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Springtown's post office opened in 1875. Springtown was incorporated in 1884. Population growth slowed during and after the Great Depression, but resumed after 1960 due to commuters to and from Fort Worth. [4] Springtown was the site of College Hill Institute. The school was chartered by the State of Texas in 1884.
Springtown Independent School District is a public school district based in Springtown, Texas in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Located in Parker County, a small portion of the district extends into Wise County. The school mascot (dating back to the mid-1920s) is the porcupine (which is not native to the area). The Term POJO comes from a ...
Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. [1] Its county seat is Decatur. [2] Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
Area code 252 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The numbering plan area comprises the municipalities of Kinston , Elizabeth City , Greenville , Henderson , Kitty Hawk , New Bern , Roanoke Rapids , Rocky Mount , Morehead City , Warrenton and Wilson .
Some older houses in the town of Spring were restored and housed shops. The Old Town Spring Association opened in 1980 to promote the Old Town Spring shopping area, which consists of the restored houses. In 1984, the Spring area had 15,000 residents. By 1989, Old Town Spring became a tourist area. In 1990, the Spring area had 33,111 residents.
Haskell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,416. [1] The county seat is Haskell. [2] The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1885. [3]
A map commissioned by the United States government in the 1860s, and sold by the Union Army for the benefit of wounded troops, indicates that, based on data from the 1860 national census, 80.9% of the population of Wharton County was enslaved. [11]
By 1890, Alvord was a retail center for area farmers. In 1925, Alvord had 1,376 residents (42 more than in 2010), a high school, an elementary school, four churches, and a weekly newspaper. The Burlington Northern Railroad stopped there.