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Three Rivers.

Three Rivers, Texas Location of Three Rivers, Texas Location of Three Rivers, Texas Three Rivers is a town/city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States.

Hamilton of Cuero owned a tract of territory in the Brush Country where Three Rivers now sits.

On July 4, 1913 the town began with a grand opening and first sale of land. From its formation it was designed as a segregated township, with the "Mexican" section positioned between the river and the barns tracks, west of the company section.

The town/city is titled for its adjacency to three rivers, the Atascosa River, the Frio River, and the Nueces River (the Atascosa joins the Frio north of the city, while the Frio joins the Nueces south of the city). Originally titled Hamiltonburg, the town/city name was changed when mail meant for the town/city was accidentally bringed to Hamilton, Texas instead.

Tips suggested the town be titled for its locale near the rivers, and Three Rivers was allowed as the new name by the postal service department on May 1, 1914.

Three Rivers was incorporated in 1926 and operates under the general-law aldermanic form of government.

In 1920 natural gas was identified near Three Rivers and was piped into town and a small refinery was built.

The first glass factory in Texas was assembled at Three Rivers in 1922 as the gas fuel and small-town sand was plentiful. The onset of the Great Depression forced the sale of the factory to the Ball Glass Company in 1937, and the factory was permanently closed in 1938.

In 1948-49 the town/city of Three Rivers attained notoriety as the locale of what has turn into known as the "Longoria Affair" when the director of the only funeral home in town refused to allow chapel services in 1948 for the body of a "Mexican-American" Soldier killed amid WWII in 1945. Three Rivers is positioned at 28 28 02 N 98 10 46 W (28.467155, -98.179451). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all of it land.

According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Three Rivers has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The dominant economic drivers for Three Rivers, Texas, are petroleum and gas exploration, refining, ranching, and hunting.

Tourism is on the rise due to the gateway to the Choke Canyon reservoir thru Three Rivers.

The bird migratory routes bring over two hundred different species to the Three Rivers area, making it a nationwide destination for bird watching.

Three Rivers is also the site of the historic first glass factory in the State of Texas.

Many Three Rivers inhabitants live in or near Three Rivers because of the large number of jobs needed in the close-by Federal Bureau of Prisons positioned roughly 10 miles west of town, on Hwy 72.

The Valero Three Rivers Refinery positioned inside the town/city limits, is another primary employer.

With the recent 'fracking' surge it in the area, Three Rivers is centrally positioned in the middle of a large field that extends over a three county area.

The United States Postal Service operates the Three Rivers Post Office. The Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers is positioned in unincorporated Live Oak County, near Three Rivers. There is a single school precinct for the entire city, Three Rivers Independent School District, including Three Rivers Elementary School, Three Rivers Junior High School and Three Rivers High School.

"Three Rivers Demographics".

Climate Summary for Three Rivers, Texas "FCI Three Rivers Contact Information." "US HIGHWAY 72 WEST THREE RIVERS, TX 78071" "Three Rivers city, Texas." Three Rivers, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Three Rivers George West Three Rivers