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Grandfalls is a town in Ward County, Texas, United States. It was named for its location near the "grand falls" of the Pecos River, located roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) to the west. [4] Early settlers were attracted to the Grandfalls area in the late 1880s by the steady supply of water flowing in the Pecos River. [4]
U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from the Mexican border in the Rio Grande Valley to the Canadian border near Dunseith, North Dakota.In the state of Texas, the highway is a major south–north corridor, connecting Brownsville to the Oklahoma state line at the Red River in Burkburnett.
Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the Republic of Texas and ceded by Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the ...
The first section of Interstate Highway from county line to county line to open in the state was a 43-mile (69 km) section of I-35 in Bexar County. By 1967, the highway system controlled 66,000 miles (106,000 km) of highway. [5] In 1984, US 66 was replaced by I-40 and the US 66 designation was removed from the state highway system the following ...
It was also the first urban expressway in Texas. In 1962, 43 miles (69 km) of I-35 opened in Bexar County, the first section of Interstate Highway to open from county line to county line in a large metropolitan area. [3] Portions of I-10 west of San Antonio took much longer to complete due to the vast open spaces and lack of nearby labor. The ...
FM 765 was designated on January 27, 1948, to run from the Tom Green-Concho County Line east via Eola and Millersview to the Concho-McCulloch County Line. On October 23, 1950, the road was extended east to FM 503 in Doole. On November 20, 1951, the road was extended west to US 87 (now FM 1223), replacing FM 1720. On September 28, 1954, the road ...
Railroad district (12 total, county boundaries) County; In Texas, the highest level of land subdivision is the boundary of the state itself. Below this are the Texas railroad districts, of which there are 12. These are Spanish grants, surveyed on the "metes and bounds" system of measurement, and are of irregular shape and size.
Texas has an annual precipitation range from 60.57 inches (1,538 mm) in Jasper County, East Texas, to 9.43 inches (240 mm) in El Paso. The record high of 120 °F (49 °C) was reached at Seymour on 12 August 1936, and Monahans on 28 June 1994. The low also ties at −23 °F (−31 °C) in Tulia on 12 February 1899, and Seminole on 8 February 1933.