Tyler, Texas
Tyler, Texas Clockwise: Tyler horizon with Plaza Tower at right and People's National Bank office building in center, Cotton Belt Depot, Caldwell Zoo, Chamblee Rose Garden, Smith County Courthouse, Goodman Home.
Clockwise: Tyler horizon with Plaza Tower at right and People's National Bank office building in center, Cotton Belt Depot, Caldwell Zoo, Chamblee Rose Garden, Smith County Courthouse, Goodman Home.
Official seal of Tyler Location in Smith County and the state of Texas Location in Smith County and the state of Texas Tyler is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Smith County, Texas, United States. This town/city had a populace of 96,900 in 2010, as stated to the United States Enumeration Bureau.
Tyler's 2014 estimated populace is 107,405. It is 100 miles (160 km) east-southeast of Dallas.
Tyler is the principal town/city of the Tyler Metropolitan Statistical Area, with a populace of 209,714 in 2010, and the county-wide center of the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area, with a populace of 260,559 in 2010.
Tyler has the nickname "Rose Capital of America". It attained this name due to the large quantity of roses processed through the area, along with hosting America's biggest rose garden. In 1985, the global Adopt-a-Highway boss originated in Tyler when, after appeals by small-town Texas Department of Transportation officials, the small-town Civitan chapter adopted a two-mile (3-km) stretch of U.S.
Tyler is also home to the Caldwell Zoo and Broadway Square Mall.
As a county-wide educational and technology center, Tyler is the host for more than 20,000 college studies students, a College of Engineering, and a University Health Science Center, two regional, billion-dollar hospital systems, and a range of technology startups.
Tyler is positioned at 32 20 03 N 95 18 00 W at 544 feet (166 m) above sea level.
Tyler is surrounded by many lesser cities, including Whitehouse, Lindale, New Chapel Hill, Bullard, Edom, Brownsboro, and Chandler.
Tyler experiences weather typical of East Texas, which is unpredictable, especially in the spring.
Tyler welcome sign on U.S.
Tyler City Hall As of the 2010 census, 96,900 citizens resided in the town/city of Tyler, Texas.
See also: Timeline of Tyler, Texas See also: List of mayors of Tyler, Texas The Northeast Texas Public Health District is a political subdivision under the State of Texas established by the City of Tyler and Smith County.
Tyler is represented in the Texas Senate by Republican Bryan Hughes, District 1, and in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican Matt Schaefer, District 6.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Region I Parole Division Office and the Tyler District Parole Office in Tyler. Senators from Texas are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz; Tyler is part of Texas' US Congressional 1st District, which is presently represented by Republican Louie Gohmert.
The United States Postal Service operates a several postal services in Tyler, including Tyler, Azalea, Southeast Crossing, and the South Tyler Annex. The Riter Tower at University of Texas at Tyler Tyler's college studies establishments include the University of Texas at Tyler and the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, both part of the University of Texas System, as well as Tyler Junior College and Texas College.
John Tyler High School Public major and secondary education for much of the town/city is provided by the Tyler Independent School District, which includes two high schools, John Tyler and Robert E.
Lee; Premier High School of Tyler, a enhance charter school (Cumberland Academy).
Several Tyler schools offer global baccalaureate and advanced placement programs.
Portions of incorporated Tyler are served by encircling school districts.
These include sections of southeast Tyler by the Whitehouse Independent School District, and some sections in the east which are served by the Chapel Hill Independent School District.
There are a several private schools in Tyler, including Grace Community School (Texas), All Saints Episcopal School, Seventh-day Adventist Church School, King's Academy Christian School, Kingdom Life Academy (Located in the same building but, not affiliated with King's Academy) Christian Heritage School, East Texas Christian Academy, and Good Shepherd Reformed Episcopal School, and the Brook Hill School in close-by Bullard, TX.
The Tyler Catholic School System of the Catholic Diocese of Tyler consists of St.
People's National Bank office building in downtown Tyler Chamber of Commerce office in downtown Tyler In addition to its part in the rose-growing industry, Tyler is the command posts for Brookshire Grocery Company, which operates Brookshire's, Fresh, Super 1 Foods, and Spring Market supermarkets in three states (Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas).
The company's chief distribution center is positioned in south Tyler, while South - West Foods, a subsidiary that processes dairy products, is positioned just northeast of the city.
Adams Engineering has also made its command posts in Tyler.
Tyler Pipe, a subsidiary of Mc - Wane Inc.
DYNAenergetics Tyler Distribution Center, part of DYNAenergetics USA, which manufactures perforating equipment and explosives for the petroleum and gas trade 4 Tyler Independent School District 2,468 8 The University of Texas at Tyler 1,121 9 University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler 925 10 Tyler Junior College 862 Tyler is home to Caldwell Zoo, a several small-town museums, Lake Palestine, Lake Tyler, and various golf courses and nation clubs. A several miles away in Flint, TX is The Water - Park @ The Villages, a year-round, indoor water park.
There is also an "Azalea Trail" in Tyler, which are two officially designated routes inside the town/city that showcase homes or other landscaped venues adorned with azalea shrubs. The Azalea Trail also is home to the long-standing tradition of the Azalea Belles.
The official greeters of the Azalea Trail are known as the Azalea Belles, young women from the Tyler region who dress in antebellum gowns.
Tyler State Park, a several miles North of Town is where visitors can camp, canoe, and paddle boat on the lake.
The Smith County Historical Society operates a exhibition and archives in the old Carnegie Library. The East Texas State Fair is held annually in Tyler. Lake Tyler was the locale of the HGTV Dream Home contest in 2005.
The Smith County Historical Society building is positioned athwart the street from the Tyler Public Library.
Tyler has a Cotton Belt Railroad Depot Museum positioned near the Chamber of Commerce office.
The Smith County Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was established in 1959 by individuals and company firms dedicated to discovering, collecting, and preserving data, records, and other items relating to the history of Smith County, Texas.
The Society operates a exhibition and archives, which is positioned in the former Carnegie Public Library building in downtown Tyler.
The society's archival library contains historical artifacts of Smith County, including newspapers, town/city directories, school records, photographs, maps, historical papers, rare books, and much more.
Aerial photo of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas, shot by Butler Planning Services on 9/9/2005.
Tyler is a hub of a several major highways.
Tyler also has access to U.S.
Loop 49 is a limited access "outer loop" around the town/city and presently runs from State Highway 110 south of Tyler to Interstate 20 northwest of Tyler.
Tyler Transit provides customers with enhance transit service inside the City of Tyler.
Tyler Transit offers customers the option to purchase tickets, tokens, or passes at the Tyler Transit office, positioned at 210 E.
The City of Tyler paratransit service is a shared-ride, enhance transit service.
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport offers service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport via American Eagle.
General Aviation services are provided by two fixed-base operators, Johnson Aviation and the Jet Center of Tyler.
No passenger train service to Tyler has occurred since April 1956, but Amtrak runs through the town/city of Mineola, a short distance north of Tyler.
Hospitals positioned in Tyler include East Texas Medical Center, Trinity Mother Frances Health System, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, and Texas Spine & Joint Hospital.
First Baptist Church in downtown Tyler Marvin United Methodist Church in Tyler Family Life Center of West Erwin Church of Christ in Tyler Tyler is the home of many churches, including five large congregations in downtown, the Marvin United Methodist Church, Dayspring United Methodist Church, West Erwin Church of Christ, First Baptist Church, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Tyler is also the seat of Catholic Diocese of Tyler, which is especially noteworthy for its St.
The town/city also is the home of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a 100 plus year sanctuary recently renovated and declared a historic and tradition site by the Catholic Diocese of Tyler.
The Saint Peter Claver Parish positioned in central Tyler, is the second biggest Catholic Church in Tyler and was dedicated to St.
There is also a Nazarene church on Old Bullard Rd called Tyler First Church Of The Nazarene.
Tyler has three United Pentecostal Churches the biggest of them is Tyler Tabernacle positioned just outside of Loop 323.
The Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic church in East Tyler is also a primary center of gathering.
Gorman Regional Catholic School was constructed and dedicated in 2011 and holds populace in English and Spanish with a momentous number of other services offered to all Tyler and neighboring residents.
The city's biggest church, Green Acres Baptist Church, is positioned on Troup Highway in southeast Tyler.
Tyler is also home to two reformed Baptist churches, Sylvania Church and Living Acts Church, both of which are positioned in the south Tyler area.
Additionally, Tyler has two Jewish homes of prayer, Ahavath Achim, which associates itself with Conservative Judaism and Beth El which adheres to Reform Judaism. Tyler is also home to East Texas Islamic Society, established in 1988, which includes an Islamic home of worship and an Islamic school for children. There is also a Unitarian, Universalist Fellowship on Old Omen Road and Cross Brand Cowboy Church at 11915 FM-2015 Tyler, Texas.
Two Tyler churches were finished amid the 2010 East Texas church burnings.
Currently, 18 media outlets and one journal are positioned in Tyler, as well as many more in the encircling areas.
University of Texas at Tyler Patriots (NCAA Division III) Tyler Junior College Apaches (NJCAA) Tyler East Texans (1950 1953) John Tyler Lions (Public) Tyler Heat (Home School / 6 Man) On the evening of February 2, 2009, a fire engulfed a number of historic buildings positioned in downtown Tyler.
Doe, which prohibited denying schooling to immigrant children, originated in the Tyler Independent School District.
Mead established what later became known as Silverleaf Resorts in Tyler in 1977.
David Arroyo shooting in the Tyler Square on the Smith County Courthouse Main category: People from Tyler, Texas Johnny Manziel NFL quarterback (1992- ), Born in Tyler, but raised in Kerrville.- Cleveland Browns Archie Reynolds MLB pitcher, raised in Tyler (1946- ) Aaron Ross NFL cornerback, schooled in Tyler (1982) Jere Locke Beasley born December 12, 1935, in Tyler, he was the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Alabama when Governor George Corley Wallace was shot and severely injured in an assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland, on May 15, 1972.
President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1982 to 1984, was a pastor in Tyler in the early 1960s.
Dykes pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler Kevin Eltife Republican member of the Texas Senate from Tyler Gentry former Chairman Texas State Highway Commission; former US Congressman; the gymnasium at Tyler Junior College titled after him District Court Judge in Tyler for 30 years made countless key decisions on surrounding and civil rights Matt Krause Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth; born in Tyler in 1980 Frank Melton (1949-2009) born in Houston, he became general manager in 1977 of KLTV in Tyler, where he climbed the rates before becoming president of Buford Television, Inc.
For a period, he worked for Buford Television at KLTV in Tyler, as Operations Manager and Director of Creative Services, amid which time he was also a incessant actor at the Tyler Civic Theatre (1979 to 1990).
Albert Parsons (1848-1887) born in Alabama, he at one point resided in Tyler, where he was reared by his eldest brother, William Henry Parsons.
William moved the family moved from Tyler in the mid-1850s.
Matt Schaefer (born 1976) Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Tyler since 2013; lawyer and United States Navy officer District Court judge for the Eastern District of Texas, based in Tyler, from 1970 until his death.
Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Tyler was titled in his honor in 2006.
Kelley Thompson- born December 8, 1987 in Tyler, Playboy Playmate for November 2009 At the time of death, he resided on Lake Palestine near Tyler.
Brian Werner born in Norwood, Ohio, co-founder of Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge, positioned near Tyler.
Tyler Museum of Art Tyler Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Recreation, City of Tyler Parks and.
"City of Tyler Parks and Recreation > Park Directory > Tyler Rose Garden".
City of Tyler CAFR.
"Post Office Location SOUTH TYLER ANNEX." City of Tyler 2012-2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, p.
"Tyler Transit".
"Tyler, Texas", found in the Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, Austin, Gladys Peters, Along the Century Trail: Early History of Tyler, Texas (Dallas: Avalon Press, 1946) Burton, Morris Tyler as an Early Railroad Center, Chronicles of Smith County, Spring 1963 Betts, Vicki, Smith County, Texas, in the Civil War (Tyler, Texas: Smith County Historical Society, 1978) Glover, ed., Robert W., Tyler and Smith County, Texas (n.p.: Walsworth, 1976) Images of America: Tyler (Arcadia Publishing, 2008).
Postcard History: Tyler (Arcadia Publishing, 2009).
Smith County Historical Society, Historical Atlas of Smith County (Tyler, Texas: Tyler Print Shop, 1965) comp., Chronological History of Smith County (Tyler, Texas: Smith County Historical Society, 1983) Woldert, Albert, A History of Tyler and Smith County (San Antonio: Naylor, 1948) Wikisource has the text of The New Student's Reference Work article about Tyler, Texas.
City Of Tyler Website Official City Website Municipalities and communities of Smith County, Texas, United States
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