East Texas Council Of Governments
The East Texas Council of Governments is a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts in East Texas. Based in Kilgore, Texas, Kilgore, the East Texas Council of Governments is a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils. Counties served Largest cities in the region Other member agencies *Cherokee County Soil and Water Conservation District *Harrison County Soil and Water Conservation District *Upshur-Gregg Soil and Water Conservation District *Wood County Soil and Water Conservation District *Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority *Sabine River Authority *Trinity River Authority *East Cedar Creek Fresh Water Supply District *9-1-1 Network of East Texas *Trinity Valley Community College *Kilgore College *Tyler Junior College *Trinity-Neces Soil and Water Conservation District *Panola College References External linksEast Texas Council of Governments
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East Texas
East Texas is a broadly defined cultural, geographic, and ecological region in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas that comprises most of 41 counties. It is primarily divided into Northeast and Southeast Texas. Most of the region consists of the Piney Woods ecoregion. East Texas can sometimes be defined only as the Piney Woods. At the fringes, towards Central Texas, the forests expand outward toward sparser trees and eventually into open plains. According to the '' Handbook of Texas'', the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north-central Lamar County southwestward to east-central Limestone County and then southeastward towards eastern Galveston Bay". Most sources separate the Gulf Coast area into a separate region. Another popular, somewhat simpler, definition defines East Texas as the region between the Trinity River, north and east of Houston (or sometimes Interstate 45, when defining gener ...
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