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    Waco (/ˈweɪkoʊ/ WAY-koh) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway...
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    The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...
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  • Look up Waco in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waco, Texas, is a city in the United States Waco or WACO may also refer to: Waco tribe, a Native American...
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    seventeen-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching...
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  • Waco: American Apocalypse is an American documentary television miniseries about the Waco siege in 1993 between the US federal government and the Branch...
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    On May 17, 2015, in Waco, Texas, United States, a shootout erupted at a Twin Peaks restaurant where more than 200 persons, including members from motorcycle...
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    The Waco Custom Cabins were a series of up-market single-engined four-to-five-seat cabin sesquiplanes of the late 1930s produced by the Waco Aircraft Company...
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    The Waco F series is a series of American-built general aviation and military biplane trainers of the 1930s from the Waco Aircraft Company. The Waco 'F'...
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    Georgia General Assembly incorporated Waco in 1885. Waco is a name derived from the Muskogean language meaning "heron". Waco is bordered to the south and east...
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  • Waco: The Aftermath is an American television miniseries developed by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle that premiered on April 16, 2023, on Showtime....
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    The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used American troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air...
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    The Waco Aircraft Company (WACO) was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, United States. Between 1920 and 1947, the company produced a wide...
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  • Waco is an American television miniseries, developed by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, that premiered on January 24, 2018, on Paramount Network. The...
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    Jayme Waco O'Guin (born June 24, 1975) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, animator, writer, and producer. He is the co-creator, executive producer...
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    The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of the 144 deaths in the outbreak. Alongside...
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    The Waco 10/GXE/Waco O series was a range of three-seat open-cockpit biplanes built by the Advance Aircraft Company, later the Waco Aircraft Company....
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    The Waco (also spelled Huaco and Hueco) of the Wichita people are a Southern Plains Native American tribe that inhabited northeastern Texas. Today, they...
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    Waco is a village in York County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 236 at the 2010 census. Waco got its start in the year 1877 when the Chicago...
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    David Koresh (category People from Waco, Texas)
    April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect and...
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    Lake Waco is a man-made reservoir located on the west side of Waco, in McLennan County, Texas. It provides water to several cities in the Waco Metropolitan...
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    The Waco Brothers are an American alternative country, or country-punk rock, band based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Waco Brothers was formed...
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  • city of Waco, Texas, US. 1830 – Hueco village sacked by Cherokees. 1849 – Shapley Ross founds Waco March 1: "First sale of town lots at Waco village."...
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  • Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias is a 2023 non-fiction book by journalist Kevin Cook about the Waco siege...
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  • Waco, the Big Lie is a 1993 American documentary film directed by Linda Thompson that presents video-based analysis regarding the Waco siege. The first...
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    Branch Davidians (category Waco siege)
    group that became known as "Davidians" and some moved onto land outside Waco, Texas. They built a community called the Mount Carmel Center, which served...
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  • on Waco Field Airport (FAA LID: 1WF), which features a 2,385 ft (727 m) grass runway. Waco 4 – replica Waco 9 Waco ATO Waco Cootie – replica Waco GXE...
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  • The Waco metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of McLennan, Falls and Bosque counties in...
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    peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Blues Albums chart and The Man from Waco breaking the US Billboard 200. In September 2023, Crockett was nominated...
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  • Waco Airport may refer to: TSTC Waco Airport (CNW) near Waco, Texas, USA Waco Kungo Airport (CEO) near Uaco Cungo, Angola Waco Regional Airport (ACT) near...
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    census, its population was 260,579. Its county seat and largest city is Waco. The U.S. census 2023 county population estimate is 268,583. The county is...
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