Pleasanton, Texas Pleasanton, Texas Giant oak tree in Downtown Pleasanton athwart from "Mr.
Giant oak tree in Downtown Pleasanton athwart from "Mr.
Location of Pleasanton, Texas Location of Pleasanton, Texas Pleasanton is a town/city in Atascosa County, Texas, United States.
The populace was 8,934 at the 2010 census. Pleasanton's official motto is "The City of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks." Pleasanton honors its cowboy tradition with the "Mr.
The Longhorn Museum in east Pleasanton on Highway 97 contains artifacts and memorabilia of the cowboy years.
The Cowboy Homecoming, begun in 1966, is an annual event held at the Atascosa River Park in Pleasanton.
Pleasanton was established in 1858 when conflicts with the Indians caused the pioneer to move the locale of the governmental center of county from Amphion.
John Bowen (died 1867), San Antonio's first Anglo-American postmaster, established and titled the town of Pleasanton after his good friend and fellow early Texas Settler John Pleasants.
At one time Pleasanton had two newspapers, the Pleasanton Picayune, which became the Pleasanton Express in 1909, and the Pleasanton Reporter.
The governmental center of county was relocated from Pleasanton to Jourdanton in 1910.
Along with San Antonio, Uvalde, Crystal City, Carrizo Springs, and Corpus Christi, Pleasanton was a primary stop on the now-defunct San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, which directed from 1909 until it was consolidated into the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1956.
The rail command posts was positioned in a undivided two-story depot in North Pleasanton beginning in 1913.
The command posts depot has been razed, but an earlier depot in Pleasanton is displayed at the Longhorn Museum.
In November 1957, the people of Pleasanton voted overwhelmingly to desegregate the enhance schools.
Some three dozen African American pupils were then integrated into the Pleasanton school. Pleasanton is positioned at 28 58 1 N 98 29 6 W (28.966953, -98.484937), about 35 miles (56 km) south of downtown San Antonio, 110 miles (180 km) south-southwest of Austin and 110 miles (180 km) north by north-northwest of Corpus Christi.
The average annual temperature of Pleasanton is 70 F (21 C).
Every year, Pleasanton hosts the "Cowboy Homecoming Festival", which memorializes the time when the cowboys driving cattle from South Texas to the rail heads up north would return home.
Entrance to Longhorn Museum on Texas State Highway 97 on the east side of Pleasanton Almost all of Pleasanton is positioned inside the Pleasanton Independent School District and home to the Pleasanton High School Eagles.
In the school year 2010-2011 Pleasanton I.S.D.
Pleasanton I.S.D.
Willie Nelson was a radio DJ in Pleasanton at one time. A view of downtown Pleasanton near the intersection of U.S.
Pleasanton City Hall is positioned athwart from the great oak tree downtown.
The Pleasanton Express office is positioned next to City Hall.
Deputy Sheriffs Thomas Monse, Jr., and Mark Stephenson and state police trooper Terry Wayne Miller are memorialized in a marker in Pleasanton.
First Baptist Church of Pleasanton was established by seven charter members in 1866.
The congregation originally met in the courthouse when it was positioned in Pleasanton.
First United Methodist Church in downtown Pleasanton was established in 1857 by circuit riders, a year before Pleasanton was established.
Covered wagon sign attracts motorists off Highway 97 to the Longhorn Museum in Pleasanton.
The Pleasanton High School Eagles play football in Eagle Stadium.
Modern sports complex for Pleasanton Independent School District, positioned athwart from Eagles Stadium Performing Arts Center of Pleasanton enhance schools "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pleasanton city, Texas".
City of Pleasanton official website
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Cities in Atascosa County, Texas - Cities in Texas - San Antonio urbane region - Populated places established in 1858 - 1858 establishments in Texas
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