Longview, Texas Longview, Texas Location of Longview, Texas Location of Longview, Texas State Texas Longview is a town/city in Gregg and Harrison counties in the U.S.
State of Texas.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 80,455. The estimated populace in 2015 was 82,287. Most of the town/city is positioned in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; a small part extends into the part of neighboring Harrison County.
Longview is positioned in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S.
Longview is the principal town/city of the Longview Metropolitan Statistical Area, comprising Gregg, Upshur, and Rusk counties (population 217,781). Longview is considered a primary hub town/city for East Texas, as is the close-by city of Tyler.
In 2014, Forbes periodical ranked Longview as the sixth fastest-growing small town/city in the United States. Longview sign on Interstate 20 Longview was established in the 1870s by Ossamus Hitch Methvin, Sr. In 1870, Methvin sold 100 acres (40 ha) to the Southern Pacific Railroad for one dollar to persuade them to build their line in the direction of territory he owned.
In June 1871, Longview was incorporated as the first town in Gregg County. In July 1919, a reporter for The Chicago Defender was in Longview looking into the mysterious death of a black man titled Lemuel Walters.
In 1942, assembly began on the Big Inch pipeline in Longview.
Longview from above Longview is positioned at 32 30 33 N 94 45 14 W (32.509147, -94.753909). It is bordered to the west by the town/city of White Oak and is surrounded by many other metros/cities and towns, including Kilgore (southwest), Gladewater (west), Gilmer (northwest), Ore City (north), Harleton (northeast), Hallsville (east), and Lakeport (southeast).
It is 37 miles (60 km) northeast of the similarly sized town/city of Tyler.
Incorporated areas include Spring Hill, Greggton, Pine Tree, Judson, and Longview Heights. Climate data for Longview, Texas In the 2010 census, Longview had a populace of 80,455.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 70.10% White, 22.11% African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 4.92% from other competitions, and 1.51% from two or more competitions.
Longview's tallest building is 10 stories and homes the Citizens National Bank.
Highway 80 in north Longview.
Looking west on Tyler Street in downtown Longview Le - Tourneau Technologies in Longview The economy in Longview is healthy.
Even with a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Longview has been growing, and home prices continue to rise.
Some primary sectors of the Longview economy include the East Texas Oil Field, services, technology, such as Exponential Networks, and manufacturing.
In 2007, Longview added some primary chain stores to its north side.
The addition of Kohl's, two Starbucks, a new Target, a third Walmart supercenter on the south side, and a handful of hotels means Longview is becoming a county-wide core for shopping.
Keeping shoppers in Longview and away from Tyler, Dallas, and Shreveport has been an meaningful strategy for the city.
In October 2007, Longview was recertified as a Texas Urban Main Street City.
There are 89 metros/cities in the Texas Main Street Program, 10 of them are Urban Main Street Cities.
In December 2007, Longview was awarded the "Certified Retirement Community" designation by the Texas Department of Agriculture through its "Go Texan" initiative.
Longview was also encompassed in 2007 in the "Top 100 Best Cities for Young People." Longview is one of a several cities in East Texas that serves as a center for the "patent troll" industry, due to a perception that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas is a favorable venue for patent infringement plaintiffs. 3 Longview Independent School District 1,205 Public Schools 7 City of Longview 848 Government 9 Longview Regional Hospital 730 Medical/Hospital Services 10 Diagnostic Clinic of Longview 706 Medical/Hospital Services Longview Municipal Building Downtown Longview in the historic precinct Longview is represented in the Texas Senate by Republican Kevin Eltife, District 1, and in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican David Simpson, District 7.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Longview District Parole Office in Longview. Longview is part of Texas's 1st congressional district, which is presently represented by Republican Louie Gohmert.
The United States Postal Service operates the Longview, Downtown Longview, and Northwest Longview postal services. The town/city of Longview is home to three establishments of higher learning and two trade (cosmetology) schools: Kilgore College, Longview Campus University of Texas at Tyler, Longview University Center Longview is served by four school districts.
Longview Independent School District - enrollment 8,150, 16 schools, home of the Lobos, serves south and northeast Longview Pine Tree Independent School District - enrollment 4,631, seven schools, home of the Pirates, serves west Longview including Pine Tree and Greggton Spring Hill Independent School District - enrollment 1,862, five schools, home of the Panthers, serves north Longview in the Spring Hill region Hallsville Independent School District - enrollment 4,037, six schools, home of the Bobcats, serves far east Longview around Harrison County.
Longview is home to the Longview Public Library, which presently operates two chapters: East Texas Regional Airport, 9 miles (14 km) south of the town/city center, offers service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Envoy Air.
The Longview airport is home to the flight training program of Le - Tourneau University.
The city's enhance transit system, Longview Transit, runs daily routes, excluding Sundays and holidays.
City of Longview Transit (COLT) provides transit demand-response transit services for those who are unable to use the regular Longview Transit fixed-route service. Longview's Amtrak station is the second-busiest in Texas and the fourth-busiest station along the Texas Eagle route.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the Longview station serves the Chicago to Los Angeles trains.
The return train, Los Angeles to Chicago, stops in Longview on Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday.
Longview is served by two freight barns lines.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad operates two trains daily through Longview.
The Union Pacific Railroad has 25 daily trains through Longview's facilities.
The Longview Economic Development Corporation website provides more details about the transit infrastructure, including air, rail, trucking, waterways, and highway information.
See also: List of highways in Gregg County, Texas highways run through Longview.
Four Texas state highways also run into Longview.
Two Texas state highway spurs serve to connect highways in Longview.
Interstate 20, an east west freeway, joins Longview to Dallas, about 125 mi (201 km) to the west and to Shreveport, Louisiana, around 60 mi (97 km) to the east.
Highway 80 runs through the central precinct of Longview.
Before Interstate 20, US 259 went through the center of Longview on a route now designated Texas State Highway 31 and Spur 502.
Texas Highway 31 runs 143.3 miles (230.6 km) east/west between Longview and Waco, Texas.
Texas Highway 149, 33.9 mi (54.6 km) long, joins Longview with Carthage.
Texas Highway 300 is a short (18.62-mile (29.97 km)) highway connecting Longview to U.S.
Texas Highway 281 is a 19.3-mile (31.1 km) loop highway that circumnavigates much of Longview from its east connection at I-20 east of the Gregg/Harrison county line to I-20 in Longview.
Hwy 80 in central Longview and U.S.
Hwy 259 north of Longview.
Spur 63 runs north/south through Longview connecting TX Hwy 31 at its Longview end with Spur 502 north of TX Loop 281.
Longview is accessed easily by I-20, which passes 4 miles (6 km) south of the town/city center.
Slated to start in 2009, Tx - DOT has informed Longview officials that the funds have been withdrawn, placing Phase II on indefinite hold.
Tx - DOT is researching an outer loop around the north side of Longview to complete the East Texas Hourglass.
The road will loop around Longview and Tyler and is slated to start in 2012.
The new Interstate 69 will be passing just east of the Longview region between Longview and Marshall, near or over the current US 59 highway.
The Gregg County (the vast majority) portion of Longview are part of the Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches Designated Market Area, DMA #110.
KLGV-LD 36.1 Longview Trinity Broadcasting Network 480i The station does still continue to broadcast Longview news from their Longview newsroom.
The Harrison County portion of Longview is inside the Shreveport-Texarkana market. Below is their channels.
Longview Cable Television Longview News-Journal Longview and Gregg County are part of the Tyler-Longview Arbitron Radio Market, market #145.
93.7 KXKS-FM Shreveport Primary Country Kiss Country 101.1 KRMD-FM Oil City Primary Country 101.9 K270 - AW Longview Translator of KDOK Classic Hits 104.1 KKUS Tyler Primary Classic Country 105.7 KYKX Longview Primary Country 1370 KFRO Longview Primary Fox Sports Radio Julian Edwin Bailes, Sr., judge in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; born in Longview in 1915 Jay Dean, mayor of Longview, 2005-2015; incoming Republican state representative for District 7, effective 2017 Miranda Lambert, nation music artist born in Longview Diane Patrick, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington; reared in Longview as Diane Porter James Street, college football and baseball player for the Texas Longhorns "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Longview city, Texas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 (PEPANNRES) Incorporated Places: Texas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 - United States -- Metropolitan Travel Destination (GCT-PEPANNRES)".
Mc - Whorter, "LONGVIEW, TX (GREGG COUNTY)", Handbook of Texas Online , accessed April 12, 2013.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Beth Holloway Dodson, "METHVIN, OSSAMUS HITCH, SR.", Handbook of Texas Online , accessed April 12, 2013.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
"Average Weather for Longview, TX- Temperature and Precipitation".
2010 general profile of populace and housing characteristics of Longview from the U.S.
City of Longview CAFR Retrieved 2012-08-04 City of Longview 2007-08 CAFR Retrieved 2009-06-07 Archived October 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
City of Longview, retrieved 2009-06-03 Archived August 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
City of Longview website Source: City of Longview website City of Longview official website Longview Convention and Visitors Bureau Longview Public Library Longview Chamber of Commerce Longview Economic Development Corporation Longview News-Journal Municipalities and communities of Gregg County, Texas, United States Municipalities and communities of Harrison County, Texas, United States State of Texas City of Shreveport & Shreveport/Bossier City Metro
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