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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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    Minnesota in the north to Texas in the south. The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of...
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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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    Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 260,579. Its county seat and largest city is Waco. The U.S. census 2023 county...
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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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  • Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas and stars Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Sparks...
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  • Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. The sequel series portrays the aftermath of the siege and the trials...
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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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  • Waco, a Texas city of around 120,000 has a number of neighborhoods. These are not official government neighborhoods, but rather common names given by...
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    Hill County, Texas, United States. It is located between Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco, directly on Interstate 35 in North Central Texas. Hillsboro draws...
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    David Koresh (category People from Waco, Texas)
    originally led by Benjamin Roden, based at the Mount Carmel Center outside Waco, Texas. There, Koresh competed for dominance with another leader, Benjamin Roden's...
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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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    Abbott is a city in Hill County, Texas, United States. It is 24.7 miles (39.8 km) north of Waco, along Interstate 35. The population was 352 in 2020. Abbott...
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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 Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas, is the state-designated official historical center of the famed Texas Rangers law enforcement...
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    Waco Regional Airport (IATA: ACT, ICAO: KACT, FAA LID: ACT) is five miles northwest of Waco, in McLennan County, Texas. It is owned by the City of Waco...
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  • The 1982 Lake Waco Murders refers to the deaths of three teenagers (two females, one male) near Lake Waco in Waco, Texas, in July 1982. The police investigation...
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  • of Texas is a nickname that has been coined to describe several cities in Texas, United States, including: Marshall, Texas Sherman, Texas Waco, Texas Athens...
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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. Washington...
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    Doris Miller (category Military personnel from Waco, Texas)
    scheduled to be laid down in 2026 and launched in 2029. Miller was born in Waco, Texas, on October 12, 1919, to Connery and Henrietta Miller. He was named Doris...
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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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  • Texas State Technical College (TSTC) is a public community college with its main campus near Waco, Texas. TSTC is the State of Texas's only public multicampus...
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    when her case went to trial. Guinan was one of four siblings born in Waco, Texas, to Irish immigrants Michael and Bessie (née Duffy) Guinan, who had emigrated...
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    The Waco Suspension Bridge crosses the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. It is a single-span suspension bridge, with a main span of 475 ft (145 m). Opened on...
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  • entries such as "Waco, Texas". Texas portal History portal Texas State Historical Association Texas Since World War II from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved...
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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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    Chip Gaines (category People from Waco, Texas)
    later marry in 2003. The couple currently have five children and live in Waco, Texas. Gaines began his career in real estate by flipping houses while in his...
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  • KT Leveston (category Players of American football from Waco, Texas)
    Rams in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL draft. Leveston grew up in Waco, Texas, where he attended Midway High School where he played football and basketball...
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  • Texas State Technical College of Waco is a public technical college in Waco, Texas. It was founded in 1965 as the James Connally Technical Institute of...
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