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Walker County, Texas Walker County is a county located in the east central section of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,400. Its county seat is Huntsville. Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator f ...

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Interstate 45 Interstate 45 (I-45) is a major Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Texas. While most Interstate routes which have numbers ending in "5" are cross-country north–south routes, I-45 is comparatively short, with the ...

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails ...

Huntsville State Park Huntsville State Park is a wooded recreational area, six miles (10 km) southwest of Huntsville, Texas, within Walker County and the Sam Houston National Forest.HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas
The city served as the residence of Sam Houston, who is recognized in Huntsville by th
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
and a statue on

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.

History

The city had its beginning around 1836, when Pleasant and Ephraim Gray opened a trading post on the site. Ephraim Gray became first postmaster in 1837, naming it after his hometown,

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. Huntsville became the home of Sam Houston, who served as President of the Republic of Texas, Governor of the State of

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, Governor of

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,

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, and Tennessee congressman. Houston led the Texas Army in the

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, the decisive victory of the Texas Revolution. He has been noted for his life among the

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s of Tennessee, and— near the end of his life — for his

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, a very unpopular position in his day. Huntsville has two of Houston's homes, hi
grave
and th
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Houston's life in Huntsville is also commemorated by his namesake Sam Houston State University, and by a Huntville Statue & Visitors Center, www.samhoustonstatue.org
Retrieved 2010-02-09. statue. (The towering statue, "

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" by artist

David Adickes David Pryor Adickes ( ; born 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall '' A Tribute to Courage'' statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas. Life and career Adickes was born in Huntsv ...

, has been described as the world's largest statue of an American hero, and is easily viewed by travelers on

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.) Huntsville was also the home of Samuel Walker Houston (1864–1945), a prominent African-American pioneer in the field of education. He was born into

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on February 12, 1864 to Joshua Houston, a slave owned by Sam Houston. Samuel W. Houston founded the Galilee Community School in 1907, which later became known as the Houstonian Normal and Industrial Institute, in

Walker County, Texas Walker County is a county located in the east central section of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,400. Its county seat is Huntsville. Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator f ...

. In 1995, on the grounds of the old Samuel W. Houston Elementary School, the Huntsville Independent School District, along with the Huntsville Arts Commission and the high school's Ex-Students Association, commissioned the creation of '' The Dreamers'', a monument to underscore the black community's contributions to the growth and development of Huntsville and Walker County. After a book display at the Huntsville Public Library (HPL) riled up city officials in 2022, the library removed two book displays. Following the removal of the two book displays, the city decided to privatize the librar

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 45,941 people, 13,187 households, and 5,893 families residing in the city. As of the

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

of 2010, there were 35,078 people, 10,266 households, and 7,471 families residing in the city. The population density was 1438.3/km sq (10,135.1/mi sq). There were 11,508 housing units at an average density of 1143.8/km sq (1372.4/mi sq). The racial makeup of the city was 65.78% White, 26.14% African American, 0.33% Native American, 1.11% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 4.91% from Race (United States Census) other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.22% of the population. There were 10,266 households, out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.97. In the city, the population was spread out, with 15.1% under the age of 18, 29.3% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 152.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 163.8 males. The prison population is included in the city's population, which results in a significantly skewed sex ratio. The median income for a household in the city was $27,075, and the median income for a family was $40,562. Males had a median income of $27,386 versus $22,908 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,576. About 13.1% of families and 23.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.

Geography

Huntsville is located at (30.711254, −95.548373). According to the

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, the city has a land area of 35.86 square miles in 2010. At the area code level, land area covers 559.661 sq. mi. and water area 7.786 sq. mi. Huntsville is about north of

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. It is part of the

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.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the

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system, Huntsville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Economy

As of 2022, the largest employer in Huntsville is the

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails ...

, with 6,744 employees. In 1996 the TDCJ had 5,219 employees in Huntsville. Robert Draper of the ''

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'' described Huntsville as the "company town" of the TDCJ; he stated that the industry was "recession-proof" and that "It's hard to find a person in Huntsville who doesn't have at least an indirect affiliation with the prison system" since many businesses indirectly rely on its presence. As of 1996 the TDCJ employed over twice the number of people employed by Sam Houston State University, the city's second-largest employer. As of 2022, Sam Houston State remained the second-largest employer in Huntsville, with 2,417 employees. The university has a strong role in the study of criminology. The third-largest employer is the Huntsville Independent School District, with 980 employees. The fourth-largest employer, Huntsville Memorial Hospital, has 552 employees. 485 employees work for the fifth-largest employer,

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. As of 2020, Huntsville's average income was lower than Texas's average income.

Government and infrastructure

State representation

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Huntsville has the headquarters of the

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails ...

(TDCJ), the Texas agency that operates state correctional facilities for adults.Huntsville Prison Blues
.

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. September 10, 2001. Retrieved on December 2, 2009. The Texas prison system has been headquartered in Huntsville since Texas's founding as a republic, and the TDCJ is the only major state agency not headquartered in Austin, the state capital.Ryckman, Lisa Levitt.
Article: A RECORD YEAR FOR EXECUTIONS IN TEXAS HUNTSVILLE RESIDENTS PREFER NOT TO DISCUSS THE DEATHS.(News/National/International)
. ''

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''. August 31, 1997. Retrieved on August 25, 2010. Several TDCJ prisons for men, including the

Byrd Unit The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit (DU) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas, Huntsville, Texas. The diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road ...

, the Goree Unit, the

Huntsville Unit Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Ins ...

(home of the state's execution chamber), and the Wynne Unit, are within Huntsville's city limits. The

Holliday Unit The Holliday Transfer Facility (TDCJ Identification Code: NF, also referred to as the Holliday Transfer Unit),

, a transfer unit, is also in Huntsville. The TDCJ Central Region Warehouse and Huntsville Prison Store are in the TDCJ headquarters complex. The Food Service Warehouse is behind the Wynne Unit. The TDCJ operates the Huntsville District Parole Office in Huntsville. As of 1996 the TDCJ director resided in a mansion across the street from the Huntsville Unit.

Other state agencies

The headquarters of the

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is located at Sam Houston State University.

Transportation

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operates the Huntsville Station in Huntsville. As of 2001 many former prisoners released from the

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails ...

system use the station to travel to their final destinations. The station is three blocks uphill from the

Huntsville Unit Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Ins ...

, a point of release for prisoners exiting the TDCJ.Nowell, Scott. "Doing Time." ''

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''. September 18, 2003
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Print article version
. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.

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is located in Huntsville. Renamed from the Huntsville Municipal Airport in 2009, Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport. As of December 2015, it is still listed as the Huntsville Municipal Airport by the

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and the

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.

Major highways

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Culture

In September 2009, the Huntsville Cultural District was designated by the Texas Commission on the Arts as one of the first seven state cultural districts. Museums, art galleries, artist studios and workshops, historic homes, theaters and theatrical performances are located within the Cultural District in historic Downtown Huntsville. The Cultural District is also home to some of the finest historical architecture in Texas, including murals created by world-renowned artist

Richard Haas Richard John Haas (born August 29, 1936) is an American muralist who is best known for architectural murals and his use of the ''trompe-l'œil'' style. Haas has a 1959 B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and a 1964 M.F.A. from the U ...

and unique homes built from recycled materials created by

Dan Phillips Dan Phillips was an American designer and builder from Texas. He was the founder and face of Phoenix Commotion, a construction company established in 1997. Phoenix Commotion focuses on designing Eco-friendly homes for low-income individuals and fa ...

of Phoenix Commotion complement the historic aspects of the district. You can enjoy self-guided walking and driving tours, art activities, music-theater-dance performances, shopping, antiquing, and unique eateries. Ruth Massingill and Ardyth Broadrick Sohn, authors of ''Prison City: Life with the Death Penalty in Huntsville, Texas'', said that Huntsville shares several traits with other small towns. For instance many insiders include members of Huntsville's founding families, who still reside in Huntsville. They also said "Disagreement is a well-established Huntsville tradition."Massingill and Soh
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The authors say that debate is a significant part of the leadership agenda, and that the residents of Huntsville disagree about capital punishment.Massingill and Soh
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Media

Newspapers

''

The Huntsville Item ''The Huntsville Item'' is a five-day morning daily newspaper published in Huntsville, Texas, covering Walker County in East Texas. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. ''The Items presses also print two college newspapers, '' ...

'' is the community's newspaper.
The Houstonian
is the SHSU student newspaper.

Radio

KRBE KRBE (104.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) radio format. The studios are located in Suite 700 of the Chase Building at 9801 Westheimer Road in the Westchase D ...

104.1 FM Houston's #1 Hits

KHMX KHMX (96.5 FM) – branded Mix 96.5 – is a commercial hot adult contemporary radio station licensed to Houston, Texas. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The KHMX studios are located in Houston's ...

("Mix 96.5") 96.5 FM Houston

KHVL KHVL (1490 AM) is a radio station, paired with two FM relay translators. Licensed to Huntsville, Texas, 1490 KHVL & 104.9 K285GE primarily serve Huntsville and the surrounding Walker County rural areas. 94.1 K231DA relays KHVL's programming to ...

104.9 FM/1490 AM ''Music From the '60s, '70s and '80s'' KSAM 101.7 FM ''New Country Music''

KSHU KSHU and KSHU-TV are student-run non-commercial college radio and student television station operations located at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Broadcast and transmitter facilities are located within the Dan Rather Communi ...

90.5 FM ''College-Sam Houston State''

Education

Primary and secondary schools

The majority of the City of Huntsville is served by the Huntsville Independent School District (HISD). By 2007, a Huntsville community report stated that over 50% of the HISD students are "classified as economically disadvantaged"; this is a higher percentage than the overall state percentage. As of 2007 over 18% of the students do not graduate from high school. List of Schools (by education level): Preschool/Pre-K * Gibbs Pre-K Center Elementary * Estella Stewart Elementary School * Huntsville Elementary School * Samuel W. Houston Elementary School * Scott E Johnson Elementary School Intermediate * Huntsville Intermediate School Middle * Mance Park Middle School High * Huntsville High School Private * Alpha Omega Academy (Pre-K–12) * Tomorrow's Promise, The Montessori School of Huntsville (Pre-K–12) * Summit Christian Academy (Pre-K–12) A very small portion of the city of Huntsville is within the New Waverly ISD.

Colleges and universities

Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville. It also served as the first location for

Austin College Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.Lone Star College System Lone Star College (LSC) is a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas, area. In 2017 it enrolled about 95,000 students. The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Wood ...

(formerly North Harris-Montgomery Community College).

Public libraries

The
Huntsville Public Library
opened on Sunday September 24, 1967 after the group "Friends for a Huntsville Public Library" had campaigned for the opening of a public library. The Huntsville Public Library provides a relevant print collection as well as offering access to electronic resources, as well as having over forty public access computers for adults, teens, and children. The Texas State library has made available a large array of professional databases, giving the public access to thousands of professional journals, encyclopedias, language programs, educational tutorials, and informational sites. Patrons of the Huntsville Public Library have access to information that was previously only available at university and major public libraries. In 2022 the library took away a display related to

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topics. In December of that month the city council voted to have Library Systems & Services, a private company, operate the library.

Adult prisoner education

The Windham School District, which provides educational services to prisoners in the TDCJ, is headquartered in Building B in the Wynne Unit in Huntsville.

Tourism

Huntsville has several tourist attractions, including an art tour, a downtown walking tour, a Prison Driving Tour, Sam Houston's grave, the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, the Sam Houston Woodland Home,

A Tribute to Courage ''A Tribute to Courage'' monument is a statue of Sam Houston located in Huntsville, Texas (where Sam Houston lived and died), which is 65 miles north of the city of Houston (named in his honor). Sam Houston is one of the founding fathers of Texa ...

(a 67 foot tall statue of Sam Houston)
The Texas Prison Museum
and a folk and cowboy music festival held every April.

A Tribute to Courage ''A Tribute to Courage'' monument is a statue of Sam Houston located in Huntsville, Texas (where Sam Houston lived and died), which is 65 miles north of the city of Houston (named in his honor). Sam Houston is one of the founding fathers of Texa ...

is the world's tallest statue of an American Hero. Standing on a 10-foot granite base, the 67-foot tall statue of Sam Houston is visible from I-45 northbound for 6.5 miles.

David Adickes David Pryor Adickes ( ; born 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall '' A Tribute to Courage'' statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas. Life and career Adickes was born in Huntsv ...

, the creator of Big Sam, transformed 60 tons of concrete and steel into the monument and dedicated the statue to the City of Huntsville on October 22, 1994. Within the Huntsville Cultural District
the Wynne Home Arts & Visitor Center
offers a wide variety of arts and cultural programs tailored to the interests and needs of Huntsville's diverse community.
The Sam Houston National Forest
is one of just four National Forests in Texas. The forest contains 163,037 acres between Huntsville, Conroe, Cleveland, and Richards. The forest is home to the 128-mile

Lone Star Hiking Trail The Lone Star Hiking Trail (LSHT) is a 96 mile long hiking trail with an additional 32 miles of loop and crossover trails of footpath-only trails. Connecting public lands of the Sam Houston National Forest and private lands it is the longest cont ...

, a portion of which has gained National Recreation Trail status.

Photo Gallery

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Notable people

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, actor *

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, writer * Judge James A. Baker, attorney and banker * Captain James A. Baker, attorney of

William Marsh Rice William Marsh Rice (March 14, 1816 – September 23, 1900) was an American businessman who bequeathed his fortune to found Rice University in Houston, Texas. Rice was murdered by his valet Charles F. Jones while sleeping. The murder was pa ...

* Lois Blount, historian and teacher *

Chuck Clements Chad "Chuck" Clements (born August 29, 1973) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft ...

, American football player *

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, actress * James Davidson, American football player *

David Catchings Dickson David Catchings Dickson (February 25, 1818 – June 5, 1880) was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as the ninth Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He was als ...

, politician * Royal Dixon, author *

James A. Elkins James Anderson Elkins Sr. (25 September 1879 – 1972) was a lawyer and banker in Houston, Houston, Texas. He co-founded the law firm, Vinson & Elkins. Early life Born in Huntsville, Texas, his father was a former Walker County sheriff, but died ...

, attorney *

Craig Flournoy John Craig Flournoy (born June 26, 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) is a journalism professor at the University of Cincinnati and a former investigative reporter for ''The Dallas Morning News'', at which his work included coverage of the latt ...

, journalist and professor *

Justin Gilbert Justin Rodrell Gilbert (born November 7, 1991) is an American football cornerback for the Sioux City Bandits of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the eighth pick in the 2014 NFL Draft after playing col ...

, American football player * Sam Houston, politician * Samuel Walker Houston, pioneer *

Cody Johnson Cody Daniel Johnson (born May 21, 1987) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He self-released six albums, including ''Gotta Be Me'', which debuted at number two on ''Billboard''s Country Albums chart, before releasing his first major- ...

, Musician *

Charles G. Keenan Charles Gradison Keenan (1813–1870) was a politician and physician in early statehood Texas who served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives during the Third Texas Legislature. Keenan was born 28 February 1813 in Giles County, Tenn ...

, politician and physician *

Richard Linklater Richard Stuart Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for films that revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies '' ...

, movie director *

Marcus Luttrell Marcus Luttrell (born November 7, 1975) is a retired United States Navy SEAL who received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his actions in June 2005 against Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings in which he was the lone survivor. Luttr ...

, former Navy-

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*

Austin McGary Austin McGary (February 6, 1846 – June 15, 1928) was an American Restoration Movement evangelist and publisher of a periodical entitled '' Firm Foundation'', which was first published on September 1, 1884. Born in Huntsville, Texas, to Isaac ...

, sheriff * Matt Powledge, American football coach *

Dan Rather Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (; born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. Rather began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurr ...

, journalist *

Derrick Ross ''For the National Football League running back, see Derek Ross'' Derrick Lewis Ross (born December 29, 1983) was an American football/arena football running back for the Jacksonville Sharks of the National Arena League (NAL). He played one sea ...

, American football player *

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

, Thai politician * John Thomason, author *

Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne Tillerson (born March 23, 1952) is an American engineer and energy executive who served as the 69th U.S. secretary of state from February 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, under President Donald Trump. Prior to joining the Trump administ ...

, former ExxonMobil CEO and 69th United States Secretary of State * Dave Ward, journalist *

Mark Hanna Watkins Mark Hanna Watkins (November 23, 1903 – February 24, 1976) was an Afro-American linguist and anthropologist. He was born in Huntsville, Texas, the youngest of fourteen children of a Baptist minister. He obtained a Bachelor of Science from Prair ...

, African-American linguist and anthropologist * Charlie Wilson, U.S. politician

External links

City of Huntsville

Discover Huntsville

Texas Prison Museum

Sam Houston Memorial Museum
* Historical photographs of Huntsville can be found a
the University of Houston Digital Library

Cultural attractions

The Wynne Arts Center

SHSU College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication

Phoenix Commotion

Old Town Theatre

Sam Houston Memorial Museum
{{Authority control Huntsville, Texas, Cities in Walker County, Texas Cities in Texas County seats in Texas Micropolitan areas of Texas Populated places established in the 1830s 1830s establishments in Texas

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