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Crafton, Texas
Crafton is a community in northwestern Wise County, Texas, United States. Initially laid out in the 1870s or 1880s by George Craft, the town's namesake, Crafton reached a population of 250 in 1885, and had several businesses, churches, and a school. It struggled economically after the turn of the 19th century, when railroads bypassed the town, and its population has steadily declined to an estimated twenty in 2000. Location Crafton is located in northwestern Wise County, Texas, off Farm to Market Road 2127. The town is located at the headwaters of Indian River. It is to the northwest of the city of Decatur. Crafton is east of the Old Spanish Trail, a historic trading route, and north of the nearby Butterfield Overland Mail route. The town is approximately east of Wise County's border with Jack County. History Crafton is named after George Craft, a farmer, politician, and surveyor. Craft moved to Wise County, Texas, in the second half of the 19th century, with his wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wise County, Texas
Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. Its county seat is Decatur. Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth– Arlington metropolitan statistical area. Its Wise Eyes crime-watch program, eventually adopted by mostly rural counties in several states, was started in 1993 by then-Sheriff Phil Ryan. History On November 10, 1837, the Battle of the Knobs was fought in what is now Wise County between about 150 Native American warriors and 18 Republic of Texas soldiers under Lieutenant A. B. Benthuysen. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Texan soldiers held their ground, killing or wounding an estimated 50 Native Americans and losing 10 of their own men. More settlers began coming into the area not long afterward, with people relocating from both the Upper South and Deep South. Wise County was not founded until 1856. It was named after Virginia Congressman Henry A. Wise, who had supported annexation of Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Craft
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leonard Hamblin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
