Denison, Texas Denison, Texas Denison Commercial Historic District Denison Commercial Historic District Flag of Denison, Texas Location of Denison, Texas Location of Denison, Texas Denison is a town/city in Grayson County, Texas, United States.
The populace was 22,682 at the 2010 census. Denison is part of the Texoma region and is one of two principal metros/cities in the Sherman Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Denison was established in 1872 in conjunction with the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad (MKT) or "Katy" depot. It was titled after the wealthy Katy vice president George Denison. Because the town was established close to where the MKT crossed the Red River (both meaningful conduits of transit in the industrialized era), it came to be an meaningful commercial center in the 19th century American West.
In 1875, Doc Holliday had offices in Denison.
During the phylloxera epidemic of the mid-19th century, which finished the vast majority of wine grapes in Europe, Denison horticulturalist T.V.
Munson pioneered methods in creating phylloxera-resistant vines, and earned induction into the French Legion of Honor, as well as sister town/city status for Denison and Cognac, France. In 1901 the first electric "Interurban" stockyards in Texas, the Denison and Sherman Railway, was instead of between Denison and Sherman. In 1915, the Kentucky-based evangelist Mordecai Ham held a revival meeting in Denison, which resulted in 1,100 professions of faith in Jesus Christ. Denison played host to 20th century notables such as the Marx Brothers and President Dwight D.
Denison is positioned in northeastern Grayson County, with the town/city limits extending north to the Red River, which forms the Oklahoma state line.
It is bordered to the south by the town/city of Sherman; the town/city centers are 11 miles (18 km) apart.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Denison has a total region of 23.4 square miles (60.7 km2), of which 23.0 square miles (59.6 km2) are territory and 0.46 square miles (1.2 km2), or 1.94%, are water. Denison Dam, which forms Lake Texoma on the Red River, is 5 miles (8 km) north of Denison.
The town/city is in the center of the Texoma region, encompassing parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
Denison has a humid subtropical climate. The administration building on the Grayson College ground in Denison Denison is served by the Denison Independent School District.
At the start of the 2014 school year, a new Denison High School building was instead of and ready for use.
It is home to Grayson College, which preserves Denison's viticultural tradition with its T.V.
It is the home field of Denison High School's football and soccer teams. The Denison High School football team won the 1984 Texas Class 4 - A State Championship by beating Tomball 27-13 completing a perfect 16 0 record.
They are home to the longest high school football rivalry in Texas: the Battle of the Ax, against Sherman High School. A Herald Democrat locale in downtown Denison Denison is served by two U.S.
State Highway 91, known as Texoma Parkway, is one of the chief commercial strips that joins Sherman and Denison.
Denison is served by one 24-hour taxicab service provided locally by yellow cab.
Denison is a member town/city of the county-wide enhance transit fitness called TAPS, which offers on-demand service, fixed routes to Choctaw and Sherman, and services to Dallas/Fort Worth and Dallas Love Field airports.
Denison is home to the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site.
In 2013 Lake Texoma and the Hampton Inn and Suites Denison were featured on a travel show entitled The Official Best of Texas which aired on CBS and the Discovery Channel. Texoma Medical Center in Denison Denison Independent School District Denison Industries City of Denison Denison is served by Texoma Medical Center.
Eisenhower was born in Denison in 1890, and is by far the city's most notable resident.
His place of birth was purchased by the town/city in 1946 (six years before he was propel President) and is now maintained as Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site.
Other notable citizens who were either born in or have lived in Denison include: Jim Hightower, former commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture and a liberal commentator and author, born in Denison in 1943 John Henry "Doc" Holliday, gunfighter, gambler and legend, maintained a dental practice in Denison a b c "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Denison city, Texas".
"Denison, Texas" Introductory history of Denison Texas Ham's West Texas Meetings, 1903 1940", paper at East Texas Historical Association and West Texas Historical Association joint meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, February 26, 2010 Texas - Bob.com Munson Stadium Denison, Texas "Denison Development Alliance: Community Profile".
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Wikisource has the text of the 1921 Collier's Encyclopedia article Denison.
City of Denison official website Denison Chamber of Commerce Denison Arts Council Denison Independent School District Municipalities and communities of Grayson County, Texas, United States Denison Dorchester Gunter Knollwood Sadler Sherman Southmayd Tom Bean Trenton Van Alstyne Whitesboro Whitewright
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Cities in Texas - Cities in Grayson County, Texas - Populated places established in 1872 - 1872 establishments in Texas
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