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Collin County, Texas
Collin County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas- Fort Worth- Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 1,064,465, making it Texas's sixth-most populous county and the 43rd-largest county by population in the United States. Its county seat is McKinney. History Native Americans around Collin County and North Texas included the Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Delaware, Kickapoo, and Tonkawa. Several Native American sites have been found, including around Lavon Lake and Sister Grove Creek. Both the county and the county seat were named after Collin McKinney (1766-1861), one of the five men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest of the 59 men who signed it. Civil War Like many counties in North Texas, Collin County voted against secession from the United States. This is mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County (United States)
In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an Administrative division, administrative subdivision of a U.S. state, state or territories of the United States, territory, typically with defined geographic Border, boundaries and some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called List of parishes in Louisiana, parishes and List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, boroughs, respectively. Counties and other local governments in the United States, local governments exist as a matter of U.S. state law, so the specific governmental powers of counties may vary widely between the states, with many providing some level of services to civil townships, Local government in the United States, municipalities, and Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated areas. Certain municipalities are List of U.S. municipalities in multiple counties, in multiple counties. Some municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavon Lake
Lavon Lake is a freshwater reservoir located in southeast Collin County, Texas, on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Wylie, off State Highway 78. It is commonly called Lake Lavon for commercial and recreational purposes, but Lavon Lake is its official name according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was originally called Lavon Reservoir. Statistics * Length: * Maximum depth: 38 ft * Surface area: * Conversion storage capacity: * Conservation pool elevation: msl * Spillway level: * Shoreline length: * Wildlife management area: 6,500 acres * Date impounded: September 14, 1953 * Owned by: United States government (North Texas Municipal Water District, the local cooperative agency, has rights to of water in the conservation pool of the lake) * Operated by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers In addition to flood control and recreation, the lake serves as a water source for hundreds of thousands of North Texas residents. Lavon Lake is a part of the North Texas Muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas County, Texas
Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2,613,539, and was estimated to be 2,656,028 in 2024, making it the List of counties in Texas, second-most populous county in Texas and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, eighth-most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Dallas, the List of municipalities in Texas, third-most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, ninth-most populous city in the United States. The county was founded on March 30, 1846 and was History of Dallas, Texas (1839-1855)#Establishment, possibly named for George M. Dallas, George Mifflin Dallas, the 11th Vice President of the United States under President of the United States, U.S. President James K. Polk. Dallas County is included in the eleven-county Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockwall County, Texas
Rockwall County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 107,819, and was estimated to be 137,044 in 2024. Its county seat is Rockwall. The county and city are named for a wall-like subterranean rock formation that runs throughout the county. Rockwall County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area. It was one of the top 25 fastest-growing counties in the U.S. in 2009. Rockwall County is listed as the wealthiest county in Texas and the 17th-wealthiest in the United States by median household income. Cities in Rockwall County include Rockwall, Heath, Royse City, Fate, McClendon-Chisholm, Mobile City, and part of Rowlett. History Rockwall County was formed in 1873 from portions of Kaufman County. It split off because access to the county seat of Kaufman was inconvenient. It was named for its county seat, Rockwall. Rockwall County also is home to the great rock wall, which is no longer in public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunt County, Texas
Hunt County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 99,956. Its county seat, seat of government is Greenville, Texas, Greenville. The county is named for Memucan Hunt, Jr., the first Republic of Texas Minister to the United States from 1837 to 1838 and the third Texas Secretary of the Navy from 1838 to 1839. Hunt County is located in Northeast Texas, at the eastern edge of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and the western edge of East Texas. Geography Hunt County is located in Northeast Texas, and by extension, a part of East Texas. The Piney Woods begin in the eastern portion of the county. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (4.7%) are covered by water. Lakes * Lake Tawakoni Major highways * Interstate 30 in Texas, Interstate 30 * U.S. Route 67 in Texas, U.S. Highway 67 * U.S. Route 69 in Texas, U.S. Highway 69 * U.S. Route 380 (Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannin County, Texas
Fannin County is a county in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 35,662, making it the 87th-most populous county in Texas. The entirety of Fannin County is a part of the Bonham micropolitan statistical area and the Dallas-Fort Worth combined statistical area. The county seat is Bonham. History The county was named for James Fannin, who commanded the group of Texans killed in the Goliad Massacre during the Texas Revolution. James Bonham (the county seat's namesake) sought Fannin's assistance for the Battle of the Alamo, but Fannin was unable to provide it. The county was created in 1837 and organized the next year. Fannin County is a part of the Texoma region. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (0.9%) are covered by water. It is drained by Bois D'Arc Creek and Sulphur River. Major highways * U.S. Highway 69 * U.S. Highway 82 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grayson County, Texas
Grayson County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 135,543. The county seat is Sherman, Texas, Sherman. The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. Grayson County is included in the Sherman-Denison, Texas, Denison Sherman-Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area, metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, Arlington, Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex#Combined Statistical Area, combined statistical area. Located on the state's border with Oklahoma, it is part of the Texoma region, with proximity to Lake Texoma and the Red River of the South, Red River. History The earliest known inhabitants of what is now Grayson County were Caddo Amerindian groups, including Tonkawa, Ionis, and Kichai people, Kichai. These groups engaged in agriculture and trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ray Hubbard
Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly Eastern Dallas Lake or Forney Lake, is a freshwater impoundment (reservoir) located in Dallas, Texas in the counties of Dallas, Kaufman, Collin, and Rockwall, just north of the City of Forney. It was created by the construction of the Rockwall-Forney Dam, which impounded the East Fork Trinity River. It measures in size with a storage capacity of 490,000 acre-ft (600 million m3) and a maximum depth of 40 ft (12 m). The dam is currently owned by the City of Dallas. I-30 crosses the lake on the Eastern Dallas Causeway. The lake was originally named Forney Lake for the small city of Forney. After the City of Dallas incorporated the lake, it was renamed after a living person, Ray Hubbard, who presided over the Dallas Parks and Recreation System board from 1943 to 1972. The reservoir is currently managed and owned by Dallas Water Utilities. History Originally designed to provide water to the North Texas region, the project was started in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounted Riflemen
Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. Unlike cavalry, mounted infantry dismounted to fight on foot. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition'' (1910–1911), "Mounted rifles are half cavalry, mounted infantry merely specially mobile infantry." Today, with motor vehicles having replaced horses for military transport, the motorized infantry are in some respects successors to mounted infantry. History Pre-gunpowder The origins of mounted infantry go back to at least the beginnings of organised warfare. With the weight of ancient bronze armor, the opposing champions would travel to battle on chariots before dismounting to fight. With the evolution of hoplite warfare, some hoplites would travel to battle on horseback, before dismounting to take their place in the phalanx. The early pre- Marian Roman military had units consisting of infantrymen clinging to the saddles of the cav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate States Of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or Dixieland, was an List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865. It comprised eleven U.S. states that declared Secession in the United States, secession: South Carolina in the American Civil War, South Carolina, Mississippi in the American Civil War, Mississippi, Florida in the American Civil War, Florida, Alabama in the American Civil War, Alabama, Georgia in the American Civil War, Georgia, Louisiana in the American Civil War, Louisiana, Texas in the American Civil War, Texas, Virginia in the American Civil War, Virginia, Arkansas in the American Civil War, Arkansas, Tennessee in the American Civil War, Tennessee, and North Carolina in the American Civil War, North Carolina. These states fought against the United States during the American Civil War. With Abraham Lincoln's 1860 Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas House Of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no Term limits in the United States, term limits. The House meets at the Texas State Capitol, State Capitol in Austin, Texas, Austin. Leadership The leadership for the 89th Legislature is as follows: The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Speaker of the House is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of the House. The Speaker's duties include maintaining order within the House, recognizing members during debate, ruling on procedural matters, appointing members to the various #Committees, committees and sending bills for committee review. The Speaker pro tempore is primarily a ceremonial position, but does, by long-standing tradition, preside over the House during its consideration of local and consent bills. Unlike other State legislature (United States), state leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Senate
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives functioning as the lower house. Together, they form the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the state of Texas. The Senate is made up of 31 members, where each represents a single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 940,000 per constituency, based on the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census. Elections are held in even-numbered years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Senators serve four year terms, with no term limits. Senators are divided into two groups based in part on the intervening Census: *In elections in years ending in "2" (the election after the Census), all 31 seats are up for election. *Once the Senate meets in session after said election, the Senators will participate in a drawing to determine their election cycle: **One-half will have a 2-4-4 cycle, whereupon the seat wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
