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players from Waco</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_pro_baseball_players_from_Waco-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Movies_and_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Movies_and_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Movies and television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Movies_and_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Waco, Texas</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="ویکو، تکزاس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکو، تکزاس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Уэйка – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Уэйка" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Уейко – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уейко" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_(Texas)" title="Waco (Texas) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Waco (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Waco (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Waco (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco" title="Waco – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Waco" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Waco, Texas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco" title="Waco – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Waco" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco" title="Waco – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Waco" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco" title="Waco – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Waco" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco" title="Waco – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Waco" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco" title="Waco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Waco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_(Texas)" title="Waco (Texas) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Waco (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="ویکو (تگزاس) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکو (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_(Texas)" title="Waco (Texas) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Waco (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Waco, Texas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A4_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="ویکؤ (تگزاس) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="ویکؤ (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%BD%94" title="웨이코 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="웨이코" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_(Teksas)" title="Waco (Teksas) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Waco (Teksas)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Waco, Texas" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco" title="Waco – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Waco" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95" title="וייקו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וייקו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Waco, Texas" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Waco, Texas" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WacoCity.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="From left to right, top to bottom: Downtown, McLennan County Courthouse, Waco Suspension Bridge, Dr. Pepper Museum, Waco Mammoth National Monument, Baylor University, Waco Hippodrome, Cameron Park, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, and Austin Avenue in Downtown"><img alt="From left to right, top to bottom: Downtown, McLennan County Courthouse, Waco Suspension Bridge, Dr. Pepper Museum, Waco Mammoth National Monument, Baylor University, Waco Hippodrome, Cameron Park, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, and Austin Avenue in Downtown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/WacoCity.jpg/250px-WacoCity.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="464" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/WacoCity.jpg/375px-WacoCity.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/WacoCity.jpg/500px-WacoCity.jpg 2x" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="1023" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From left to right, top to bottom: Downtown, <a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan County</a> Courthouse, <a href="/wiki/Waco_Suspension_Bridge" title="Waco Suspension Bridge">Waco Suspension Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dr_Pepper_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr Pepper Museum">Dr. Pepper Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waco_Mammoth_National_Monument" title="Waco Mammoth National Monument">Waco Mammoth National Monument</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a>, Waco Hippodrome, <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Park_(Waco)" title="Cameron Park (Waco)">Cameron Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum">Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum</a>, and Austin Avenue in Downtown</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Waco,_Texas.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Waco"><img alt="Coat of arms of Waco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Coat_of_arms_of_Waco%2C_Texas.png/99px-Coat_of_arms_of_Waco%2C_Texas.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Coat_of_arms_of_Waco%2C_Texas.png/148px-Coat_of_arms_of_Waco%2C_Texas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Coat_of_arms_of_Waco%2C_Texas.png/198px-Coat_of_arms_of_Waco%2C_Texas.png 2x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="264" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"Heart of Texas"<br />"Buckle of the Bible Belt"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:McLennan_County_Waco.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within McLennan County and Texas"><img alt="Location within McLennan County and Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/McLennan_County_Waco.svg/300px-McLennan_County_Waco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/McLennan_County_Waco.svg/450px-McLennan_County_Waco.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="od notheme" style="top:69.088%;left:52.964%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Waco"><img alt="Waco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Waco</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Waco in North America</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of North America</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Waco,_Texas&params=31_33_5_N_97_9_21_W_type:city_region:US-TX"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°33′5″N</span> <span class="longitude">97°9′21″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.55139°N 97.15583°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.55139; -97.15583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/Waco_people" title="Waco people">Waco people</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Council–manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2019_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2019-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Texas">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">101.15 sq mi (261.98 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">88.73 sq mi (229.82 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">12.42 sq mi (32.16 km<sup>2</sup>)  11.85%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">522 ft (159 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Texas">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">138,486</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA2023_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA2023-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">144,816</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,569.16/sq mi (605.86/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-urban_area_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urban_area-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">192,844 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">201st</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,145.6/sq mi (828.4/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">304,865 (US: <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">168th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Wacoan</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro</th><td class="infobox-data">$27.539 billion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (Central)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">76701-76708, 76710-76712, 76714-76716, 76797-76799</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_254" title="Area code 254">254</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">48-76000<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2412162<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.waco-texas.com/">Waco-Texas.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Waco</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">WAY</span>-koh</i></a>) is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan County, Texas</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is situated along the <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River" title="Brazos River">Brazos River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_35" title="Interstate 35">I-35</a>, halfway between <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2023 population of 144,816, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Texas_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Texas by population">24th-most populous</a> city in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA2024_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA2024-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Waco_metropolitan_area" title="Waco metropolitan area">Waco metropolitan statistical area</a> consists of McLennan, Falls and Bosque counties, which had a 2020 population of 295,782.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bosque County was added to the Waco MSA in 2023. The 2023 U.S. census population estimate for the Waco metropolitan area was 304,865 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a chronological guide, see <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Waco,_Texas" title="Timeline of Waco, Texas">Timeline of Waco, Texas</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1824–1865"><span id="1824.E2.80.931865"></span>1824–1865</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1824–1865"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">Indigenous peoples</a> occupied areas along the river for thousands of years. In historic times, the area of present-day Waco was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Wichita_people" title="Wichita people">Wichita</a> <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Americans of the United States">Indian</a> tribe known as the "<a href="/wiki/Waco_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco tribe">Waco</a>" (Spanish: <i>Hueco</i> or <i>Huaco</i>). </p><p>In 1824, Thomas M. Duke was sent to explore the area after violence erupted between the Waco people and the European settlers. His report to <a href="/wiki/Stephen_F._Austin" title="Stephen F. Austin">Stephen F. Austin</a>, described the Waco village:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> This town is situated on the West Bank of the <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River" title="Brazos River">river</a>. They have a spring almost as cold as ice itself. All we want is some Brandy and Sugar to have Ice Toddy. They have about 400 acres (1.6 km<sup>2</sup>) planted in corn, beans, pumpkins, and melons and that tended in good order. I think they cannot raise more than One Hundred Warriors. </p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Thomas M. Duke, Stephen F. Austin Papers</cite></div></blockquote> <p>After further violence, Austin halted an attempt to destroy their village in retaliation. In 1825, he made a treaty with them. The Waco were eventually pushed out of the region, settling north near present-day <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>. In 1872, they were moved onto a reservation in <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> with other Wichita tribes. In 1902, the Waco received allotments of land and became official US citizens. <a href="/wiki/Neil_McLennan" title="Neil McLennan">Neil McLennan</a> settled in an area near the South <a href="/wiki/Bosque_River" title="Bosque River">Bosque River</a> in 1838.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jacob_De_Cordova" title="Jacob De Cordova">Jacob De Cordova</a> bought McLennan's property<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and hired a former <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division" title="Texas Ranger Division">Texas Ranger</a> and surveyor named <a href="/wiki/George_B._Erath" class="mw-redirect" title="George B. Erath">George B. Erath</a> to inspect the area.<sup id="cite_ref-erath1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erath1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1849, Erath designed the first block of the city. Property owners wanted to name the city Lamartine, but Erath convinced them to name the area Waco Village, after the Indians who had lived there.<sup id="cite_ref-kelley12_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kelley12-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1849, Shapley Prince Ross, the father of future Governor <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Sullivan_Ross" title="Lawrence Sullivan Ross">Lawrence Sullivan Ross</a>, built the first house in Waco, a double-log cabin, on a bluff overlooking the springs. His daughter Kate was the first settler child born in Waco. Because of this, Ross is considered to have been the founder of Waco, Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-davis151_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis151-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1866–1900"><span id="1866.E2.80.931900"></span>1866–1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1866–1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_map-Waco-1886.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Old_map-Waco-1886.jpg/220px-Old_map-Waco-1886.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Old_map-Waco-1886.jpg/330px-Old_map-Waco-1886.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Old_map-Waco-1886.jpg/440px-Old_map-Waco-1886.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9796" data-file-height="6920" /></a><figcaption>Waco in 1886</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Suspension_Bridge,_Waco,_Texas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Suspension_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg/220px-Suspension_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Suspension_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg/330px-Suspension_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Suspension_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg/440px-Suspension_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="749" data-file-height="476" /></a><figcaption>Suspension Bridge, Waco, Texas</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1866, Waco's leading citizens embarked on an ambitious project to build the first bridge to span the wide <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River" title="Brazos River">Brazos River</a>. They formed the Waco Bridge Company to build the 475-foot (145 m) brick <a href="/wiki/Waco_Suspension_Bridge" title="Waco Suspension Bridge">Waco Suspension Bridge</a>, which was completed in 1870. The company commissioned a firm owned by <a href="/wiki/John_Augustus_Roebling" class="mw-redirect" title="John Augustus Roebling">John Augustus Roebling</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a>, New Jersey, to supply the bridge's cables and steelwork and contracted with Mr. Thomas M. Griffith, a civil engineer based in New York, for the supervisory engineering work.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economic effects of the Waco bridge were immediate and large. The cowboys and cattle-herds following the <a href="/wiki/Chisholm_Trail" title="Chisholm Trail">Chisholm Trail</a> north, crossed the Brazos River at Waco. Some chose to pay the Suspension Bridge toll, while others floated their herds down the river. The population of Waco grew rapidly, as immigrants now had a safe crossing for their horse-drawn carriages and wagons. Since 1971, the bridge has been open only to pedestrian traffic and is in the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p><p>Waco was the original intended western terminus of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Texas and St. Louis Railway">Texas and St. Louis Railway</a>, with the town having been reached in 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-Rails_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rails-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the line was extended further west to <a href="/wiki/Gatesville,_Texas" title="Gatesville, Texas">Gatesville</a> a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-TSL_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSL-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This trackage later became the core of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company">St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company</a>, commonly known as the Cotton Belt.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 19th century, a <a href="/wiki/Red-light_district" title="Red-light district">red-light district</a> called the "Reservation" grew up in Waco, and <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitution</a> was regulated by the city. The Reservation was suppressed in the early 20th century. In 1885, the <a href="/wiki/Soft_drink" title="Soft drink">soft drink</a> <a href="/wiki/Dr_Pepper" title="Dr Pepper">Dr Pepper</a> was invented in Waco at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1845, <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> was founded in <a href="/wiki/Independence,_Texas" title="Independence, Texas">Independence</a>, Texas. It moved to Waco in 1886 and merged with Waco University, becoming an integral part of the city. The university's Strecker Museum was also the oldest continuously operating museum in the state until it closed in 2003, and the collections moved to the new <a href="/wiki/Mayborn_Museum_Complex" title="Mayborn Museum Complex">Mayborn Museum Complex</a>. In 1873, AddRan College was founded by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark in Fort Worth. The school moved to Waco in 1895, changing its name to Add-Ran Christian University and taking up residence in the empty buildings of Waco Female College. Add-Ran changed its name to <a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a> in 1902 and left Waco after the school's main building burned down in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TCU was offered a 50-acre (200,000 m<sup>2</sup>) campus and $200,000 by the city of Fort Worth to relocate there.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation" title="Racial segregation">Racial segregation</a> was common in Waco. For example, <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Cemetery_(Waco)" title="Greenwood Cemetery (Waco)">Greenwood Cemetery</a> was established in the 1870s as a segregated burial place. Black graves were divided from white ones by a fence which remained standing until 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Strouse_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strouse-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr_Pepper_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dr_Pepper_Museum.jpg/220px-Dr_Pepper_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dr_Pepper_Museum.jpg/330px-Dr_Pepper_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dr_Pepper_Museum.jpg/440px-Dr_Pepper_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1122" data-file-height="642" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Dr_Pepper_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr Pepper Museum">Dr Pepper Museum</a> is one of Waco's tourist attractions.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1890s, <a href="/wiki/William_Cowper_Brann" title="William Cowper Brann">William Cowper Brann</a> published the highly successful <i>Iconoclast</i> newspaper in Waco. One of his targets was Baylor University. Brann revealed Baylor officials had been trafficking South American children recruited by missionaries and making house-servants out of them. Brann was shot in the back by Tom Davis, a Baylor supporter. Brann then wheeled, drew his pistol, and killed Davis. Brann was helped home by his friends, and died there of his wounds. </p><p>In 1894, the first Cotton Palace fair and exhibition center was built to reflect the dominant contribution of the agricultural <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> industry in the region. Since the end of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, cotton had been cultivated in the Brazos and Bosque valleys, and Waco had become known nationwide as a top producer. Over the next 23 years, the annual exposition would welcome over eight million attendees. The opulent building which housed the month-long exhibition was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1910. In 1931, the exposition fell prey to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, and the building was torn down. However, the annual Cotton Palace Pageant continues, hosted in late April in conjunction with the Brazos River Festival. </p><p>On September 15, 1896, "The Crash" took place about 15 miles (24 km) north of Waco. "The Crash at Crush" was a publicity stunt done by the <a href="/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas%E2%80%93Texas_Railroad" title="Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad">Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad</a> company (known as M-K-T or "Katy"), featuring two locomotives intentionally set to a head-on collision. Meant to be a family fun event with food, games, and entertainment, the Crash turned deadly when both boilers exploded simultaneously, sending metal flying in the air. Three people died and dozens were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steel_Bridge,_Waco,_Texas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Steel_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg/220px-Steel_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Steel_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg/330px-Steel_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Steel_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg/440px-Steel_Bridge%2C_Waco%2C_Texas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Washington_Avenue_Bridge_(Waco,_Texas)" title="Washington Avenue Bridge (Waco, Texas)">Washington Avenue Bridge</a> (postcard, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1908</span>), built in 1902, it was the longest single-span steel bridge in the world.</figcaption></figure> <p>An <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> man named Sank Majors was hanged from the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Avenue_Bridge_(Waco,_Texas)" title="Washington Avenue Bridge (Waco, Texas)">Washington Avenue Bridge</a> by a white mob in 1905. Another man, Jim Lawyer, was attacked with a whip because he objected to the <a href="/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States" title="Lynching in the United States">lynching</a>. In both cases the mob was assisted by <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division" title="Texas Ranger Division">Texas Rangers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Minutaglio_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minutaglio-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington,_1916_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington%2C_1916_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington%2C_1916_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington%2C_1916_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington%2C_1916_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington%2C_1916_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington%2C_1916_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="1232" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington" title="Lynching of Jesse Washington">Lynching of Jesse Washington</a> in Waco on May 15, 1916. He was repeatedly lowered and raised onto a fire for about two hours.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1916, a Black teenager named <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Washington">Jesse Washington</a> was tortured, mutilated, and burned to death in the town square by a <a href="/wiki/Ochlocracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ochlocracy">mob</a> that seized him from the courthouse, where he had been convicted of murdering a white woman, to which he confessed. About 15,000 spectators, mostly citizens of Waco, were present. The commonly named <a href="/wiki/Waco_Horror" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco Horror">Waco Horror</a> drew international condemnation and became the <i><a href="/wiki/Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre" title="Cause célèbre">cause célèbre</a></i> of the nascent <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a>'s anti-<a href="/wiki/Lynching" title="Lynching">lynching</a> campaign. In 2006, the Waco City Council officially condemned the lynching, which took place without opposition from local political or judicial leaders; the mayor and chief of police were spectators. On the centenary of the lynching, May 15, 2016, the mayor apologized in a ceremony to some of Washington's descendants. A historical marker is being erected.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1920s, despite the popularity of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> and high numbers of lynchings throughout Texas, Waco's authorities attempted to respond to the NAACP's campaign and institute more protections for African Americans or others threatened with mob violence and lynching.<sup id="cite_ref-bern_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bern-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 26, 1922, <a href="/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Thomas" title="Lynching of Jesse Thomas">Jesse Thomas was shot</a>, his body dragged down Franklin street by a crowd some 6,000 strong and the corpse then burned in the public square behind city hall.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923, Waco's sheriff Leslie Stegall protected <a href="/wiki/Execution_of_Roy_Mitchell" title="Execution of Roy Mitchell">Roy Mitchell</a>, an African American coerced into confessing to multiple murders, from mob lynching. Mitchell was the last Texan to be publicly executed in Texas, and also the last to be hanged before the introduction of the electric chair.<sup id="cite_ref-bern_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bern-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Legislature" title="Texas Legislature">Texas Legislature</a> created the Tenth Civil Court of Appeals and placed it in Waco; it is now known as the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Courts_of_Appeals" title="Texas Courts of Appeals">10th Court of Appeals</a>. </p><p>In 1937, Grover C. Thomsen and R. H. Roark created a soft-drink called "Sun Tang Red Cream Soda". This would become known as the soft drink <a href="/wiki/Big_Red_(drink)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Red (drink)">Big Red</a>. </p><p>On May 5, 1942, Waco Army Air Field opened as a basic pilot training school, and on June 10, 1949, the name was changed to <a href="/wiki/James_Connally_Air_Force_Base" title="James Connally Air Force Base">Connally Air Force Base</a> in memory of Col. James T. Connally, a local pilot killed in Japan in 1945. The name changed again in 1951 to the James Connally Air Force Base. The base closed in May 1966 and is now the location of <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Technical_College" title="Texas State Technical College">Texas State Technical College</a>, formerly Texas State Technical Institute, since 1965. The airfield is still in operation, now known as <a href="/wiki/TSTC_Waco_Airport" title="TSTC Waco Airport">TSTC Waco Airport</a>, and was used by <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a> when former <a href="/wiki/US_President" class="mw-redirect" title="US President">US President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> visited his <a href="/wiki/Prairie_Chapel_Ranch" title="Prairie Chapel Ranch">Prairie Chapel Ranch</a>, also known as the <a href="/wiki/Western_White_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Western White House">Western White House</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Crawford,_Texas" title="Crawford, Texas">Crawford</a>, Texas. </p><p>In 1951, Harold Goodman founded the <a href="/wiki/American_Income_Life_Insurance_Company" title="American Income Life Insurance Company">American Income Life Insurance Company</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WacoAlamoPlaza1938.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/WacoAlamoPlaza1938.jpg/220px-WacoAlamoPlaza1938.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/WacoAlamoPlaza1938.jpg/330px-WacoAlamoPlaza1938.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/WacoAlamoPlaza1938.jpg/440px-WacoAlamoPlaza1938.jpg 2x" data-file-width="806" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alamo_Plaza_Hotel_Courts" title="Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts">Alamo Plaza Courts</a>, tourist apartments, Waco <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1939</span></figcaption></figure> <p>On May 11, 1953, a <a href="/wiki/1953_Waco_tornado_outbreak" title="1953 Waco tornado outbreak">violent F5 tornado hit downtown Waco</a>, killing 114.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2011, it remains the <a href="/wiki/Tornado_records" title="Tornado records">11th-deadliest tornado</a> in U.S. history and tied for the deadliest in Texas state history.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first tornado tracked by radar and helped spur the creation of a nationwide storm surveillance system. A granite monument featuring the names of those killed was placed downtown in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Public_Safety" title="Texas Department of Public Safety">Texas Department of Public Safety</a> designated Waco as the site for the state-designated official museum of the legendary <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division" title="Texas Ranger Division">Texas Rangers</a> law enforcement agency founded in 1823. In 1976, it was further designated the official Hall of Fame for the Rangers and renamed the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum">Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum</a>. Renovations by the Waco government earned this building green status, the first Waco government-led project of its nature. The construction project has fallen under scrutiny for expanding the building over unmarked human graves. </p><p>In 1978, bones were discovered emerging from the mud at the confluence of the Brazos and <a href="/wiki/Bosque_River" title="Bosque River">Bosque Rivers</a>. Excavations revealed the bones were 68,000 years old and belonged to a species of <a href="/wiki/Mammoth" title="Mammoth">mammoth</a>. Eventually, the remains of at least 24 mammoths, one camel, and one large cat were found at the site, making it one of the largest findings of its kind. Scholars have puzzled over why such a large herd had been killed at once. The bones are on display at the <a href="/wiki/Waco_Mammoth_National_Monument" title="Waco Mammoth National Monument">Waco Mammoth National Monument</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Branch_Davidian_Compound_in_Flames.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Branch_Davidian_Compound_in_Flames.jpg/220px-Branch_Davidian_Compound_in_Flames.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Branch_Davidian_Compound_in_Flames.jpg/330px-Branch_Davidian_Compound_in_Flames.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Branch_Davidian_Compound_in_Flames.jpg/440px-Branch_Davidian_Compound_in_Flames.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5889" data-file-height="4740" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Mount_Carmel_Center" title="Mount Carmel Center">Mount Carmel Center</a> burning on April 19, 1993</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Waco_siege">Waco siege</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Waco siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Waco_siege" title="Waco siege">Waco siege</a></div> <p>On February 28, 1993, a <a href="/wiki/Shootout" title="Shootout">shootout</a> occurred in which six <a href="/wiki/Branch_Davidians" title="Branch Davidians">Branch Davidians</a> and four agents of the United States <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_and_Firearms" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms</a> died. After 51 days, on April 19, 1993, the standoff ended when the Branch Davidians' facility, referred to as <a href="/wiki/Mount_Carmel_Center" title="Mount Carmel Center">Mt. Carmel</a>, was set ablaze, thirteen miles from Waco.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Waco_tragedy,_explained_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Waco_tragedy,_explained-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 74 people, including leader <a href="/wiki/David_Koresh" title="David Koresh">David Koresh</a>, died in the blaze. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the presidency of <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, Waco was the home to the White House Press Center. The press center provided briefing and office facilities for the press corps whenever Bush visited his "<a href="/wiki/Western_White_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Western White House">Western White House</a>" <a href="/wiki/Prairie_Chapel_Ranch" title="Prairie Chapel Ranch">Prairie Chapel Ranch</a> near <a href="/wiki/Crawford,_Texas" title="Crawford, Texas">Crawford</a>, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Waco. </p><p>On May 17, 2015, a <a href="/wiki/2015_Waco_shootout" title="2015 Waco shootout">violent dispute among rival biker gangs</a> broke out at Twin Peaks restaurant. The Waco police intervened, with nine dead and 18 injured in the incident. More than 170 were arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No bystanders, Twin Peak employees, or officers were killed. This was the most high-profile criminal incident since the Waco siege, and the deadliest shootout in the city's history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Waco_southern_portion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Lake_Waco_southern_portion.jpg/220px-Lake_Waco_southern_portion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Lake_Waco_southern_portion.jpg/330px-Lake_Waco_southern_portion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Lake_Waco_southern_portion.jpg/440px-Lake_Waco_southern_portion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3807" data-file-height="2683" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lake_Waco" title="Lake Waco">Lake Waco</a> – southern half of the lake with State Highway 6 Twin Bridges in view</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has an area of 95.5 square miles (247 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 84.2 square miles (218 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 11.3 square miles (29 km<sup>2</sup>) is covered by water. The total area is 11.85% water. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Waco" class="mw-redirect" title="Neighborhoods of Waco">Neighborhoods of Waco</a></div> <p>Downtown Waco is relatively small when compared to other larger Texas cities, such as <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, or even <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>. The 22-story <a href="/wiki/ALICO_Building" title="ALICO Building">ALICO Building</a>, completed in 1910, is the tallest building in Waco.<sup id="cite_ref-History_of_the_ALICO_Building_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_of_the_ALICO_Building-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Waco experiences a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfa</i>), characterized by hot summers and generally mild winters. Some 90 °F (32 °C) temperatures have been observed in every month of the year. The record low temperature is −5 °F (−21 °C), set on January 31, 1949; the record high temperature is 114 °F (46 °C), set on July 23, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_FWD_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData_FWD-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Waco_Regional_Airport" title="Waco Regional Airport">Waco Regional Airport</a>, Texas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">114<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">112<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">114<br />(46) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.3<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.7<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.9<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.1<br />(37.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF0E00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103.0<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0B00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103.8<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.9<br />(37.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.6<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.3<br />(29.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.0<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">105.1<br />(40.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.1<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.2<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.9<br />(25.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.3<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.7<br />(33.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.7<br />(35.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.1<br />(36.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.8<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.8<br />(20.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.4<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78.6<br />(25.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.4<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.6<br />(10.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.8<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.3<br />(23.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.9<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.6<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.5<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.7<br />(25.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.4<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.2<br />(14.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">67.1<br />(19.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.1<br />(4.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.4<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.6<br />(12.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.3<br />(17.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.1<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.9<br />(23.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.7<br />(19.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.2<br />(13.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.6<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.9<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">55.6<br />(13.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(−6.3) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(−4.1) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(−2.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.2<br />(16.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.1<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.6<br />(11.4) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(−2.4) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(−5.1) </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.2<br />(−7.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5<br />(−21) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1<br />(−18) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4<br />(−20) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−5<br />(−21) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.59<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.68<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.31<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.30<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #56FF56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.44<br />(113) </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.35<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.82<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.05<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.87<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.41<br />(112) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.71<br />(69) </td> <td style="background: #92FF92; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.87<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #8AFF8A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.40<br />(925) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.7<br />(1.75) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7 </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">80.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: National Weather Service<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>3,008</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>7,295</td><td></td><td>142.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>14,445</td><td></td><td>98.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>20,686</td><td></td><td>43.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>26,425</td><td></td><td>27.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>38,500</td><td></td><td>45.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>52,848</td><td></td><td>37.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>55,982</td><td></td><td>5.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>84,706</td><td></td><td>51.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>97,808</td><td></td><td>15.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>95,326</td><td></td><td>−2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>101,261</td><td></td><td>6.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>103,590</td><td></td><td>2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>113,726</td><td></td><td>9.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>124,805</td><td></td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>138,486</td><td></td><td>11.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Waco city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>58,096 </td> <td>57,217 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">58,644 </td> <td>51.08% </td> <td>45.85% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">42.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>25,477 </td> <td>26,184 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">26,844 </td> <td>22.40% </td> <td>20.98% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">19.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>307 </td> <td>310 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">408 </td> <td>0.27% </td> <td>0.25% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,542 </td> <td>2,148 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3,525 </td> <td>1.36% </td> <td>1.72% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>43 </td> <td>49 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">84 </td> <td>0.04% </td> <td>0.04% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>82 </td> <td>176 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">704 </td> <td>0.07% </td> <td>0.14% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>1,294 </td> <td>1,774 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,420 </td> <td>1.14% </td> <td>1.42% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>26,885 </td> <td>36,947 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">43,857 </td> <td>23.64% </td> <td>29.60% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">31.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>113,726</b> </td> <td><b>124,805</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>138,486</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 138,486 people, 50,108 households, and 29,014 families residing in the city. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 124,805 people resided in the city, organized into 51,452 households and 27,115 families. The population density was recorded as 1,350.6 people per square mile (521.5/km<sup>2</sup>), with 45,819 housing units at an average density of 544.2 per square mile (210.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The 2000 <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">racial makeup</a> of the city was 60.8% White, 22.7% African American, 1.4% Asian, 0.5% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 12.4% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. About 23.6% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Non-Hispanic Whites were 45.8% of the population in 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> down from 66.6% in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, the census recorded 42,279 households, of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were not families. Around 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone at 65 years of age or older. The average household size was calculated as 2.49 and the average family size 3.19. </p><p>In 2000, 25.4% of the population was under the age of 18, 20.3% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $26,264, and for a family was $33,919. Males had a median income of $26,902 versus $21,159 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $14,584. About 26.3% of the population and 19.3% of families lived below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>. Of the total population, 30.9% of those under the age of 18 and 13.0% of those 65 and older lived below the poverty line. </p><p>A 2020 census showed on a heat map that McLennan County displayed an estimated 1.3% of partnered households that are same-sex.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Downtown_Waco_2009_Looking_East.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Aerial_view_of_Downtown_Waco_2009_Looking_East.jpg/220px-Aerial_view_of_Downtown_Waco_2009_Looking_East.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Aerial_view_of_Downtown_Waco_2009_Looking_East.jpg/330px-Aerial_view_of_Downtown_Waco_2009_Looking_East.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Aerial_view_of_Downtown_Waco_2009_Looking_East.jpg/440px-Aerial_view_of_Downtown_Waco_2009_Looking_East.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2098" data-file-height="931" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of downtown Waco in 2009; Brazos River to the left and campus of Baylor University in the upper right</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce, the top employers in <a href="/wiki/McLennan_County" class="mw-redirect" title="McLennan County">McLennan County</a> are:<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th>Employees 2015 </th> <th>Employees 2023 </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> </td> <td>2,675 </td> <td>3,253 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ascension_(healthcare_system)" title="Ascension (healthcare system)">Ascension</a> Providence </td> <td>2,397 </td> <td>3,075 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waco_Independent_School_District" title="Waco Independent School District">Waco Independent School District</a> </td> <td>2,500 </td> <td>2,373 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H-E-B" title="H-E-B">H-E-B</a> </td> <td>1,500 </td> <td>2,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baylor_Scott_%26_White_Health" title="Baylor Scott & White Health">Baylor Scott & White Health</a> (Hillcrest) </td> <td>1,800 </td> <td>1,736 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Technical_College_%E2%80%93_Waco" title="Texas State Technical College – Waco">Texas State Technical College</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1,706 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1,682 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>City of Waco </td> <td>1,506 </td> <td>1,518 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanderson_Farms" title="Sanderson Farms">Sanderson Farms</a>, Inc. </td> <td>1,041 </td> <td>1,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> </td> <td>1,656 </td> <td>1,174 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLennan_County" class="mw-redirect" title="McLennan County">McLennan County</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1,157 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midway_Independent_School_District_(McLennan_County,_Texas)" title="Midway Independent School District (McLennan County, Texas)">Midway Independent School District</a> </td> <td>1,067 </td> <td>1,081 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AbbVie" title="AbbVie">AbbVie</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>785 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/L3_Technologies" title="L3 Technologies">L3 Technologies</a> </td> <td>2,300 </td> <td>774 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLennan_Community_College" title="McLennan Community College">McLennan Community College</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>719 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Company" title="Wrigley Company">Mars Wrigley</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>700 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aramark" title="Aramark">Aramark</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>696 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Income_Life_Insurance_Company" title="American Income Life Insurance Company">American Income Life</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>693 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magnolia_Network" title="Magnolia Network">Magnolia Network</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>675 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Texas Materials </td> <td> </td> <td>672 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cargill" title="Cargill">Cargill</a> Value Added Meats </td> <td> </td> <td>646 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tractor_Supply" class="mw-redirect" title="Tractor Supply">Tractor Supply</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>640 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>590 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries_and_museums">Libraries and museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Libraries and museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WacoTX_AlicoTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/WacoTX_AlicoTower.jpg/170px-WacoTX_AlicoTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/WacoTX_AlicoTower.jpg/255px-WacoTX_AlicoTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/WacoTX_AlicoTower.jpg/340px-WacoTX_AlicoTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Waco's 22-story ALICO building</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WacoBridge02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/WacoBridge02.jpg/220px-WacoBridge02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/WacoBridge02.jpg/330px-WacoBridge02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/WacoBridge02.jpg/440px-WacoBridge02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="403" /></a><figcaption>The Waco Suspension Bridge</figcaption></figure> <p>Waco is served by the Waco-McLennan County Library system.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Browning_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Armstrong Browning Library">Armstrong Browning Library</a>, on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a>, houses collections of English poets <a href="/wiki/Robert_Browning" title="Robert Browning">Robert Browning</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning" title="Elizabeth Barrett Browning">Elizabeth Barrett Browning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Red_Men_Museum_and_Library" title="Red Men Museum and Library">Red Men Museum and Library</a> houses the archives of the <a href="/wiki/Improved_Order_of_Red_Men" title="Improved Order of Red Men">Improved Order of Red Men</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lee Lockwood Library and Museum is home to the Waco <a href="/wiki/Scottish_national_identity" title="Scottish national identity">Scottish</a> <a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Freemasonry" class="mw-redirect" title="Rite of Freemasonry">Rite of Freemasonry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Waco_Mammoth_National_Monument" title="Waco Mammoth National Monument">Waco Mammoth National Monument</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">paleontological site</a> and museum managed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> in conjunction with the City of Waco and Baylor University.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other museums in Waco include the <a href="/wiki/Dr_Pepper#Dr_Pepper_Museum" title="Dr Pepper">Dr Pepper Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Texas Sports Hall of Fame">Texas Sports Hall of Fame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum">Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum</a>, Historic Waco <sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Mayborn_Museum_Complex" title="Mayborn Museum Complex">Mayborn Museum Complex</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attractions">Attractions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Photo_of_Magnolia_Market,_Waco,_TX.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Photo_of_Magnolia_Market%2C_Waco%2C_TX.jpg/220px-Photo_of_Magnolia_Market%2C_Waco%2C_TX.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Photo_of_Magnolia_Market%2C_Waco%2C_TX.jpg/330px-Photo_of_Magnolia_Market%2C_Waco%2C_TX.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Photo_of_Magnolia_Market%2C_Waco%2C_TX.jpg/440px-Photo_of_Magnolia_Market%2C_Waco%2C_TX.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1440" /></a><figcaption>The Magnolia Market in Waco</figcaption></figure> <p>Notable attractions in Waco include the <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Falls" title="Hawaiian Falls">Hawaiian Falls</a> water park and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Texas" title="Grand Lodge of Texas">Grand Lodge of Texas</a>, one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge" title="Grand Lodge">Grand Lodges</a> in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Waco_Suspension_Bridge" title="Waco Suspension Bridge">Waco Suspension Bridge</a> is a single-span <a href="/wiki/Suspension_bridge" title="Suspension bridge">suspension bridge</a> built in 1870, crossing the <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River" title="Brazos River">Brazos River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indian Spring Park marks the location of the origin of the town of Waco, where the Huaco Indians had settled on the bank of the river, at the location of an icy cold spring.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Doris_Miller" title="Doris Miller">Doris Miller</a> Memorial is a public art installation along the banks of the Brazos River.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A nine-foot bronze statue of Miller was unveiled on December 7, 2017, temporarily located at nearby Bledsoe-Miller Park.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Waco_Mammoth_National_Monument" title="Waco Mammoth National Monument">Waco Mammoth National Monument</a> is a partnership between the City of Waco, Baylor University, the Waco Mammoth Foundation and the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>. The site contains the fossils of 24 <a href="/wiki/Columbian_mammoth" title="Columbian mammoth">Columbian mammoths</a> and other animals, including a tortoise, a camel and a sabretooth tiger. </p><p>Downtown Waco is home to <a href="/wiki/Magnolia_Market" title="Magnolia Market">Magnolia Market</a>, a shopping complex containing specialty stores, <a href="/wiki/Food_trucks" class="mw-redirect" title="Food trucks">food trucks</a>, and event space, set in repurposed <a href="/wiki/Grain_silo" class="mw-redirect" title="Grain silo">grain silos</a> originally built in 1950 for the Brazos Valley Cotton Oil Company.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Magnolia Market, operated by Chip and Joanna Gaines of the <a href="/wiki/HGTV" title="HGTV">HGTV</a> TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Fixer_Upper_(TV_series)" title="Fixer Upper (TV series)">Fixer Upper</a></i>, saw 1.2 million visitors in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum-cropped.jpg/220px-Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum-cropped.jpg/330px-Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum-cropped.jpg/440px-Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2505" data-file-height="1221" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Extraco_Events_Center" title="Extraco Events Center">Extraco Events Center</a> in Waco (formerly <a href="/wiki/Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart O' Texas Coliseum">Heart O' Texas Coliseum</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears" title="Baylor Bears">Baylor Bears</a> athletics teams compete in Waco. The <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_football" title="Baylor Bears football">football team</a> has won or tied for nine conference titles, and have played in 24 bowl games, garnering a record of 13–11. The <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Lady_Bears_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Baylor Lady Bears basketball">women's basketball team</a> won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament</a> in 2005, 2012 and 2019. The <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Baylor Bears basketball">men's basketball team</a> won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> in <a href="/wiki/2021_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2021</a>. </p><p>The Waco BlueCats, an independent minor league baseball team, planned to play in the inaugural season of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Southwest League of Professional Baseball">Southwest League of Professional Baseball</a> in 2019. A new ballpark was planned for the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Bellmead,_Texas" title="Bellmead, Texas">Bellmead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="American Basketball Association (2000–present)">American Basketball Association</a> had a franchise for part of the 2006 season, the Waco Wranglers. The team played at <a href="/wiki/Reicher_Catholic_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Reicher Catholic High School">Reicher Catholic High School</a> and practiced at Texas State Technical College. </p><p>Previous professional sports franchises in Waco have proven unsuccessful. The <a href="/wiki/Waco_Marshals" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco Marshals">Waco Marshals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Football_League" title="National Indoor Football League">National Indoor Football League</a> lasted less than two months amidst a midseason ownership change in 2004. (The team became the beleaguered <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Marshals" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Marshals">Cincinnati Marshals</a> the following year.) The Waco Wizards of the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Western_Professional_Hockey_League" title="Western Professional Hockey League">Western Professional Hockey League</a> fared better, lasting into a fourth season before folding in 2000. Both teams played at the <a href="/wiki/Heart_O%27_Texas_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart O' Texas Coliseum">Heart O' Texas Coliseum</a>, one of Waco's largest entertainment and sports venues. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Southern_Indoor_Football_League" title="Southern Indoor Football League">Southern Indoor Football League</a> announced that Waco was an expansion market for the 2010 season. It was rumored they would play in the Heart O' Texas Coliseum. However, the league broke up into three separate leagues, and subsequently, a team did not come to Waco in any of the new leagues. </p><p>Professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> first came to Waco in 1889 with the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Waco_Tigers" title="Waco Tigers">Waco Tigers</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a>. The Tigers were renamed the <a href="/wiki/Waco_Navigators" title="Waco Navigators">Navigators</a> in 1905, and later the <a href="/wiki/Waco_Steers" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco Steers">Steers</a>. In 1920, the team was sold to <a href="/wiki/Wichita_Falls,_Texas" title="Wichita Falls, Texas">Wichita Falls</a>. In 1923, a new franchise called the <a href="/wiki/Waco_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco Indians">Indians</a> was formed and became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a> level <a href="/wiki/Texas_Association" title="Texas Association">Texas Association</a>. In 1925, Waco rejoined the Texas League with the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Waco_Cubs" title="Waco Cubs">Waco Cubs</a>. </p><p>On June 20, 1930, the first night game in Texas League history was played at <a href="/wiki/Katy_Park" title="Katy Park">Katy Park</a> in Waco. The lights were donated by Waco resident Charles Redding Turner, who owned a local farm team for recruits to the Chicago Cubs. </p><p>On the night of August 6, 1930, baseball history was made at Katy Park: in the eighth inning of a night game against <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>, Waco left fielder Gene Rye became the only player in the history of professional baseball to hit three home runs in one inning. </p><p>The last year Waco had a team in the Texas League was 1930, but fielded some strong semipro teams in the 1930s and early 1940s. During the World War II years of 1943–1945, the powerful Waco Army Air Field team was probably the best in the state; many major leaguers played for the team, and it was managed by big-league catcher <a href="/wiki/Birdie_Tebbetts" title="Birdie Tebbetts">Birdie Tebbetts</a>. </p><p>In 1947, the <a href="/wiki/Class_B_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class B (baseball)">Class B</a> level <a href="/wiki/Big_State_League" title="Big State League">Big State League</a> was organized with Waco as a member called the <a href="/wiki/Waco_Dons" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco Dons">Waco Dons</a>. </p><p>In 1948, A.H. Kirksey, owner of Katy Park, persuaded the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> club to take over the Waco operation, and the nickname was changed to Pirates. The <a href="/wiki/Waco_Pirates" title="Waco Pirates">Pirates</a> vaulted into third place in 1948. They dropped a notch to fourth in 1949, but prevailed in the playoffs to win the league championship. The Pirates then tumbled into the second division, bottoming out with a dreadful 29–118, 0.197 club in 1952. This mark ranks as one of the 10 worst marks of any 20th-century full-season team. When the tornado struck in 1953, it destroyed the park. The team relocated to <a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a> to finish the season and finished a respectable third with a 77–68 record. </p><p>Waco has many golf clubs and courses, including Cottonwood Creek Golf Course.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Bicycle World Texas IronMan 70.3 Waco held its inaugural event in the city on October 26.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A seven-mile scenic riverwalk along the east and west banks of the Brazos River stretches from the Baylor campus to <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Park_Zoo" title="Cameron Park Zoo">Cameron Park Zoo</a>. This multiuse walking and jogging trail passes underneath the Waco Suspension Bridge and captures the peaceful charm of the river.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lake_Waco" title="Lake Waco">Lake Waco</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir">reservoir</a> along the western border of the city. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Park_(Waco)" title="Cameron Park (Waco)">Cameron Park</a> is a 416-acre (168 ha) <a href="/wiki/Urban_park" title="Urban park">urban park</a> featuring playgrounds, picnic areas, a cross-country running track, and a <a href="/wiki/Disc_golf" title="Disc golf">disc golf</a> course.<sup id="cite_ref-manbehind_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manbehind-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the US Department of the Interior designated the Cameron Park Trail System as a <a href="/wiki/National_Recreation_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="National Recreation Trail">National Recreation Trail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wacohandbook_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wacohandbook-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The park also contains Waco's 52-acre (21 ha) <a href="/wiki/Zoo" title="Zoo">zoo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Park_Zoo" title="Cameron Park Zoo">Cameron Park Zoo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wacohandbook_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wacohandbook-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mcclennan_courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mcclennan_courthouse.jpg/170px-Mcclennan_courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mcclennan_courthouse.jpg/255px-Mcclennan_courthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mcclennan_courthouse.jpg/340px-Mcclennan_courthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1168" /></a><figcaption>McLennan County Courthouse</figcaption></figure> <p>Waco has a <a href="/wiki/Council-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Council-manager">council-manager</a> form of government. Citizens are represented on the City Council by six elected members; five from single-member districts and a mayor who is elected at-large.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city offers a full line of city services typical of an American city this size, including: police, fire, <a href="/wiki/Waco_Transit_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco Transit System">Waco Transit buses</a>, electric utilities, water and wastewater, solid waste, and the Waco Convention and Visitors Bureau. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Waco,_Texas" title="List of mayors of Waco, Texas">List of mayors of Waco, Texas</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Texas_Council_of_Governments" title="Heart of Texas Council of Governments">Heart of Texas Council of Governments</a> is headquartered in Waco on South New Road. This regional agency is a voluntary association of cities, counties, and special districts in the Central Texas area. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Courts_of_Appeals" title="Texas Courts of Appeals">Texas Tenth Court of Appeals</a> is in the McLennan County Courthouse in Waco.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Waco Fire Department operates 13 fire stations throughout the city.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice" title="Texas Department of Criminal Justice">Texas Department of Criminal Justice</a> operates the Waco Parole Office in Waco.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> operates the Waco Main Post Office along <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_6" title="Texas State Highway 6">Texas State Highway 6</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, it operates other post offices throughout Waco. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though the rest of McLennan County is deeply <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>, in statewide elections, Waco is a swing city. It voted for Republican <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in 2016, but flipped to <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> in 2020. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Statewide election results<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Election</th> <th>Republican</th> <th>Democratic </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Texas_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Texas gubernatorial election">2022 Governor</a></td> <td><b>53.0%</b></td> <td>45.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2020 United States presidential election in Texas">2020 President</a></td> <td>48.0%</td> <td><b>50.0%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas" title="2020 United States Senate election in Texas">2020 Senator</a></td> <td><b>50.2%</b></td> <td>46.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Texas_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Texas gubernatorial election">2018 Governor</a> </td> <td><b>52.7%</b> </td> <td>45.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas" title="2018 United States Senate election in Texas">2018 Senator</a></td> <td>47.5%</td> <td><b>51.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2016 United States presidential election in Texas">2016 President</a></td> <td><b>47.6%</b></td> <td>46.6% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PatNeffHall_Baylor_Waco_Texas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/PatNeffHall_Baylor_Waco_Texas.jpg/220px-PatNeffHall_Baylor_Waco_Texas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/PatNeffHall_Baylor_Waco_Texas.jpg/330px-PatNeffHall_Baylor_Waco_Texas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/PatNeffHall_Baylor_Waco_Texas.jpg/440px-PatNeffHall_Baylor_Waco_Texas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>Pat Neff Hall Administration Building, Baylor University</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burleson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Burleson.jpg/220px-Burleson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Burleson.jpg/330px-Burleson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Burleson.jpg/440px-Burleson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2864" data-file-height="2148" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Columbus_Burleson" title="Rufus Columbus Burleson">Rufus Columbus Burleson</a> statue in front of Burleson Quadrangle at Baylor University</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Waco_Independent_School_District" title="Waco Independent School District">Waco Independent School District</a> serves most of the city of Waco. Portions of the city also lie in the boundaries of <a href="/wiki/Midway_Independent_School_District_(McLennan_County,_Texas)" title="Midway Independent School District (McLennan County, Texas)">Midway Independent School District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosqueville_ISD" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosqueville ISD">Bosqueville ISD</a>, <a href="/wiki/China_Spring_ISD" class="mw-redirect" title="China Spring ISD">China Spring ISD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connally_ISD" class="mw-redirect" title="Connally ISD">Connally ISD</a>, and <a href="/wiki/La_Vega_ISD" class="mw-redirect" title="La Vega ISD">La Vega ISD</a>. Three large public high schools are in the Waco city limits: <a href="/wiki/Waco_High_School" title="Waco High School">Waco High School</a> (Waco ISD), <a href="/wiki/University_High_School_(Waco)" class="mw-redirect" title="University High School (Waco)">University High School</a> (Waco ISD), and <a href="/wiki/Midway_High_School" title="Midway High School">Midway High School</a> (Midway ISD). The schools are all rivals in sports, academics, and pride. Former high schools in Waco ISD were A.J. Moore High School, G.W. Carver High School, <a href="/wiki/Richfield_High_School_(Waco)" title="Richfield High School (Waco)">Richfield High School</a>, Jefferson-Moore High School, and a <a href="/wiki/Magnet_school" title="Magnet school">magnet school</a> known as <a href="/wiki/A.J._Moore_Academy" title="A.J. Moore Academy">A.J. Moore Academy</a>. </p><p>Charter high schools in Waco include <a href="/wiki/Harmony_Science_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmony Science Academy">Harmony Science Academy</a>, Methodist Children's Home, Premier High School of Waco, Rapoport Academy Public School, and Waco Charter School (EOAC). Local private and parochial schools include Live Oak Classical School, Parkview Christian Academy, <a href="/wiki/Reicher_Catholic_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Reicher Catholic High School">Reicher Catholic High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_Academy" title="Texas Christian Academy">Texas Christian Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanguard_College_Preparatory_School" title="Vanguard College Preparatory School">Vanguard College Preparatory School</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco_Montessori_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waco Montessori School (page does not exist)">Waco Montessori School</a>. </p><p>The three institutions of higher learning in Waco are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLennan_Community_College" title="McLennan Community College">McLennan Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Technical_College_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas State Technical College System">Texas State Technical College</a></li></ul> <p>In the past, several other higher education institutions were in Waco:<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A&M College</li> <li>AddRan Male & Female College (relocated to Fort Worth, now <a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a>)</li> <li>The Catholic College</li> <li>Central Texas College (<a href="/wiki/HBCU" class="mw-redirect" title="HBCU">HBCU</a>)</li> <li>The Gurley School</li> <li>The Independent Biblical and Industrial School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Quinn_College" title="Paul Quinn College">Paul Quinn College</a> (<a href="/wiki/HBCU" class="mw-redirect" title="HBCU">HBCU</a>) (relocated to Dallas)</li> <li>Provident Sanatarium</li> <li>Toby's Practical Business College</li> <li>The Training School</li> <li>Waco Business College</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Texas" title="List of newspapers in Texas">List of newspapers in Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Texas" title="List of radio stations in Texas">List of radio stations in Texas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Texas" title="List of television stations in Texas">List of television stations in Texas</a></div> <p>The major daily newspaper is the <i><a href="/wiki/Waco_Tribune-Herald" title="Waco Tribune-Herald">Waco Tribune-Herald</a></i>. Other publications include <i>The Waco Citizen</i>, <i>The Anchor News</i>, <i>The Baylor Lariat</i>, <i>Tiempo</i>, <i>Wacoan</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Waco_Today_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco Today Magazine">Waco Today Magazine</a></i>. </p><p>The Waco television market (shared with the <a href="/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen</a>/<a href="/wiki/Temple,_Texas" title="Temple, Texas">Temple</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bryan%E2%80%93College_Station_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Bryan–College Station metropolitan area">Bryan/College Station</a> areas) is the 89th-largest television market in the US and includes these stations:<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KCEN-TV" title="KCEN-TV">KCEN</a> 6 (NBC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWTX-TV" title="KWTX-TV">KWTX</a> 10 (CBS, Telemundo on DT2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAMU-TV" title="KAMU-TV">KAMU</a> 12 (PBS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXXV" title="KXXV">KXXV</a> 25 (ABC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWKT-TV" title="KWKT-TV">KWKT</a> 44 (Fox)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNCT_(TV)" title="KNCT (TV)">KNCT</a> 46 (CW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAKW-DT" title="KAKW-DT">KAKW</a> 62 (Univision)</li></ul> <p>The Waco radio market is the 190th-largest radio market in the US and includes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KRMX" title="KRMX">KRMX</a>-FM 92.9 (Country)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWBT_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KWBT (FM)">KWBT</a>-FM 94.5 (Urban adult contemporary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBGO" title="KBGO">KBGO</a>-FM 95.7 (Classic Hits) <ul><li>KBGO-FM 95.7 HD-2 (Rhythmic Top-40) (Z-95.1)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWRA" class="mw-redirect" title="KWRA">KWRA</a>-FM 96.7 (Spanish Religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWTX-FM" title="KWTX-FM">KWTX</a>-FM 97.5 (Pop)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WACO-FM" title="WACO-FM">WACO-FM</a> 99.9 (Country)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXZY" class="mw-redirect" title="KXZY">KXZY</a>-FM 100.7 (Spanish religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBRQ" title="KBRQ">KBRQ</a>-FM 102.5 (Rock)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWBU-FM" title="KWBU-FM">KWBU</a>-FM 103.3 (NPR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWOW" title="KWOW">KWOW</a>-FM 104.1 (Spanish)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBHT" title="KBHT">KBHT</a>-FM 104.9 (Variety Hits)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIXT" title="KIXT">KIXT</a>-FM 106.7 (Classic Rock)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWPW" title="KWPW">KWPW</a>-FM 107.9 (Pop)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBBW" title="KBBW">KBBW</a>-AM 1010 / FM 105.9 (Religious/Talk Radio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWTX_(AM)" title="KWTX (AM)">KWTX</a>-AM 1230 (News talk)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRZI" title="KRZI">KRZI</a>-AM 1660 / FM 92.3 (ESPN)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_35_in_Texas" title="Interstate 35 in Texas">Interstate 35</a> is the major north–south highway serving Waco. It directly connects the city with Dallas (I-35E), Fort Worth (I-35W), Austin, and San Antonio. <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_6" title="Texas State Highway 6">Texas State Highway 6</a> runs northwest–southeast and connects Waco to <a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a>/<a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_84_in_Texas" title="U.S. Route 84 in Texas">US Highway 84</a> is the major east–west thoroughfare in the area. It is also known as Waco Drive, Bellmead Drive (as it passes through the city of <a href="/wiki/Bellmead,_Texas" title="Bellmead, Texas">Bellmead</a>), Woodway Drive or the George W. Bush Parkway. Loop 340 bypasses the city to the east and south. <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_31" title="Texas State Highway 31">State Highway 31</a> splits off US 84 just east of Waco and connects the city to <a href="/wiki/Tyler,_Texas" title="Tyler, Texas">Tyler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport</a>, Louisiana. </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Traffic_circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Traffic circle">traffic circle</a> in Texas was constructed in Waco in 1933 at the intersections of US 81 and US 77.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later expanded to include intersections with Valley Mills Dr. and La Salle Ave. Drivers were confused and upset by the circle when it was first constructed, which even led to lawsuits. In 2013 a lone star was added to the center of the circle. Lane markings and new signage were added in 2018 to improve traffic flow and to help guide drivers.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Waco area is home to three airports. <a href="/wiki/Waco_Regional_Airport" title="Waco Regional Airport">Waco Regional Airport</a> (ACT) serves the city with daily flights to <a href="/wiki/Dallas/Fort_Worth_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport">Dallas/Fort Worth International</a> via American Eagle. <a href="/wiki/TSTC_Waco_Airport" title="TSTC Waco Airport">TSTC Waco Airport</a> (CNW) is the site of the former James Connally AFB and was the primary fly-in point for former President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> when he was visiting his ranch in Crawford. It also serves as a hub airport for L3 and several other aviation companies. McGregor Executive Airport (PWG) is a general-aviation facility west of Waco. </p><p>Local transportation is provided by the Waco Transit System, which offers bus service Monday–Saturday to most of the city. Nearby passenger train service is offered via <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Texas_Eagle" title="Texas Eagle">Texas Eagle</a></i> route includes daily stops in <a href="/wiki/McGregor_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="McGregor (Amtrak station)">McGregor</a>, 20 miles west of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Baylor_University_people" title="List of Baylor University people">List of Baylor University people</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_2">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Ballanfant" title="Lee Ballanfant">Lee Ballanfant</a>, born in Waco, was a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> umpire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwame_Cavil" title="Kwame Cavil">Kwame Cavil</a>, born in Waco, is a <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perrish_Cox" title="Perrish Cox">Perrish Cox</a>, former <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">cornerback</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a>, was born in Waco, grew up in Waco, and went to <a href="/wiki/University_High_School_(Waco)" class="mw-redirect" title="University High School (Waco)">University High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Duke" title="Zach Duke">Zach Duke</a>, graduated from <a href="/wiki/Midway_High_School" title="Midway High School">Midway High School</a> in Waco, is a former major league baseball pitcher for nine teams between 2005 and 2019</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Eichelberger" title="Dave Eichelberger">Dave Eichelberger</a>, born in Waco, is a <a href="/wiki/Professional_golfer" title="Professional golfer">professional golfer</a> who has won several tournaments on the <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Champions_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions Tour">Champions Tour</a> levels<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Fossum" title="Casey Fossum">Casey Fossum</a>, graduated from <a href="/wiki/Midway_High_School" title="Midway High School">Midway High School</a> in Waco, pitched in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player for five different teams over nine seasons<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Grandberry" title="Ken Grandberry">Ken Grandberry</a>, born in Waco, is a former <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> running back for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Granderson" title="Rufus Granderson">Rufus Granderson</a>, born in Waco, is a former <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a> defensive tackle for the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Texans_(AFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas Texans (AFL)">Dallas Texans</a><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Harrington" title="Ty Harrington">Ty Harrington</a> is the head coach for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University" title="Texas State University">Texas State University</a> baseball team. He was born in Waco and attended Midway High School<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Hawkins" title="Andy Hawkins">Andy Hawkins</a>, born in Waco, is a former MLB <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherrill_Headrick" title="Sherrill Headrick">Sherrill Headrick</a>, born in Waco, came to the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a>'s Dallas Texans as an undrafted linebacker<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Johnson_(American_football)" title="Dwight Johnson (American football)">Dwight Johnson</a>, born and raised in Waco, was an <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_lineman" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive lineman">Defensive lineman</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Johnson" title="Derrick Johnson">Derrick Johnson</a>, born and raised in Waco, was an <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">Linebacker</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter)" title="Michael Johnson (sprinter)">Michael Johnson</a>, United States <a href="/wiki/Sprint_(running)" title="Sprint (running)">sprinter</a>; graduated from <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> in 1990<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jones_(American_football,_born_1935)" title="Jim Jones (American football, born 1935)">Jim Jones</a>, born in Waco, American football player<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Powell_(athlete)" title="Rob Powell (athlete)">Rob Powell</a>, fitness <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coach</a> who has two certificates of Guinness World Records</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Rhodes" title="Dominic Rhodes">Dominic Rhodes</a>, born in Waco, is a professional football <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> who played for the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Destroyers" title="Virginia Destroyers">Virginia Destroyers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(2009%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Football League (2009–)">United Football League</a><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Richards_(racing_driver)" title="John Richards (racing driver)">John Richards</a>, born in Waco, is a former racing driver and motorcycle racer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rogers_(golfer)" title="Bill Rogers (golfer)">Bill Rogers</a>, born in Waco, is a professional golfer who won the <a href="/wiki/1981_Open_Championship" title="1981 Open Championship">1981 Open Championship</a> and was voted 1981 PGA Tour Player of the Year</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">LaDainian Tomlinson</a> is a former <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> football player for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>; born in <a href="/wiki/Rosebud,_Texas" title="Rosebud, Texas">Rosebud</a>, he grew up in Waco, and went to <a href="/wiki/University_High_School_(Waco)" class="mw-redirect" title="University High School (Waco)">University High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._L._Wilson" title="D. L. Wilson">D. L. Wilson</a>, born in Waco, is an American professional <a href="/wiki/Stock_car_racing" title="Stock car racing">stock car racing</a> driver</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Former_pro_baseball_players_from_Waco">Former pro baseball players from Waco</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Former pro baseball players from Waco"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Belcher_(baseball)" title="Kevin Belcher (baseball)">Kevin Belcher</a> August 8, 1967, CF-RF MLB 1990–1990<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a> October 2, 1976, LF-RF MLB 1999–2011<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Cooper" title="Andy Cooper">Andy Cooper</a> April 24, 1898 P NLB 1920–1939<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Dozier" title="Buzz Dozier">Buzz Dozier</a> August 31, 1927, P MLB 1947–1949<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Drucke" title="Louis Drucke">Louis Drucke</a> March 12, 1888, P MLB 1909–1912<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boob_Fowler" title="Boob Fowler">Boob Fowler</a> November 11, 1900, SS MLB 1923–1926<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gorin" title="Charlie Gorin">Charlie Gorin</a> June 2, 1928, P MLB 1954–1955<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Harris_(baseball)" title="Donald Harris (baseball)">Donald Harris</a> December 11, 1967, CF-RF MLB 1991–1993<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Jackson" title="Al Jackson">Al Jackson</a> December 25, 1935, P MLB 1959–1969<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Jordan_(baseball)" title="Scott Jordan (baseball)">Scott Jordan</a> May 27, 1963, CF MLB 1988–1988<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Law" title="Rudy Law">Rudy Law</a> July 10, 1956, OF MLB 1978–1986<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._D._Meyer" title="L. D. Meyer">Dutch Meyer</a> June 10, 1915, 2B MLB 1940–1946<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rhodes" title="Arthur Rhodes">Arthur Rhodes</a> October 24, 1969, P MLB 1991–2011<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolboy_Rowe" title="Schoolboy Rowe">Schoolboy Rowe</a> November 1, 1910, P MLB 1933–1949<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Wilborn" title="Ted Wilborn">Ted Wilborn</a> December 16, 1958, OF MLB 1979–1980<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Movies_and_television">Movies and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Movies and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Bledsoe" title="Jules Bledsoe">Jules Bledsoe</a>, stage and screen actor and singer. When the Broadway premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/Show_Boat" title="Show Boat">Show Boat</a></i> was delayed in 1927 by <a href="/wiki/Florenz_Ziegfeld,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.">Ziegfeld</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a> became unavailable, so Bledsoe stepped in. He played and sang the role of Joe, introducing "<a href="/wiki/Ol%27_Man_River" title="Ol' Man River">Ol' Man River</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Elizabeth" title="Shannon Elizabeth">Shannon Elizabeth</a>, actress of <i><a href="/wiki/American_Pie_(film)" title="American Pie (film)">American Pie</a></i> fame, was born in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> and grew up in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Gaines" title="Chip Gaines">Chip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Gaines" title="Joanna Gaines">Joanna Gaines</a>, Waco area home renovators and remodelers came to national attention with their TV show <a href="/wiki/Fixer_Upper_(TV_series)" title="Fixer Upper (TV series)"><i>Fixer Upper</i></a>. They have since expanded into a variety of local developments, including Magnolia Market, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hotel_1928&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hotel 1928 (page does not exist)">Hotel 1928</a> and are a major tourism draw for the Waco area</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peri_Gilpin" title="Peri Gilpin">Peri Gilpin</a>, actress, best known for her television character <a href="/wiki/Roz_Doyle" title="Roz Doyle">Roz Doyle</a> on the series <i><a href="/wiki/Frasier" title="Frasier">Frasier</a></i>, was born in Waco and raised in Dallas<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Guinan" title="Texas Guinan">Texas Guinan</a>, Hollywood actress from 1917 to 1933. She was active in <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> and theater, and was in many movies (often as the gun-toting hero in silent westerns, more than a match for any man). She also had a successful career as a hostess in nightclubs and <a href="/wiki/Speakeasy" title="Speakeasy">speakeasies</a> in New York City<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Gwynne" title="Anne Gwynne">Anne Gwynne</a>, Hollywood actress who starred in a number of films of the 1940s; she was born in Waco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Harris" title="Thomas Harris">Thomas Harris</a>, author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(novel)" title="The Silence of the Lambs (novel)">The Silence of the Lambs</a></i>, was a student at <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a>, and covered the police beat for the <i>Waco Tribune-Herald</i><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Love_Hewitt" title="Jennifer Love Hewitt">Jennifer Love Hewitt</a>, actress, was born in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrence_Malick" title="Terrence Malick">Terrence Malick</a>, director of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_(1998_film)" title="The Thin Red Line (1998 film)">The Thin Red Line</a></i>, was raised in Waco. He also directed <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_(film)" title="The Tree of Life (film)">The Tree of Life</a></i>, which was set in the town of Waco in the 1950s<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a>, comedian, actor, author and musician, was born in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Reynolds_(director)" title="Kevin Reynolds (director)">Kevin Reynolds</a>, director (<i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Prince_of_Thieves" title="Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves">Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo_(2002_film)" title="The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)">The Count of Monte Cristo</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Waterworld" title="Waterworld">Waterworld</a></i>), born and raised in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Bowen" title="Wade Bowen">Wade Bowen</a>, Texas country artist and former lead singer of Wade Bowen and West 84, was born and raised in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Crowder_Band" title="David Crowder Band">David Crowder Band</a> (1996–2012), a Christian worship band, is from Waco<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gimble" title="Johnny Gimble">Johnny Gimble</a>, two time <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> winning pioneer in Texas Swing and <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> * <a href="/wiki/Pat_Green" title="Pat Green">Pat Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> singer-songwriter, was raised in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hargrove" title="Roy Hargrove">Roy Hargrove</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>-winning <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> <a href="/wiki/Trumpeter" class="mw-redirect" title="Trumpeter">trumpeter</a>, born and raised in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kari_Jobe" title="Kari Jobe">Kari Jobe</a>, a two-time <a href="/wiki/GMA_Dove_Award" title="GMA Dove Award">Dove Award</a>-winning Christian singer-songwriter was born in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, country music singer-songwriter, born in nearby <a href="/wiki/Abbott,_Texas" title="Abbott, Texas">Abbott</a><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Nugent" title="Ted Nugent">Ted Nugent</a>, guitarist, along with his wife Shemane and son Rocco Nugent, live in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He filmed his VH1 show <i><a href="/wiki/Surviving_Nugent" title="Surviving Nugent">Surviving Nugent</a></i> on his ranch in nearby <a href="/wiki/China_Spring,_Texas" title="China Spring, Texas">China Spring</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domingo_Ortiz" title="Domingo Ortiz">Domingo Ortiz</a>, percussionist for the band <a href="/wiki/Widespread_Panic" title="Widespread Panic">Widespread Panic</a>, grew up in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Payne" title="Bill Payne">Bill Payne</a>, keyboardist for the rock band <a href="/wiki/Little_Feat" title="Little Feat">Little Feat</a>, was born and raised in the Waco area<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Joe_Shaver" title="Billy Joe Shaver">Billy Joe Shaver</a>, Country songwriter ("Honky Tonk Heroes") and singer ("Old Chunk of Coal")<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashlee_Simpson" title="Ashlee Simpson">Ashlee Simpson</a>, pop music singer, was born in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Simpson" title="Jessica Simpson">Jessica Simpson</a>, pop music singer, was born in Abilene and raised in Waco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strange_Fruit_Project" title="Strange Fruit Project">Strange Fruit Project</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Underground_hip_hop" title="Underground hip hop">underground hip hop</a> trio, is from Waco<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Thompson_(musician)" title="Hank Thompson (musician)">Hank Thompson</a>, was born in Waco inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</a><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Tucker_(musician)" title="Holly Tucker (musician)">Holly Tucker</a> was born in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Dee_Walton" title="Mercy Dee Walton">Mercy Dee Walton</a> was born in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Wilson_(record_producer)" title="Tom Wilson (record producer)">Tom Wilson</a>, record producer, grew up in Waco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Frank" title="Forrest Frank">Forrest Frank</a>, a two-time <a href="/wiki/GMA_Dove_Award" title="GMA Dove Award">Dove Award</a> - winning Christian artist was born and raised in Waco.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics_2">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kip_Averitt" title="Kip Averitt">Kip Averitt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas State Senate">State senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Texas_Senate,_District_22" title="Texas Senate, District 22">District 22</a> from 2002 to 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives" title="Texas House of Representatives">State Representative</a> from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_House_of_Representatives,_District_56&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texas House of Representatives, District 56 (page does not exist)">District 56</a> from 1994 to 2002, and currently is a lobbyist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">Joe Barton</a>, former US congressman representing Texas's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019, was born and reared in Waco<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Jaworski" title="Leon Jaworski">Leon Jaworski</a>, who prosecuted Nazi war criminals during the <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a> and then was the <a href="/wiki/Special_prosecutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Special prosecutor">special prosecutor</a> who brought down the <a href="/wiki/Nixon_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Nixon administration">Nixon administration</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>, was born and raised in Waco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Matthews_(Texas_politician)" title="Charles Matthews (Texas politician)">Charles R. Matthews</a>, former mayor of <a href="/wiki/Garland,_Texas" title="Garland, Texas">Garland</a>, Texas, member of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Railroad_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Railroad Commission">Texas Railroad Commission</a>, and chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University_System" title="Texas State University System">Texas State University System</a>, is a Waco native<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Lowell_Olson_Jr." title="Lyndon Lowell Olson Jr.">Lyndon Lowell Olson Jr.</a>, former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden under President Bill Clinton, was born and raised in Waco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Poage" title="William R. Poage">William R. Poage</a>, US Congressman who represented Texas's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1937 to 1978, was born in Waco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Richards" title="Ann Richards">Ann Richards</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">governor of Texas</a> and keynote speaker at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1988 Democratic National Convention">1988 Democratic National Convention</a>, was born in the Waco suburb of <a href="/wiki/Lacy_Lakeview,_Texas" title="Lacy Lakeview, Texas">Lacy Lakeview</a> and graduated from Baylor University<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">Pete Sessions</a>, US congressman who represented Texas's 32nd and 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2019, was born and raised in Waco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sheffield" title="Ralph Sheffield">Ralph Sheffield</a>, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bell County and restaurateur in Temple, was born in Waco in 1955<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sibley_(politician)" title="David Sibley (politician)">David McAdams Sibley Sr.</a>, former state senator (1991–2002), was mayor of Waco (1987–1988)<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco,_Texas&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Achor" title="Shawn Achor">Shawn Achor</a>, born in Waco, is a best-selling author of <i>The Happiness Advantage.</i> He was featured on <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Super_Soul_Sunday" title="Super Soul Sunday">Super Soul Sunday</a>. He also co-authored a best-selling children's book with his sister Amy Blankson called <i>How to Make a Shark Smile</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Berry_Brazelton" title="T. Berry Brazelton">T. Berry Brazelton</a>, born in Waco, was a <a href="/wiki/Pediatrician" class="mw-redirect" title="Pediatrician">pediatrician</a> and author. He developed the <a href="/wiki/Neonatal_Behavioral_Assessment_Scale" title="Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale">Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Castro" title="Tony Castro">Tony Castro</a>, bestselling author of several books and syndicated columnist, was born in Waco. He graduated from Baylor University and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masada_(wrestler)" title="Masada (wrestler)">Brigham Paul Doane</a>, born in Waco, is a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestler</a>. Under the ring name "Masada", Doane achieved international recognition in the <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Hardcore wrestling</a> scene</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallie_Earle" title="Hallie Earle">Hallie Earle</a> (1880–1963) was the first licensed female physician in Waco, a 1902 M.S. from Baylor, and the only female graduate of 1907 Baylor University Medical School in Dallas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Shelby_Groner" title="Frank Shelby Groner">Frank Shelby Groner</a> (1877–1943) pastor of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heloise_(columnist)" title="Heloise (columnist)">Heloise</a>, of the "Hints from Heloise" column, was born in Waco. Her column addresses lifestyle hints, including consumer issues, pets, travel, food, home improvement, health, and much more</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allene_Jeanes" title="Allene Jeanes">Allene Jeanes</a> (1906–1995), a chemical engineer whose work included the development of <a href="/wiki/Dextran" title="Dextran">Dextran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xanthan_gum" title="Xanthan gum">Xanthan gum</a>, was born in Waco and received her bachelor's degree from <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> in 1928</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reh_Jones" title="Reh Jones">Reh Jones</a>, born in Waco, American YouTube personality, owner, producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Koresh" title="David Koresh">David Koresh</a>, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Branch_Davidians" title="Branch Davidians">Branch Davidians</a>, died along with 75 others in the blaze during the <a href="/wiki/Waco_siege" title="Waco siege">Waco siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Leuschner_Jr." title="Robert L. Leuschner Jr.">Robert L. Leuschner Jr.</a> was born in Waco. He attended <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a>, followed a career in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Rear Admiral</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivienne_Malone-Mayes" title="Vivienne Malone-Mayes">Vivienne Malone-Mayes</a>, Waco-born mathematician, the first African-American faculty member of <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a> who developed novel methods of teaching mathematics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._McCollum" title="Robert W. McCollum">Robert W. McCollum</a> (1925–2010), virologist who made important discoveries regarding <a href="/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">polio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hepatitis" title="Hepatitis">hepatitis</a><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_McGee" title="Glenn McGee">Glenn McGee</a>, born in Waco, is a <a href="/wiki/Bioethicist" class="mw-redirect" title="Bioethicist">bioethicist</a>, syndicated columnist<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for Hearst Newspapers and for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scientist_(magazine)" title="The Scientist (magazine)">The Scientist</a></i> and scholar.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Miller" title="Doris Miller">Doris (Dorie) Miller</a>, born in Waco, was an <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> cook in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> and a hero during the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> on December 7, 1941. He was the first African American to be awarded the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy's</a> second-highest honor, the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a>. Portrayed in the 2001 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_(film)" title="Pearl Harbor (film)">Pearl Harbor</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Wright_Mills" title="C. Wright Mills">C. Wright Mills</a>, born in Waco, was a <a href="/wiki/Sociologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Sociologist">sociologist</a>. Among other topics, he was concerned with the responsibilities of intellectuals in post-World War II society, and advocated relevance and engagement over disinterested academic observation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_W._Muesse" title="Mark W. Muesse">Mark W. Muesse</a>, born in Waco, is a philosopher and author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Munroe" title="William R. Munroe">William R. Munroe</a>, born in Waco, vice admiral in the U.S. Navy, Commander-in-Chief, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fourth_Fleet" title="United States Fourth Fleet">United States Fourth Fleet</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Huston_Robertson" title="Felix Huston Robertson">Felix Huston Robertson</a>, born in <a href="/wiki/Washington-on-the-Brazos,_Texas" title="Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas">Washington-on-the-Brazos</a>, was a former <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> general who became a wealthy lawyer, railroad director, and land speculator in Waco during <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction Era">Reconstruction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_O._Rogers" title="Ford O. Rogers">Ford O. Rogers</a>, born in Waco, <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> during World War II, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_I._Stalkup" title="Fred I. Stalkup">Fred I. Stalkup</a>, chemical engineer, graduated from <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> and became a recognized expert in enhanced oil recovery</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willingham" title="John Willingham">John Willingham</a>, a writer and historian born in Waco, served as <a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan County</a> elections administrator from 1984 through 1992<sup id="cite_ref-former_elections_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former_elections-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wilson_(director)" title="Robert Wilson (director)">Robert Wilson</a>, born in Waco, is a stage director</li> <li>Ben Christie, better known online as Uncle Ben, the owner of the Urban Rescue Ranch <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://youtube.com/@theurbanrescueranch">[1]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Brazos Valley">Brazos Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Coastal_Bend" title="Texas Coastal Bend">Coastal Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_Valley" title="Concho Valley">Concho Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Timbers" title="Cross Timbers">Cross Timbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Triangle (Texas)">Golden Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas Hill Country">Hill Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Texas" title="Northeast Texas">Northeast Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Texas" title="North Texas">North Texas</a></li> <li><a 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title="List of Texas metropolitan areas">Metropolitan<br />areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>–<a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas">Round Rock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Austin" title="Greater Austin">Greater Austin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>–<a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville</a>–<a href="/wiki/Harlingen,_Texas" title="Harlingen, Texas">Harlingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>–<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>–<a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">DFW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a>–<a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston">Greater Houston</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen</a>–<a href="/wiki/Temple,_Texas" title="Temple, Texas">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kilgore,_Texas" title="Kilgore, Texas">Kilgore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McAllen,_Texas" title="McAllen, Texas">McAllen</a>–<a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Texas" title="Edinburg, Texas">Edinburg</a>–<a href="/wiki/Mission,_Texas" title="Mission, Texas">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas">Odessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo,_Texas" title="San Angelo, Texas">San Angelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>–<a href="/wiki/New_Braunfels,_Texas" title="New Braunfels, Texas">New Braunfels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman,_Texas" title="Sherman, Texas">Sherman</a>–<a href="/wiki/Denison,_Texas" title="Denison, Texas">Denison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texarkana,_Texas" title="Texarkana, Texas">Texarkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_Texas" title="Tyler, Texas">Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Texas" title="Victoria, Texas">Victoria</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Waco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Creek_(Texas)" title="Wagner Creek (Texas)">Wagner Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Falls,_Texas" title="Wichita Falls, Texas">Wichita Falls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i>See: <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">List of counties in Texas</a></i></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/32px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/48px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/64px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Texas" title="Portal:Texas">Texas portal</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="County_seats_of_Texas" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Texas_county_seats" title="Template:Texas county seats"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Texas_county_seats" title="Template talk:Texas county seats"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Texas_county_seats" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Texas county seats"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="County_seats_of_Texas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seats</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany,_Texas" title="Albany, Texas">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice,_Texas" title="Alice, Texas">Alice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpine,_Texas" title="Alpine, Texas">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anahuac,_Texas" title="Anahuac, Texas">Anahuac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson,_Texas" title="Anderson, Texas">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews,_Texas" title="Andrews, Texas">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angleton,_Texas" title="Angleton, Texas">Angleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson,_Texas" title="Anson, Texas">Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archer_City,_Texas" title="Archer City, Texas">Archer City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspermont,_Texas" title="Aspermont, Texas">Aspermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Texas" title="Athens, Texas">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baird,_Texas" title="Baird, Texas">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballinger,_Texas" title="Ballinger, Texas">Ballinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandera,_Texas" title="Bandera, Texas">Bandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop,_Texas" title="Bastrop, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Texas" title="Bay City, Texas">Bay City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beeville,_Texas" title="Beeville, Texas">Beeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellville,_Texas" title="Bellville, Texas">Bellville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belton,_Texas" title="Belton, Texas">Belton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin,_Texas" title="Benjamin, Texas">Benjamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Lake,_Texas" title="Big Lake, Texas">Big Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Spring,_Texas" title="Big Spring, Texas">Big Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boerne,_Texas" title="Boerne, Texas">Boerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonham,_Texas" title="Bonham, Texas">Bonham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Texas" title="Boston, Texas">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brackettville,_Texas" title="Brackettville, Texas">Brackettville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brady,_Texas" title="Brady, Texas">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckenridge,_Texas" title="Breckenridge, Texas">Breckenridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenham,_Texas" title="Brenham, Texas">Brenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownfield,_Texas" title="Brownfield, Texas">Brownfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownwood,_Texas" title="Brownwood, Texas">Brownwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet,_Texas" title="Burnet, Texas">Burnet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell,_Texas" title="Caldwell, Texas">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron,_Texas" title="Cameron, Texas">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian,_Texas" title="Canadian, Texas">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Texas" title="Canton, Texas">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon,_Texas" title="Canyon, Texas">Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrizo_Springs,_Texas" title="Carrizo Springs, Texas">Carrizo Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthage,_Texas" title="Carthage, Texas">Carthage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center,_Texas" title="Center, Texas">Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Texas" title="Centerville, Texas">Centerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channing,_Texas" title="Channing, Texas">Channing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childress,_Texas" title="Childress, Texas">Childress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarendon,_Texas" title="Clarendon, Texas">Clarendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Texas" title="Clarksville, Texas">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude,_Texas" title="Claude, Texas">Claude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleburne,_Texas" title="Cleburne, Texas">Cleburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coldspring,_Texas" title="Coldspring, Texas">Coldspring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman,_Texas" title="Coleman, Texas">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_City,_Texas" title="Colorado City, Texas">Colorado City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Texas" title="Columbus, Texas">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche,_Texas" title="Comanche, Texas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conroe,_Texas" title="Conroe, Texas">Conroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper,_Texas" title="Cooper, Texas">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corsicana,_Texas" title="Corsicana, Texas">Corsicana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotulla,_Texas" title="Cotulla, Texas">Cotulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane,_Texas" title="Crane, Texas">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett,_Texas" title="Crockett, Texas">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosbyton,_Texas" title="Crosbyton, Texas">Crosbyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowell,_Texas" title="Crowell, Texas">Crowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_City,_Texas" title="Crystal City, Texas">Crystal City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuero,_Texas" title="Cuero, Texas">Cuero</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">D</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daingerfield,_Texas" title="Daingerfield, Texas">Daingerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalhart,_Texas" title="Dalhart, Texas">Dalhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Texas" title="Decatur, Texas">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Rio,_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton,_Texas" title="Denton, Texas">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickens,_Texas" title="Dickens, Texas">Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimmitt,_Texas" title="Dimmitt, Texas">Dimmitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumas,_Texas" title="Dumas, Texas">Dumas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">E</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Pass,_Texas" title="Eagle Pass, Texas">Eagle Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastland,_Texas" title="Eastland, Texas">Eastland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Texas" title="Edinburg, Texas">Edinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edna,_Texas" title="Edna, Texas">Edna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldorado,_Texas" title="Eldorado, Texas">Eldorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory,_Texas" title="Emory, Texas">Emory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">F</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Texas" title="Fairfield, Texas">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falfurrias,_Texas" title="Falfurrias, Texas">Falfurrias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farwell,_Texas" title="Farwell, Texas">Farwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floresville,_Texas" title="Floresville, Texas">Floresville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floydada,_Texas" title="Floydada, Texas">Floydada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Davis,_Texas" title="Fort Davis, Texas">Fort Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Stockton,_Texas" title="Fort Stockton, Texas">Fort Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Texas" title="Franklin, Texas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Texas" title="Fredericksburg, Texas">Fredericksburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">G</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gail,_Texas" title="Gail, Texas">Gail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Texas" title="Gainesville, Texas">Gainesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_Texas" title="Garden City, Texas">Garden City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatesville,_Texas" title="Gatesville, Texas">Gatesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_West,_Texas" title="George West, Texas">George West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Texas" title="Georgetown, Texas">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giddings,_Texas" title="Giddings, Texas">Giddings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmer,_Texas" title="Gilmer, Texas">Gilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Rose,_Texas" title="Glen Rose, Texas">Glen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldthwaite,_Texas" title="Goldthwaite, Texas">Goldthwaite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goliad,_Texas" title="Goliad, Texas">Goliad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzales,_Texas" title="Gonzales, Texas">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham,_Texas" title="Graham, Texas">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granbury,_Texas" title="Granbury, Texas">Granbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Texas" title="Greenville, Texas">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groesbeck,_Texas" title="Groesbeck, Texas">Groesbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groveton,_Texas" title="Groveton, Texas">Groveton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guthrie,_Texas" title="Guthrie, Texas">Guthrie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">H</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hallettsville,_Texas" title="Hallettsville, Texas">Hallettsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Texas" title="Hamilton, Texas">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell,_Texas" title="Haskell, Texas">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebbronville,_Texas" title="Hebbronville, Texas">Hebbronville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemphill,_Texas" title="Hemphill, Texas">Hemphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempstead,_Texas" title="Hempstead, Texas">Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Texas" title="Henderson, Texas">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrietta,_Texas" title="Henrietta, Texas">Henrietta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford,_Texas" title="Hereford, Texas">Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsboro,_Texas" title="Hillsboro, Texas">Hillsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hondo,_Texas" title="Hondo, Texas">Hondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Texas" title="Huntsville, Texas">Huntsville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">J</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacksboro,_Texas" title="Jacksboro, Texas">Jacksboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper,_Texas" title="Jasper, Texas">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayton,_Texas" title="Jayton, Texas">Jayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson,_Texas" title="Jefferson, Texas">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Texas" title="Johnson City, Texas">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jourdanton,_Texas" title="Jourdanton, Texas">Jourdanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junction,_Texas" title="Junction, Texas">Junction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">K</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karnes_City,_Texas" title="Karnes City, Texas">Karnes City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaufman,_Texas" title="Kaufman, Texas">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermit,_Texas" title="Kermit, Texas">Kermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerrville,_Texas" title="Kerrville, Texas">Kerrville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsville,_Texas" title="Kingsville, Texas">Kingsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kountze,_Texas" title="Kountze, Texas">Kountze</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">L</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_Grange,_Texas" title="La Grange, Texas">La Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamesa,_Texas" title="Lamesa, Texas">Lamesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampasas,_Texas" title="Lampasas, Texas">Lampasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leakey,_Texas" title="Leakey, Texas">Leakey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levelland,_Texas" title="Levelland, Texas">Levelland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty,_Texas" title="Liberty, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linden,_Texas" title="Linden, Texas">Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipscomb,_Texas" title="Lipscomb, Texas">Lipscomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlefield,_Texas" title="Littlefield, Texas">Littlefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston,_Texas" title="Livingston, Texas">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano,_Texas" title="Llano, Texas">Llano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockhart,_Texas" title="Lockhart, Texas">Lockhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lufkin,_Texas" title="Lufkin, Texas">Lufkin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">M</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Texas" title="Madisonville, Texas">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marfa,_Texas" title="Marfa, Texas">Marfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlin,_Texas" title="Marlin, Texas">Marlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall,_Texas" title="Marshall, Texas">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason,_Texas" title="Mason, Texas">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matador,_Texas" title="Matador, Texas">Matador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKinney,_Texas" title="McKinney, Texas">McKinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Texas" title="Memphis, Texas">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard,_Texas" title="Menard, Texas">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mentone,_Texas" title="Mentone, Texas">Mentone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian,_Texas" title="Meridian, Texas">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mertzon,_Texas" title="Mertzon, Texas">Mertzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami,_Texas" title="Miami, Texas">Miami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monahans,_Texas" title="Monahans, Texas">Monahans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague,_Texas" title="Montague, Texas">Montague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton,_Texas" title="Morton, Texas">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Texas" title="Mount Pleasant, Texas">Mount Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Texas" title="Mount Vernon, Texas">Mount Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muleshoe,_Texas" title="Muleshoe, Texas">Muleshoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">N</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nacogdoches,_Texas" title="Nacogdoches, Texas">Nacogdoches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Braunfels,_Texas" title="New Braunfels, Texas">New Braunfels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Texas" title="Newton, Texas">Newton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">O</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas">Odessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange,_Texas" title="Orange, Texas">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozona,_Texas" title="Ozona, Texas">Ozona</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">P</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Texas" title="Paducah, Texas">Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paint_Rock,_Texas" title="Paint Rock, Texas">Paint Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine,_Texas" title="Palestine, Texas">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Pinto,_Texas" title="Palo Pinto, Texas">Palo Pinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pampa,_Texas" title="Pampa, Texas">Pampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panhandle,_Texas" title="Panhandle, Texas">Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris,_Texas" title="Paris, Texas">Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearsall,_Texas" title="Pearsall, Texas">Pearsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos,_Texas" title="Pecos, Texas">Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perryton,_Texas" title="Perryton, Texas">Perryton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_Texas" title="Pittsburg, Texas">Pittsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plains,_Texas" title="Plains, Texas">Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainview,_Texas" title="Plainview, Texas">Plainview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Lavaca,_Texas" title="Port Lavaca, Texas">Port Lavaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post,_Texas" title="Post, Texas">Post</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Q</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quanah,_Texas" title="Quanah, Texas">Quanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quitman,_Texas" title="Quitman, Texas">Quitman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">R</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rankin,_Texas" title="Rankin, Texas">Rankin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymondville,_Texas" title="Raymondville, Texas">Raymondville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugio,_Texas" title="Refugio, Texas">Refugio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_City,_Texas" title="Rio Grande City, Texas">Rio Grande City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lee,_Texas" title="Robert Lee, Texas">Robert Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roby,_Texas" title="Roby, Texas">Roby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockport,_Texas" title="Rockport, Texas">Rockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocksprings,_Texas" title="Rocksprings, Texas">Rocksprings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwall,_Texas" title="Rockwall, Texas">Rockwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusk,_Texas" title="Rusk, Texas">Rusk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">S</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo,_Texas" title="San Angelo, Texas">San Angelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Augustine,_Texas" title="San Augustine, Texas">San Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_Texas" title="San Diego, Texas">San Diego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Saba,_Texas" title="San Saba, Texas">San Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanderson,_Texas" title="Sanderson, Texas">Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarita,_Texas" title="Sarita, Texas">Sarita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seguin,_Texas" title="Seguin, Texas">Seguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seminole,_Texas" title="Seminole, Texas">Seminole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour,_Texas" title="Seymour, Texas">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman,_Texas" title="Sherman, Texas">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Blanca,_Texas" title="Sierra Blanca, Texas">Sierra Blanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverton,_Texas" title="Silverton, Texas">Silverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinton,_Texas" title="Sinton, Texas">Sinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snyder,_Texas" title="Snyder, Texas">Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonora,_Texas" title="Sonora, Texas">Sonora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearman,_Texas" title="Spearman, Texas">Spearman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton,_Texas" title="Stanton, Texas">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenville,_Texas" title="Stephenville, Texas">Stephenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_City,_Texas" title="Sterling City, Texas">Sterling City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinnett,_Texas" title="Stinnett, Texas">Stinnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_Texas" title="Stratford, Texas">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulphur_Springs,_Texas" title="Sulphur Springs, Texas">Sulphur Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetwater,_Texas" title="Sweetwater, Texas">Sweetwater</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">T</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tahoka,_Texas" title="Tahoka, Texas">Tahoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throckmorton,_Texas" title="Throckmorton, Texas">Throckmorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilden,_Texas" title="Tilden, Texas">Tilden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulia,_Texas" title="Tulia, Texas">Tulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_Texas" title="Tyler, Texas">Tyler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">U</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uvalde,_Texas" title="Uvalde, Texas">Uvalde</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">V</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Van_Horn,_Texas" title="Van Horn, Texas">Van Horn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega,_Texas" title="Vega, Texas">Vega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon,_Texas" title="Vernon, Texas">Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Texas" title="Victoria, Texas">Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">W</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Waco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxahachie,_Texas" title="Waxahachie, Texas">Waxahachie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weatherford,_Texas" title="Weatherford, Texas">Weatherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington,_Texas" title="Wellington, Texas">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton,_Texas" title="Wharton, Texas">Wharton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeler,_Texas" title="Wheeler, Texas">Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Falls,_Texas" title="Wichita Falls, Texas">Wichita Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodville,_Texas" title="Woodville, Texas">Woodville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Z</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zapata,_Texas" title="Zapata, Texas">Zapata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Branch_Davidians" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Branch_Davidians" title="Template:Branch Davidians"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a 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Pace">Charles Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Roden" title="Benjamin Roden">Benjamin L. Roden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Roden" title="Lois Roden">Lois Roden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amo_Bishop_Roden" class="mw-redirect" title="Amo Bishop Roden">Amo Bishop Roden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Roden" title="George Roden">George Roden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Schneider_(Branch_Davidian)" title="Steve Schneider (Branch Davidian)">Steve Schneider</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Davidians</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Branch" title="Brad Branch">Brad Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingstone_Fagan" title="Livingstone Fagan">Livingstone Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_J._Martin" title="Sheila J. Martin">Sheila J. Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Okimoto" title="Dana Okimoto">Dana Okimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Riddle" title="Ruth Riddle">Ruth Riddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thibodeau" title="David Thibodeau">David Thibodeau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Carmel_Center" title="Mount Carmel Center">Mount Carmel Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Rod" title="Shepherd's Rod">Shepherd's Rod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Houteff" title="Victor Houteff">Victor T. Houteff</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Waco, Texas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Doctrine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypticism" title="Apocalypticism">Apocalypticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Events_of_Revelation" title="Events of Revelation">Chronology of Revelation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millennialism" title="Millennialism">Millennialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophecy" title="Prophecy">Prophecy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">Second Coming of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_seals" title="Seven seals">Seven seals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Waco_siege" title="Waco siege">Waco siege</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lon_Horiuchi" title="Lon Horiuchi">Lon Horiuchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jamar" title="Jeff Jamar">Jeff Jamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Ricks" title="Bob Ricks">Bob Ricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_siege" title="Waco siege">Waco siege</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waco_Tribune-Herald" title="Waco Tribune-Herald">Waco Tribune-Herald</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Investigation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Danforth" class="mw-redirect" title="John C. Danforth">John C. Danforth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Looking_Infrared" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward Looking Infrared">Forward Looking Infrared</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Moore" class="mw-redirect" title="Carol Moore">Carol Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act" title="Posse Comitatus Act">Posse Comitatus Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Reno" title="Janet Reno">Janet Reno</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books and Publications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Place_Called_Waco:_A_Survivor%27s_Story" title="A Place Called Waco: A Survivor's Story">A Place Called Waco: A Survivor's Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Armageddon_in_Waco:_Critical_Perspectives_on_the_Branch_Davidian_Conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Armageddon in Waco: Critical Perspectives on the Branch Davidian Conflict">Armageddon in Waco: Critical Perspectives on the Branch Davidian Conflict </a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ashes_of_Waco:_An_Investigation" title="The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation">The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Branch_Davidians_of_Waco:_The_History_and_Beliefs_of_an_Apocalyptic_Sect" title="The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect">The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Davidian_Massacre:_Disturbing_Questions_About_Waco_That_Must_Be_Answered" title="The Davidian Massacre: Disturbing Questions About Waco That Must Be Answered">The Davidian Massacre: Disturbing Questions About Waco That Must Be Answered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_the_Ashes:_Making_Sense_of_Waco" title="From the Ashes: Making Sense of Waco">From the Ashes: Making Sense of Waco</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Waco%3F:_Cults_and_the_Battle_for_Religious_Freedom_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Why Waco?: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America">Why Waco?: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Waco,_the_Big_Lie" title="Waco, the Big Lie">Waco, the Big Lie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waco_II,_the_Big_Lie_Continues" class="mw-redirect" title="Waco II, the Big Lie Continues">Waco II, the Big Lie Continues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waco:_The_Rules_of_Engagement" title="Waco: The Rules of Engagement">Waco: The Rules of Engagement</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco:_A_New_Revelation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waco: A New Revelation (page does not exist)">Waco: A New Revelation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waco:_An_Apparent_Deviation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waco: An Apparent Deviation (page does not exist)">Waco: An Apparent Deviation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Day_51:_The_True_Story_of_Waco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Day 51: The True Story of Waco (page does not exist)">Day 51: The True Story of Waco</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=America_Wake_Up_(Or_Waco)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="America Wake Up (Or Waco) (page does not exist)">America Wake Up (Or Waco)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Assault_on_Waco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Assault on Waco (page does not exist)">The Assault on Waco</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inside_Waco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inside Waco (page does not exist)">Inside Waco</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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