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Main Highway in Gilmer, Texas (US-271) Downtown Gilmer, Texas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.6 mi 2 (12.0 km 2), all land. Four miles west of Gilmer is Lake Gilmer, which opened September 29, 2001. Gilmer is part of a larger area known as the East Texas Piney Woods.
Upshur County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,892. [1] The county seat is Gilmer. [2] The county is named for Abel P. Upshur, who was U.S. Secretary of State during President John Tyler's administration.
Lake Gilmer is four miles (6 km) west of downtown Gilmer, Texas, in the United States.It is located at State Highway 852 (SH 852). The lake opened on September 29, 2001. It is 1,010 acres (4.1 km 2) in size and has another 1557 acres (6.3 km 2) of land that is planned to be developed into hiking and nature trail
Big Sandy is about 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Gilmer, Texas, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Texas State Highway 155 in Upshur County. It was established shortly after the American Civil War.
Kelsey is an unincorporated area in Upshur County, Texas, United States that was the longest-lasting settlement founded by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the state. Now a ghost town , it has been called the "mother colony" of Latter-day Saint colonies in Texas.
Ore City is situated about 13 miles northeast of Gilmer at the junction of U.S. Highway 259 and FM 450. [4] 20 miles north of Longview, Texas. Four miles north of Ore City is Lake O' the Pines. Ore City is part of a larger area known as the East Texas, Piney Woods. The city and the surrounding area boast a number of impressive specimens.
US 62 east / SH 114 (19th Street) – Texas Tech University: East end of US 62 overlap; no direct exits to SH 114 west (EB signed at Quaker Avenue; WB signed at Texas Tech Parkway); access to Covenant Hospital and University Medical Center: 84.5: 136.0: Texas Tech Parkway – Texas Tech University: Access to University Medical Center: 86.4: 139.0
Prior to 2003, the area was known as the Longview–Marshall Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consisted of Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, and Upshur counties. As of the 2000 census , the CSA had a population of 256,152 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 271,669). [ 1 ]