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Cresson was incorporated in [[2001]]. |
Cresson was incorporated in [[2001]]. |
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The [[Granbury Independent School District]] |
The [[Granbury Independent School District]] and the [[Aledo Independent School District]] serve area students. |
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Cresson, Texas is also home to Motorsport Ranch, the first purpose-built road racing course country club in the USA. http://www.motorsportranch.com/ |
Cresson, Texas is also home to Motorsport Ranch, the first purpose-built road racing course country club in the USA. http://www.motorsportranch.com/ |
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Cresson is a city in Hood County, Texas (USA) that lies at the intersection of three counties: Hood, Parker, and Johnson County, with an annexation that includes a very small portion of Tarrant County. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 377 and State Highway 171, seventeen miles southwest of Fort Worth. According to a 2005 U.S. census estimate, its population is 543. 2007 estimates are closer to 1000 with about half the population living in Parker County. The Pate Museum is in Parker County in between the two neighborhoods of Bourland Field and Bluebonnet Hills on US Hwy 377.
The city was named after John Cresson, captain of a wagon train that camped in the area before the civil war.
Cresson was incorporated in 2001.
The Granbury Independent School District and the Aledo Independent School District serve area students.
Cresson, Texas is also home to Motorsport Ranch, the first purpose-built road racing course country club in the USA. http://www.motorsportranch.com/
External links
- Cresson from the Handbook of Texas Online
- USGS Entry for Cresson, Texas
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