Lindale, Texas Lindale, Texas Official seal of Lindale, Texas Lindale, Texas is positioned in Texas Lindale, Texas - Lindale, Texas Lindale City Hall Lindale (/ l nde l/) is a town/city in Smith County, Texas, United States.
The region of Smith County where Lindale sits was inhabited long before the town was established in 1871.
Hubbard's brother-in-law, Elijah Lindsey, anticipating expansion around the new barns , opened the fledgling community's first general store in 1871, and Lindale had its start; Lindsey was propel the town's first mayor a year later.
The name was shortened to Lindale in 1874 when the first Post Office opened in town.
A year later, the International-Great Northern Railroad extended its line through Lindale, and the town's fledgling canning and fruit packing industries took off.
Produce continued to be the city's chief source of income, and by 1950 the town had attained a reputation for being the "blackberry capital of the world," with tons of berries being canned and shipped each year.
The 1949 comedy film release, Strike It Rich, starring Rod Cameron and Bonita Granville, was filmed in the Lindale, Tyler, and Kilgore area.
An exhibit on the picture is found at the Old Mill Museum in Lindale.
In 1996, Lindale's school board banned 32 books from its schools, including To Kill a Mockingbird, because they "conflicted with the values of the community." According to school board president John Offutt, a Baptist minister, the board's action was an attempt to make students adhere to Christian beliefs. Currently, To Kill a Mockingbird is again required reading in the High School Pre-AP English II class.
"Associated Press LINDALE The school board in a small East Texas town has banned 32 books on an advanced placement English reading list because a trustee said the books "conflicted with the values of the community.
, The Lindale Independent School District board voted Monday unanimously to ban the books, including many classics Such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter' and Moby Dick.
Lindale has a populace of about 2,000 and is positioned about 20 miles north of Tyler in East Texas.
Lindale's produce trade has declined decidedly over the past two decades, with the closure of its canning factory, allowing other industries to grow, including cattle, hay production, and rose-growing.
Several theological ministries (including Teen Mania Ministries, Mercy Ships, Keith Green and his Last Days Ministries, Youth With A Mission, and David Wilkerson and his Teen Challenge and World Challenge ministries) either are or were positioned near Lindale.
With the expansion of Tyler and the increased traffic on I-20 and US-69, Lindale has experienced a surge in residentiary, retail, and other commercial development.
The town is served by the Lindale Independent School District, one of Texas' top enhance school districts.
In 2010, Lindale Independent School District was rated as "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.
Lindale is positioned at 32 30 26 N 95 24 30 W (32.507145, -95.408293). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 4.0 square miles (10.4 km ), of which 4.0 square miles (10.4 km ) is territory and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km ) (0.50%) is water.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Jim Granberry - Orthodonist who served as mayor of Lubbock, Texas; Republican candidate for governor in 1974, born in Lindale in 1932 Pat Mahomes - experienced baseball pitcher, Lindale High School graduate Graduated from Lindale High School.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Lindale has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate Summary for Lindale, Texas City of Lindale Lindale Area Chamber of Commerce City of Lindale Promotional Video City of Lindale CBS Commercial Municipalities and communities of Smith County, Texas, United States Arp Hideaway Lindale New Chapel Hill Noonday Overton Troup Tyler Whitehouse Antioch Bascom Blackjack Bostick Browning Carroll Copeland Dogwood City Elberta Flint Garden Valley Gresham Jamestown Lee Spring Midway Mount Sylvan New Harmony New Hope Omen Owentown Pine Springs Pine Trail Estates Red Springs Salem Sand Flat Shady Grove Sinclair City Starrville Swan Teaselville Thedford Walnut Grove Waters Bluff Wood Springs Wright City
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