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Waco: Part of Waco Downtown Historic District, currently houses the Dr Pepper Museum 2: Castle Heights Historic District: Castle Heights Historic District: November 17, 2009 : Roughly bounded by Waco Dr. (U.S. Route 84), Oriental Rd., Franklin Ave., and 39th St.
Waco ISD Stadium was built in 2000 and replaced the historic 10,000-seat Paul Tyson Stadium located behind Waco High School on Lake Air Drive. (Tyson Stadium is still in use for some football games and track events.) The new stadium is located at the corner of New Road and Bagby Avenue in Waco, approximately half a mile from I-35. The first ...
Wesley Clark Dodson (1829–1914), most often known as W.C. Dodson, was an architect of Waco, Texas. Dodson fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War . He traveled to Galveston, Texas from Alabama and later moved to Waco.
Waco becomes seat of newly established McLennan County, Texas. [3] [4] 1851 – Population: 152. [3] 1852 – First Street Cemetery established (approximate date). [5] [6] 1854 – Waco Era newspaper begins publication. [3] 1856 – Town of Waco incorporated. [1] 1858 – Southern Democrat newspaper begins publication. [7] [8] 1861 – Waco ...
The county seat, Waco, had been founded as an outpost of the Texas Rangers. It was laid out by George B. Erath, and was known by 1850 as Waco Village. In the 1880s, pharmacist Charles Alderton developed the carbonated beverage that became known as Dr Pepper. The Dr Pepper business was headquartered in Waco, until it moved to Dallas, Texas. Waco ...
The following is a list of people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Waco, Texas. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories ...
Hallie Earle (1880–1963), First licensed female physician in Waco, only female graduate of 1907 Baylor University Medical School in Dallas. Frank Shelby Groner (1877–1943), President of College of Marshall. Thomas Harrison (1823–1891), Confederate States Army general.
The Waco metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of McLennan, Falls and Bosque counties in Central Texas, anchored by the city of Waco. As of the 1 April 2020 census (which includes all 3 Counties), the MSA had a population of 295,782. [ 1 ]