabelle has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.The hottest temperature recorded in Mabelle was 115 °F (46.1 °C) on June 29, 1980 and June 29, 1994, while the coldest temperature recorded was −6 °F (−21.1 °C) on December 23–24, 1989.
At the 2010 census, Texas had a population of 25.1 million—an increase of 4.3 million since the year 2000, involving an increase in population in all three subcategories of population growth: natural increase (births minus deaths), net immigration, and net migration. Texas added almost 4 million people between the 2010 and 2020 census'. [9]
On August 9, 1922, the Rafael Rios No. 1 well struck oil at 2,161 feet (659 m), producing 150 barrels per day (24 m 3 /d). To repay his loans, Davis contracted 2 million barrels (320,000 m 3 ) each to Atlantic Oil and Magnolia Oil at $.50 a barrel, plus another 2 million barrels (320,000 m 3 ) to Magnolia at $.75 per barrel.