Ben Wheeler Texas

Ben Wheeler is an unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States. It lies twelve miles southeast of Canton, and has an estimated population of 400. The area around Ben Wheeler was first settled in the 1840s by Kentucky farmer Benjamin F. Wheeler. Originally known as Clough, after prominent local farmer George W. Clough,…

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Forney Texas

Forney is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States and has been named by the Texas legislature as the “Antique Capital of Texas”. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 14,661 at the 2010 census Lonestar RV Parks is located approximately 40.8 miles via US-175E  

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Dallas Texas

Dallas is a major city in Texas and is the largest urban center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The city proper ranks ninth in the U.S. and third in Texas afterHouston and San Antonio. The city’s prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton…

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Terrell Texas

Terrell is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,816. Terrell is located 32 miles (51 km) east of Dallas Terrell developed as a railroad town, beginning in 1873 with construction here of the Texas and Pacific Railroad line. The town was named for Robert A. Terrell,…

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Tyler Texas

Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler. This city had a population of 96,900 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau. Tyler’s 2014 estimated population is 107,405. It is a hundred miles southeast of Dallas. Tyler is the principal…

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Canton Texas

Canton is a city in and the county seat of Van Zandt County in East Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 3,581 Canton was surveyed as early as 1840 by a company of men under Dr. W. P. King. The community stands on the original survey…

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Corsicana Texas

Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, some fifty-five miles (eighty-nine kilometers) south of downtown Dallas. The population was 23,770 at the 2010census. It is the county seat of Navarro County Founded in 1848, Corsicana was named by José Antonio Navarro after the Mediterranean island of…

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Kerens Texas

Kerens is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,681 at the 2000 census. Kerens was established in 1881 when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas was built through the county, according to the Texas Handbook of History, and was named for Judge R. C. Kerens of St. Louis. The…

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Scurry Texas

Scurry is a town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It was incorporated in 2003. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 719. The first settlers in the area arrived in the mid-1840s. Over the next quarter century, a church and school community developed and the number of farms increased. The…

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Gun Barrel Texas

Gun Barrel City is a city in Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,672 at the 2010 Census. The town began as an unincorporated community known as the “Old Bethel Community” in the 1960s after completion of Cedar Creek Reservoir. It was incorporated in the late 1960s so it could legally sell beer and…

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