unincorporated community
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Texas
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, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 75 in 2000.
History
The population was 75 in 2010 and 2017.
The local Methodist church was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
On April 2, 1957, an F2 tornado destroyed six homes and damaged several others in Ben Franklin. Two people were injured and losses totaled $25,000. This and a previous event may have belonged to the same family. Grazulis listed the tornado as the same as the
Ambia Ambia may refer to :
Places and jurisdictions in Africa
* Ambia (Mauretania), an ancient former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see
* Ambia, Ihosy, Madagascar, a town
* Ambia, Mahabo, Madagascar, a town
Places and jurisdictions els ...
– Harmon F2s, considering all three to be a F3 event. One death was reported.
128 128 may refer to
*128 (number), a natural number
*AD 128, a year in the 2nd century AD
*128 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*128 (New Jersey bus)
*128 Nemesis, a main-belt asteroid
*Fiat 128, also known as the Zastava 128, a small family car
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on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at vario ...
Cooper
Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to:
* Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels
Arts and entertainment
* Cooper (producers), an alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads
* "Cooper", a song by Roxette from ...
, southwest of
Paris
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, and northeast of
Dallas
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Major League Baseball
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pitcher
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