U.S. Route 287 in Texas - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

U.S. state

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of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, U.S. Highway 287 is a U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur

Port Arthur, Texas

-Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...

and heads north through Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

, northwest to Childress

Childress, Texas

Childress is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,778 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Childress County. Like the county, the city is named for George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas...

, Clarendon

Clarendon, Texas

Clarendon is a city in Donley County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,974 at the 2000 census. The county seat of Donley County, Clarendon is located on United States Highway 287 in the Texas Panhandle some sixty miles east of Amarillo. It was established in 1878 by Methodist clergyman L.H...

, and Amarillo

Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...

in the Texas Panhandle

Texas Panhandle

The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east...

and into Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

near Kerrick

Kerrick, Texas

Kerrick is an unincorporated community in Dallam County, Texas, United States. It lies in the extreme northeastern part of the county near the Oklahoma state line.-External links:**...

Route description

US 287 crosses into Texas at Kerrick

Kerrick, Texas

Kerrick is an unincorporated community in Dallam County, Texas, United States. It lies in the extreme northeastern part of the county near the Oklahoma state line.-External links:**...

and continues southeast through to Stratford

Stratford, Texas

Stratford is a city in Sherman County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,991 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sherman County...

, where it takes a more southerly turn. In Dumas

Dumas, Texas

Dumas is a city in Moore County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,747 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Moore County. Located approximately fifty miles north of Amarillo, the city is named for...

, US 287 merges with its "parent route", US 87, and continues its south/southeasterly path as a co-signed route to Amarillo

Amarillo, Texas

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After passing through the heart of downtown Amarillo, US 87 splits off to the south to merge with I-27, and US 287 merges with I-40 and continues co-signed with the interstate until just west of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport

Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport

Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is a public airport located six miles east of the central business district of Amarillo, a city in Potter and Randall Counties, Texas, United States...

, where it veers to the southeast toward Claude

Claude, Texas

Claude is a city in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,313 at the 2000 census. Located east of Amarillo, Claude is the county seat of Armstrong County in the south Texas Panhandle...

, the seat of Armstrong County

Armstrong County, Texas

Armstrong County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, and was formed in 1876 from Bexar County. It is part of the Amarillo metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population is 2,148. Its county seat is Claude. Armstrong is named for one of several Texas pioneer families named Armstrong...

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US 287 follows this east-southeasterly path through Clarendon

Clarendon, Texas

and Childress

Childress, Texas

, where it intersects US Highways 83 and 62. US 287 then proceeds to Vernon

Vernon, Texas

Vernon is a city in Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 11,660; it was 11,077 in the 2005 census estimate. Vernon is the county seat of Wilbarger County....

, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 70 and US 183. After US 70 and US 183 leave the route at Oklaunion

Oklaunion, Texas

Oklaunion is an unincorporated community in Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 138 in 2000.-Geography:...

and veer to the northeast, US 287 resumes its east-southeasterly track passing through Harrold

Harrold, Texas

Harrold is an unincorporated community in eastern Wilbarger County, Texas, United States.The Harrold Independent School District serves area students, including transfers from Electra and Vernon.-External links:...

and Electra

Electra, Texas

Electra is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The United States Census Bureau counted Electra's population as 3,168 at the 2000 census and estimated it to be 2,891 as of 2006...

on its way to Wichita Falls

Wichita Falls, Texas

Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S. Census estimate of 2010,...

. On the northwest side of the city US 287 merges with I-44, US 82, and (briefly) US 277. After leaving Wichita Falls, US 82/287 continues as a co-signed route until Henrietta

Henrietta, Texas

Henrietta is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,264 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, where US 82 leaves the route. After merging with US 81 in Bowie

Bowie, Texas

Bowie is a city in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,219 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Bowie has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:...

, US 287/81 continues southeast to Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

, where it merges with I-35W

Interstate 35W (Texas)

Interstate 35W , an Interstate Highway, is the western half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35W runs north for , carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Fort Worth...

on the north side of town. Just northwest of this interchange, Business US 287 veers off to the right following the original routing into Saginaw and into downtown Fort Worth while zig zagging its way through city streets to Kennedale and Mansfield before coming out onto the US 287 Freeway south of Interstate 20 near the Ellis County line just north of Midlothian.

Here, US 81 hits its terminus, but US 287 continues, concurrent route with I-35W through to the north end of downtown Fort Worth before splitting off to the southeast and once again picking up its own signage. This stretch of US 287, which runs from downtown to the southeast side of the city, is also known as the Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...

Freeway. In southeast Fort Worth, US 287 intersects with, and is briefly
co-signed with, I-820 (which then dumps into I-20) before veering to the southeast yet again, where it passes through the extreme western side of Arlington

Arlington, Texas

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...

, and then on in to Mansfield

Mansfield, Texas

Mansfield is a city in Ellis, Johnson, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,368.In 2009, CNN/Money Magazine rated Mansfield as one of the "Best Places to Live" in the United States, ranking 24th out of the top 100 places.-History:The first...

and Midlothian

Midlothian, Texas

Midlothian is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. It is the hub for the cement industry in North Texas as it is the home to three separate cement production facilities, as well as a steel mill. Midlothian is also a fast growing community with a growth rate of 142% since 2000...

The freeway which previously terminated at the Tarrant/Johnson County line has been extended continuing on into Ellis County to connect with the existing freeway around Waxahachie

Waxahachie, Texas

Waxahachie is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States, and a southern suburb of Dallas. The population was 21,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ellis County....

, which includes a bypass around Midlothian

Midlothian, Texas

and an interchange with US 67.

After intersecting with I-35E

Interstate 35E (Texas)

Interstate 35E , an Interstate Highway, is the eastern half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35E runs north for , maintaining I-35's sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Dallas before...

just north of Waxahachie

Waxahachie, Texas

Waxahachie is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States, and a southern suburb of Dallas. The population was 21,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ellis County....

, US 287 continues to the southeast, where it merges with I-45 just south of Ennis

Ennis, Texas

Ennis is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States, and a southeastern suburb of Dallas. The population was 16,045 at the 2000 census.In 1871, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad purchased of land in Ellis County at a price of , establishing the line's northern terminus. On May 8, 1872,...

and follows the interstate to Corsicana

Corsicana, Texas

Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45 some fifty-five miles south of downtown Dallas. The population was 24,485 at the 2000 census...

where it then leaves the route and makes another sharp turn to the east. The highway continues southeastward to Palestine

Palestine, Texas

Palestine is a city in Anderson County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 17,598, and 18,458 in the 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Anderson County and is situated in East Texas...

, where it merges with State Highway 19. US 287/SH 19 continues as a co-signed route until Crockett

Crockett, Texas

Crockett is a city in Houston County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,141. It is the county seat of Houston County.- History :...

, where US 287 leaves SH 19 and continues its southeasterly track toward the Texas Gulf Coast

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...

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In Woodville

Woodville, Texas

Woodville is a town in Tyler County, Texas, United States. The town is intersected by three U.S. highways: U.S. Highway 69, U.S. Highway 190, and U.S. Highway 287. The population was 2,415 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Tyler County...

, US 287 merges with US 69 and takes on a more due-southerly route to Lumberton

Lumberton, Texas

Lumberton is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,943 at the 2010 census. Lumberton is home of Village Creek State Park...

, where a co-signed US 69/287 also merges with US 96. The highway then continues to the southeast through Beaumont

Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...

with a short stint with Interstate 10 and on to Port Arthur

Port Arthur, Texas

, where the route terminates at an intersection with State Highway 87.

History

Before 1939, the portion from Oklahoma to Amarillo was SH 9, from Amarillo to Henrietta was SH 5, Henrietta to Fort Worth was SH 2 and US 81, Fort Worth to Ennis SH 34, Ennis to Corsicana was SH 14/US 75, Corsicana to Palestine was SH 22, Palestine to Crockett was SH 19, Crockett and Woodville was SH 106, Woodville to Port Arthur was SH 8. All of these state highways were shortened in the 1939 renumbering. SH 106 was decommissioned. SH 19 was deleted until 1960, when it extended back south.

Junction List

County	Location	# Exit number An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson Jefferson County, Texas Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Texas, United States. As of 2000, the population was 252,051. Its county seat is Beaumont, and it is named for the former U.S...	Port Arthur Port Arthur, Texas -Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...			South end of US 69 & US 96 overlap South end of Highway

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	Nederland Nederland, Texas Nederland is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,547 at the 2010 census.The city is adjacent to the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Port Arthur, which serves the nearby cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur...
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			Jerry Ware Drive – Southeast Texas Regional Airport Southeast Texas Regional Airport Jack Brooks Regional Airport , is a public airport located near Port Arthur, Texas, United States, nine miles southeast of the central business district of Beaumont and northeast of Port Arthur...
	Port Neches Port Neches, Texas Port Neches is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,601 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...		Beauxart Gardens Road, Spurlock Road

	Beaumont Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...
			– Lamar University Lamar University Lamar University, often referred to as Lamar or LU, is a comprehensive coeducational public research university located in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar confers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees and is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher...
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			– Lake Charles Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Located in Calcasieu Parish, a major cultural, industrial, and educational center in the southwest region of the state, and one of the most important in...	North end of Interstate 10 overlap
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Hardin			Cooks Lake Road
			Keith Road – Rose Hill Acres Rose Hill Acres, Texas Rose Hill Acres is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 480 at the 2000 census. The city is little more than two residential neighborhoods situated between Beaumont and Lumberton. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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	Lumberton Lumberton, Texas Lumberton is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,943 at the 2010 census. Lumberton is home of Village Creek State Park...			Northbound exit and southbound entrance. North end of US 96 overlap.
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	Kountze Kountze, Texas Kountze is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,115 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hardin County. The city is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area....


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	Woodville Woodville, Texas Woodville is a town in Tyler County, Texas, United States. The town is intersected by three U.S. highways: U.S. Highway 69, U.S. Highway 190, and U.S. Highway 287. The population was 2,415 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Tyler County...
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	Chester Chester, Texas Chester is a town in Tyler County, Texas, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chester is located at ....

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Corrigan, Texas

Corrigan is a town in Polk County, Texas in the United States of America. The town was named for Pat Corrigan, a train conductor. The population was 1,721 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corrigan is located at ....

Trinity, Texas

Trinity is a city in Trinity County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,721 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Trinity is located at ....

Groveton, Texas

Groveton is a city in Trinity County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,107 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Trinity County.-Geography:Groveton is located at ....

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Houston County, Texas

Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 23,185. Its county seat is Crockett. Houston County is named for Samuel Houston, a president of the Republic of Texas and Governor of Texas...

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Crockett, Texas

Crockett is a city in Houston County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,141. It is the county seat of Houston County.- History :...

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Latexo, Texas

Latexo is a city in Houston County, Texas, United States. The population was 331 at the 2010 census.-History:Just after 1900 the Louisiana Texas Orchard Company purchased surrounding the settlement and platted a town named Latexo, an acronym of the company's name.There have been five schools built...

Grapeland, Texas

Grapeland is a city in Houston County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,451 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Grapeland is located at ....

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Anderson County, Texas

Anderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 55,109. Its county seat is Palestine. Anderson county was organized in 1846, and is named in honor of Kenneth L. Anderson who had been Vice President of the Republic of Texas.-Geography:According to the...

Elkhart, Texas

Elkhart is a town in Anderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,215 at the 2000 census. Elkhart is named for a friendly Native American who assisted the early settlers of the town.-Geography:Elkhart is located at ....

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Palestine, Texas

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Cayuga, Texas

Cayuga is an unincorporated community in northwestern Anderson County, Texas, United States.The Cayuga Independent School District serves area students....

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Freestone County, Texas

Freestone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 17,867. Its county seat is Fairfield.-Geography:...

Eureka, Texas

Eureka is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 340 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eureka is located at ....

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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 south of downtown Dallas. The population was 24,485 at the 2000 census...

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Rice, Texas

Rice is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 798 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rice is located at ....

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Rice, Texas

Rice is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 798 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rice is located at ....

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Ellis County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 111,360 people, 37,020 households, and 29,653 families residing in the county. The population density was 118 people per square mile . There were 39,071 housing units at an average density of 42 per square mile...

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Alma, Texas

Alma is a town in Ellis County, Texas, United States. The population was 302 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alma is located on Interstate 45 about southeast of Ennis....

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Ennis, Texas

Waxahachie, Texas

Waxahachie is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States, and a southern suburb of Dallas. The population was 21,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ellis County....

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Midlothian, Texas

Mansfield, Texas

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Johnson County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 126,811 people, 43,636 households, and 34,428 families residing in the county. The population density was 174 people per square mile . There were 46,269 housing units at an average density of 63 per square mile...

Tarrant County, Texas

Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 1,809,034. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County is the sixteenth most populous county in the United States and the third most populous in Texas. The county is named in honor...

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Arlington, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

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Wise County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 48,793 people, 17,178 households, and 13,467 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 19,242 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...

|rowspan=4|Rhome

Rhome, Texas

Rhome is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1067 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Rhome is located at ....

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New Fairview, Texas

New Fairview is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 877 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Fairview is located at ....

Decatur, Texas

Decatur is a city located in Wise County, Texas, United States. This city was named after Stephen Decatur, Jr. The population was 5,201 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 6,432. It is the county seat of Wise County...

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Alvord, Texas

Alvord is a town in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,007 at the 2000 census.Texas Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson, who also served as a mayor of Amarillo and became an expert on petroleum issues, was born in Alvord in 1892....

Montague County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 19,117 people, 7,770 households, and 5,485 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 9,862 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile...

Sunset, Texas

Sunset is an unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, United States. Until 1900, a surveying error had placed the community in Wise County. The Fort Worth and Denver Railway runs through Sunset...

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Bowie, Texas

Clay County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 11,006 people, 4,323 households, and 3,181 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 4,992 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

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Bellevue, Texas

Bellevue is a city in Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 386 at the 2000 census.- History :...

Henrietta, Texas

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Henrietta, Texas

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Jolly, Texas

Jolly is a city in Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 172 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Jolly is located at ....

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Wichita County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 131,664 people, 48,441 households, and 32,891 families residing in the county. The population density was 210 people per square mile . There were 53,304 housing units at an average density of 85 per square mile...

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Wichita Falls, Texas

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Wichita Falls, Texas

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Interstate 44 in Texas

In the U.S. state of Texas, Interstate 44 has a short but regionally important stretch, connecting Wichita Falls with Oklahoma. Its entire length is concurrent with U.S. Highway 277 and U.S. Highway 281. I-44 provides access to downtown Wichita Falls and Sheppard Air Force Base. The Interstate...

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Lawton, Oklahoma

The city of Lawton is the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in the southwestern region of Oklahoma approximately southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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Sheppard Air Force Base

Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located five miles north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command...

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Iowa Park, Texas

Iowa Park is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,431 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Iowa Park is located at ....

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Electra, Texas

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Wilbarger County, Texas

*Harrold *Odell *Oklaunion *Vernon-Notable natives and residents:*Jack English Hightower, Memphis, Texas, native; former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature, and former U.S...

Harrold, Texas

Oklaunion, Texas

Oklaunion is an unincorporated community in Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 138 in 2000.-Geography:...

Davidson, Oklahoma

Davidson is a town in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 315 at the 2010 census. The town experienced a minor flood in 1995.-Geography:Davidson is located at ....

Vernon, Texas

Altus, Oklahoma

Altus is a city in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 19,813 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jackson County....

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Hardeman County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,724 people, 1,943 households, and 1,319 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile . There were 2,358 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile...

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Chillicothe, Texas

Chillicothe is a city in Hardeman County, Texas, United States. The population was 798 at the 2000 census.The historical preservationist Myna Potts resides in Chillicothe...

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Quanah, Texas

Quanah is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States, northwest of Fort Worth, and a few miles from the Oklahoma-Texas state line...

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Eldorado, Oklahoma

Eldorado is a town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 446 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Eldorado is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

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Childress, Texas

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Estelline, Texas

Estelline is a town in Hall County, Texas, United States. The population was 168 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 155.-Geography:...

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Memphis, Texas

Memphis is a city in Hall County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 2,479. It is the county seat of Hall County.Memphis is the birthplace of former U.S...

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Donley County, Texas

Donley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 3,828. It is named for Stockton P. Donley, a frontier lawyer. Its county seat is Clarendon....

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Hedley, Texas

Hedley is a city in Donley County, Texas, United States. The population was 379 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hedley is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

Lelia Lake, Texas

Lelia Lake is an unincorporated community in central Donley County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 287 southeast of the city of Clarendon, the county seat of Donley County. Its elevation is 2,592 feet...

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Clarendon, Texas

Armstrong County, Texas

|Goodnight

Goodnight, Armstrong County, Texas

Goodnight is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. It is located on U.S. Highway 287 and was named for pioneer rancher Charles Goodnight....

Claude, Texas

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Washburn, Texas

Washburn is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. It is located along U.S. Highway 287 in northwestern Armstrong County, approximately 20 miles east of Amarillo. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 120 in 2000. Washburn...

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Carson County, Texas

Carson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Amarillo metropolitan area. In 2000, its population was 6,516. Carson is named for Samuel Price Carson, the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas. The seat of the county is Panhandle. It was founded in...

Amarillo, Texas

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

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Dumas, Texas

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Stratford, Texas

Stratford is a city in Sherman County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,991 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sherman County...

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Kerrick, Texas

Kerrick is an unincorporated community in Dallam County, Texas, United States. It lies in the extreme northeastern part of the county near the Oklahoma state line.-External links:**...

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External links

US 287 southeast of downtown Fort Worth -- from dfwfreeways.info

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