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Brookston, Texas
Brookston is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas, United States. Education The Chisum Independent School District serves area students. Notable people * Bobby Hammack (1922–1990), jazz pianist and composer * Lyndon Pete Patterson (1934–2017), politician who served in the Texas House 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. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ... from 1977–1999. External links * Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Lamar County, Texas {{LamarCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or List of uninhabited regions, uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local government in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamar County, Texas
Lamar County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Northeast Texas region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,088. Its county seat is Paris. The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840, and organized the next year. It is named for Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas. Lamar County comprises the Paris, TX micropolitan statistical area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (2.8%) are covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 82 * U.S. Highway 271 * State Highway 19 * State Highway 24 * Loop 286 Adjacent counties * Choctaw County, Oklahoma (north) * Red River County (east) * Delta County (south) * Fannin County (west) * Bryan County, Oklahoma (northwest) Communities Cities * Blossom * Deport (partly in Red River County) * Paris (county seat and largest municipality) * Reno * Roxton * Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chisum Independent School District
Chisum Independent School District, or CISD, is a public school district based in the southern portion of Paris, Texas, Paris, Texas. The district was created on July 1, 1985, by the consolidation of the Delmar and West Lamar School Districts, as the Delmar-West Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, and adopted its present name on August 21, 1986. The district serves southern portions of Paris, the cities of Roxton, Texas, Roxton and Toco, Texas, Toco, as well as the communities of Brookston, Texas, Brookston and Petty, Texas, Petty in Lamar County, Texas, Lamar County. A small portion of the district extends into central Delta County, Texas, Delta County, including the community of Lake Creek, Texas, Lake Creek. In 2009, the school district was rated "Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system, recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. It was rated as "Meets Requirements" in 2022. Schools *Chisum High School (Grades 9–12) *Chisum Middle School (Grades 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Hammack
Robert Vernor Hammack, Jr. (January 22, 1922 Brookston, Texas – March 28, 1990 Riverside, California) was an American musician, originally from Texas, whose principal instrument was jazz piano. He led a prolific career in Los Angeles as a pianist, organist, conductor, arranger, and composer in (i) live venues, (ii) broadcast studios for radio and television, and (iii) recording studios for records, radio, television, and film. Hammack flourished in a wide spectrum of genres that included dixieland, Blues, swing, sweet dance music ''(e.g.'', Lawrence Welk), easy listening, gospel, liturgical jazz, musical theatre, Tin Pan Alley, classical, and film score. Career In 1949, Hammack began appearing KLAC-TV as studio band pianist and, in 1950, guest host — ''Don Otis Show'' — and eventually host — ''Bobby Hammack and Joy Lane.'' Hammack was the West Coast musical director of the ABC-TV and radio networks between 1958 and 1963, during which he conducted his own orchestra an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndon Pete Patterson
Lyndon Pete Patterson (December 20, 1934 – December 9, 2017) was an American politician, rancher, and realtor who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1977 to 1999. Life Patterson was born on December 20, 1934, at Brookston, Lamar, Texas, US, to Opal Oakleaf Patterson and Sherman Alva. His father died in 1945. He married Doris Adlene Bell on November 16, 1952. They later had 4 children. His mother died in 1981. He died on December 9, 2017, at the age of 82 in a nursing center in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, US. Politics Patterson served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1977 to 1999 under 3 districts; District 9 from 1977 to 1983, District 2 from 1983 to 1995, and District 3 District 3 can refer to: *III District, Turku, in Finland * District 3, Düsseldorf, in Germany *District 3, Grand Bassa County, in Liberia * District 3, Malta, an electoral district of Malta *District 3, a police district of Malta *Wiedikon, also ... from 1995 to 1999. Ref ... [...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. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents about 167,637 people. 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 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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Texas
Unincorporated may refer to: * Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress has determined that only select parts of the U.S. Constitution apply * Unincorporated association Unincorporated associations are one vehicle for people to cooperate towards a common goal. The range of possible unincorporated associations is nearly limitless, but typical examples are: :* An amateur football team who agree to hire a pitch onc ..., also known as voluntary association, groups organized to accomplish a purpose * ''Unincorporated'' (album), a 2001 album by Earl Harvin Trio {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
