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Marsha Sharp Freeway
In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is a U.S. Highway that runs east from the New Mexico state line through West Texas and Lubbock to the Arkansas state line at Texarkana. Route description New Mexico to Wichita Falls US 82 crosses into Texas from New Mexico at Texas Farm to Market Road 769, turning northeastward toward Plains, where it merges with US 380. US 82 is co-signed with US 380 from Plains to Brownfield, where it joins US 62, and US 380 leaves the route. US 82/62 continues northeastward toward Lubbock. In Lubbock, US 82 and US 62 split, where US 82 has been upgraded to a full access freeway, named the Marsha Sharp Freeway, in honor of retired Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp. On the east side of the city, US 82 travels as a surface street along Parkway Drive and it once again merges with US 62 (along with State Highway 114) where it continues eastward through Ralls, where US 62 makes a sharp turn to the north and leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concurrency (road)
In a road network, a concurrency is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. The practice is often economically and practically advantageous when multiple routes must pass between a single mountain crossing or over a bridge, or through a major city, and can be accommodated by a single right-of-way. Each route number is typically posted on highways signs where concurrencies are allowed, while some jurisdictions simplify signage by posting one priority route number on highway signs. In the latter circumstance, other route numbers disappear when the concurrency begins and reappear when it ends. In most cases, each route in a concurrency is recognized by maps and atlases. Terminology When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex (two concurrent routes), triplex (three concurrent routes), multiplex (any number of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooke County, Texas
Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668. The county seat is Gainesville. The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. It is a part of the Texoma region. Cooke County comprises the Gainesville, TX micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX- OK combined statistical area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which (2.6%) are covered by water. Major highways * Interstate 35/ U.S. Highway 77 * U.S. Highway 82 * Farm to Market Road 51 Adjacent counties * Love County, Oklahoma (north) * Grayson County (east) * Denton County (south) * Wise County (southwest) * Montague County (west) Demographics According to statistical data from 2016, Cooke County has a population of 39,141 people (41% urban, 59% rural), nearly 14,000 househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bells, Texas
Bells is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,521 at the 2020 census, up from 1,392 at the 2010 census. The city lies north of Dallas and is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Bells had its start in the early 1870s when the railroad was extended to that point. According to local tradition, the ringing of church bells to greet the arrival of the railroad caused the name to be selected. Geography Bells is located in eastern Grayson County, at the intersection of U.S. Route 69 and Texas State Highway 56. US 69 leads northwest to Denison and south to Whitewright, while Highway 56 leads west to Sherman, the Grayson County seat, and east to Bonham. U.S. Route 82, a four-lane freeway, passes through the northern part of Bells, also leading to Sherman and Bonham. According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherman, Texas
Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area, Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and is the largest city in the Texoma region of North Texas and southern Oklahoma. History Sherman was named after General Sidney Sherman (July 23, 1805 – August 1, 1873), a hero of the Texas Revolution. The community was designated as the county seat by the act of the Texas Legislature, which created Grayson County on March 17, 1846. In 1847, a post office began operation. Sherman was originally located at the center of the county, but in 1848, it was moved about east to its current location. By 1850, Sherman had become an incorporated town under Texas law. It had also become a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route through Texas. By 1852, Sherman had a population of 300 and consisted of a public square with a log cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainesville, Texas
Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. Its population was 17,394 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Texoma region and is an important Agri-business center. History Founded in 1850, the city of Gainesville was established on a tract of land donated by Mary E. Clark. City residents called their new community "Liberty", which proved short-lived, as Liberty, Texas, already existed. One of the original settlers of Cooke County, Colonel William Fitzhugh, suggested that the town be named after General Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Gaines, a United States general under whom Fitzhugh had served, had been sympathetic to the Texas Revolution. The first hint of prosperity arrived with the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach in September 1858, bringing freight, passengers, and mail. In 1860, Cooke County voted against secession. In 1862, during the American Civil War, Civil War, the Great Hanging at Gainesville, a contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringgold, Texas
Ringgold is an unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, United States, with an estimated population of 100 people. It is approximately northwest of Montague, the county seat. Schools Ringgold has one school, Ringgold Elementary School. Older students who live in Ringgold attend schools in nearby Stoneburg, where a consolidated school district ( Gold-Burg ISD) has been established. Students may also opt to attend school in Nocona. History The area around Ringgold was settled in 1892, when a land owner began selling parcels in the area where the Rock Island Line railroad built a line. The town was first named Harrisonia after the land owner, Joe Harris, but he renamed it Ringgold after his wife's family. A post office was established the same year. As an intersection of rail lines, Ringgold became a market town for the immediate area, and it reached its highest population of around 400 in the mid-1920s. On January 1, 2006, about half of the town was destroyed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan area, Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer County, Texas, Archer, Clay County, Texas, Clay, and Wichita Counties. According to the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, it had a population of 102,316, making it the List of municipalities in Texas, 43rd-most populous city in Texas. Wichita Falls is home to Midwestern State University, enrolling more than 5,500 students. History From the early 18th century to the mid 19th century, the Wichita Falls area was inhabited by the Wichita people, Wichita and the Comanche people. The Spanish called the lands controlled by the Comanche as Comancheria. The Wichita were forced onto a reservation in Oklahoma after 1859. The last battle with the Comanche in this area occurred in 1872 and the Comanche were finally defeated in 1874. Anglo-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guthrie, Texas
Guthrie is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of King County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in the northern part of the state, east of Lubbock and west of Wichita Falls. It serves as the principal headquarters of the Four Sixes Ranch. As of the 2020 census, its population was 151, down from 160 at 2010. History Guthrie's recorded history begins in 1883, when the Louisville Land and Cattle Company in Louisville, Kentucky, purchased several hundred acres in what later became King County. Named after Louisville Land and Cattle stockholder W.H. Guthrie, the community's townsite was platted in 1891 by Andrew Chester Tackitt (son of Rev. Pleasant Tackitt, who had built Guthrie's first residence). When King County was organized that same year, Louisville Land and Cattle proposed the platting of a company townsite, to be named "Ashville", to serve as the county's seat. Tackitt strongly opposed this proposition and led a charge to brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northwestern part of the state, in the Great Plains region, an area known historically and geographically as the Llano Estacado, and ecologically is part of the southern end of the High Plains, lying at the economic center of the Lubbock metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 367,109 in 2024. Lubbock's nickname, "Hub City", derives from it being the economic, educational, and healthcare hub of the multicounty region, located north of the Permian Basin and south of the Texas Panhandle, commonly called the South Plains. The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on water from the Ogallala Aquifer for irrigation. Lubbock is home to Texas Tech University, the sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownfield, Texas
Brownfield is a city in and the county seat of Terry County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,936 at the 2020 census. Brownfield is southwest of Lubbock. History In 1903, town promoters W. G. Hardin and A. F. Small purchased the county's central lot, platted the site, and named the town after the Brownfield ranching family. To boost chances of becoming the county seat, they granted a lot to every county voter. The town's early years saw the construction of essential structures, including the courthouse, school, and churches. Hill's Hotel became the first business, housing the inaugural post office. On June 28, 1904, Brownfield secured the county seat designation, narrowly defeating Gomez in an election. The Brownfield State Bank opened in 1905, serving multiple counties and parts of eastern New Mexico. Brownfield was incorporated in 1920. Oil wells became operational in 1941, diversifying the town's economic landscape. Geography According to the United States Censu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowie County, Texas
Bowie County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. Its legal county seat is Boston, Texas, Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston, Texas, New Boston. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 92,893. Bowie County is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area, Texarkana metropolitan statistical area. The county is named for James Bowie, the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo. History Native Americans The farming Caddoan Mississippian culture dates as early as the Late Archaic Period 1500 BCE in Bowie County. UT Texas at Austin The Hernando de Soto (explorer), Hernando de Soto expedition of 1541 resulted in violent encounters. Spanish and French missionaries brought smallpox, measles malaria, and influenza epidemics. Oklahoma Historical Society Eventually, these issues and problems with the Osage Nation, Osage, forced the Caddo to abandon their homelands. Settlers had peaceful relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red River County, Texas
Red River County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,587. Its county seat is Clarksville. The county was created in 1835 and organized in 1837. It is named for the Red River, which forms its northern boundary. Red River County was the birthplace of John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.9%) is water. Rivers and Lakes * Sulphur River * Red River of the South * Shawnee Creek (Texas) * Brevelle Lake Major highways * U.S. Highway 82 * U.S. Highway 271 * State Highway 37 Adjacent counties * McCurtain County, Oklahoma (north) * Bowie County (east) * Morris County (southeast) * Titus County (south) * Franklin County (southwest) * Delta County (southwest) * Lamar County (west) * Choctaw County, Oklahoma (northwest) Communities Cities * Bogata * Clarksville (county seat) * Deport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
