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Tyler is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Smith County
Smith County, Texas

Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 174,706 , while in 2007 it was estimated to have reached 198,705....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The city is named for President John Tyler
John Tyler

John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
 in recognition of his support for Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
's admission to the United States. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
 recorded the city's population to be 83,650, while in 2008 it was estimated to have reached 108,772. Tyler is the principal city of the Tyler Metropolitan Statistical Area
Tyler metropolitan area

The Tyler Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Smith County, Texas – in East Texas Texas, anchored by the city of Tyler, Texas....
, which is part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area
Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area

The Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical Area is made up of two counties in East Texas. The statistical area consists of the Tyler Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Cherokee County, Texas....
.

Tyler has been nicknamed the "Rose Capital of America" because of its large role in the rose
Rose

A rose is a perennial plant flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colors....
-growing industry; about 20% of commercial rose bushes produced in the U.S.






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Tyler is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Smith County
Smith County, Texas

Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 174,706 , while in 2007 it was estimated to have reached 198,705....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The city is named for President John Tyler
John Tyler

John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
 in recognition of his support for Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
's admission to the United States. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
 recorded the city's population to be 83,650, while in 2008 it was estimated to have reached 108,772. Tyler is the principal city of the Tyler Metropolitan Statistical Area
Tyler metropolitan area

The Tyler Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Smith County, Texas – in East Texas Texas, anchored by the city of Tyler, Texas....
, which is part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area
Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area

The Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical Area is made up of two counties in East Texas. The statistical area consists of the Tyler Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Cherokee County, Texas....
.

Tyler has been nicknamed the "Rose Capital of America" because of its large role in the rose
Rose

A rose is a perennial plant flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colors....
-growing industry; about 20% of commercial rose bushes produced in the U.S. are grown in Tyler and Smith County and more than half of the rose bushes are packaged and shipped from the area. It boasts the nation's largest municipal rose garden and hosts the Texas Rose Festival
Texas Rose Festival

The Texas Rose Festival, a four-day event held annually in Tyler, Texas, celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy. The festivities, taking place during the third weekend of October, draw thousands of tourists to the city each year....
 each October, which draws more than 100,000 spectators..

In 1985, the international Adopt-a-Highway
Adopt a Highway

The Adopt-a-Highway program, also known as Sponsor-a-Highway is a promotional campaign undertaken by U.S. states, Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada and national governments outside North America to encourage volunteers to keep a section of a highway free from litter....
 movement originated in Tyler when, after appeals by local Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Department of Transportation

The Texas Department of Transportation is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas. Its stated mission is to "work cooperatively to provide safe, effective and efficient movement of people and goods" throughout the state....
 officials, the local Civitan
Civitan

Civitan International is an association of community service clubs founded in 1917. The organization aims "to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities." The organization includes 40,000 members...
 chapter adopted a 2-mile (3-km) stretch of U.S. Highway 69. Tyler is also home to the Caldwell Zoo
Caldwell Zoo

The Caldwell Zoo is a zoo located in the city of Tyler, Texas featuring animals from all over the world....
.

Geography


Tyler is located at (32.334249, -95.299927) Elevation: 544 feet. Tyler is surrounded by many smaller suburbs including Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Texas

Jacksonville is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 13,868 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical Area....
, Whitehouse
Whitehouse, Texas

Whitehouse is a city in Smith County, Texas, Texas, United States. The city had an estimated population of 7,327 in 2006. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Tyler metropolitan area....
, Lindale
Lindale, Texas

Lindale is a town in Smith County, Texas, Texas, United States. The town had an estimated population of 5,024 in 2006. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Tyler metropolitan area....
, New Chapel Hill
New Chapel Hill, Texas

New Chapel Hill is a city in Smith County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 553 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Tyler metropolitan area....
, Bullard
Bullard, Texas

Bullard is a town in northern Cherokee County, Texas and southern Smith County, Texas Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It lies at the intersection of U.S....
, Edom
Edom, Texas

Edom is a city in Van Zandt County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 322 at the 2000 census....
, Brownsboro
Brownsboro, Texas

Brownsboro is a city in Henderson County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 796 at the 2000 census. The community is on Texas State Highway 31....
, Chandler
Chandler, Texas

Chandler is a city in Henderson County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 2,099 at the 2000 census....
, and Mineola
Mineola, Texas

Mineola is a city in Wood County, Texas, Texas, United States. It lies at the junction of U.S. highways 69 and 80, eighty miles east of Dallas,Texas in southwestern Wood County....
.

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 49.4 square mile
Square mile

The square mile is an Imperial system and US customary system of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared....
s (128.0 Square kilometre
Square kilometre

Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....
s), of which, 49.3 square miles (127.7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.22%) is water.

Climate

Tyler enjoys weather typical of East Texas
East Texas

East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the United States state of Texas.According to the Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north central Lamar County, TX southwestward to east central Limestone County, TX and then south...
, which is unpredictable, especially in the spring time. All of East Texas has the humid subtropical climate
Humid subtropical climate

Humid subtropical climate is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and chilly to mild winters. This climate type covers a broad category of climates, and the term "subtropical" may be a misnomer for the winter climate....
 typical of the Southeast in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

The record high for Tyler is 111°F (44°C), which occurred on July 31, 1921. The record low for Tyler is -3°F (-19°C), which occurred on January 18, 1930.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 83,650 people, 32,525 households, and 21,076 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 1,696.7 people per square mile (655.1/km²). There were 35,337 housing units at an average density of 716.7/sq mi (276.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 61.72% White
White American

White American is an umbrella term officially employed by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget and other U.S. government for the classification of United States citizens or resident aliens "having origins in any of the original peoples of Ethnic groups of Europe, the Ethnic groups of the Middle East, or Ethnic gro...
, 26.83% African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
, 0.34% Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
, 0.96% Asian
Asian American

Asian Americans are United States of Asian people. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans and others whose national origin is from the Asia....
, 0.04% Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander

Pacific Islander , is a regional geography term to describe the Austronesian people inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia....
, 8.46% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. 15.82% of the population were Hispanic
Hispanic

Hispanic is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania . During the Modern Era, it took on a more limited meaning relating to the contemporary nation of Spain....
 or Latino of any race.

There were 32,525 households out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.12.

The city's population was spread out by age, with 26% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 20% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,163, and the median income for a family was $43,618. Males had a median income of $31,728 versus $22,397 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $20,184. 16.8% of the population and 13.0% of families were below the poverty threshold
Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate standard of living in a given country....
. 23.3% of those under the age of 18 and 12.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Economy

In addition to its role in the rose-growing industry, Tyler is the headquarters for Brookshire Grocery Company
Brookshire Grocery Company

Brookshire Grocery Co. is a Tyler, Texas-based supermarket chain with 156 stores operating in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. The company was founded in 1928 by Wood T....
, which operates Brookshire's and Super 1 Foods, and Ole! supermarkets in four states. The company's main distribution center is located in south Tyler, while SouthWest Foods, a subsidiary that produces dairy products, is located just north-east of the city. Adams Engineering has also made its headquarters in Tyler.

The manufacturing sector includes:
  • Tyler Pipe, a subsidiary of McWane Inc. that produces soil and utility pipe products
  • Trane
    Trane

    Trane Inc. is a subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand and is the successor company to the American Standard Companies. It is a global provider of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems and building management systems and controls under the Trane and American Standard brand names....
    , a business of Ingersoll-Rand, formerly a unit of American Standard Companies
    American Standard Companies

    American Standard Companies, Inc. was a global manufacturer of air conditioning systems and services, bathroom & kitchen products and vehicle control systems....
    , which manufactures air conditioners
    Air conditioning

    An air conditioner is an appliance, system, or Mechanism designed to extract heat from an area via a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC." Its purpose, in a building or an automobile, is to provide comfort during either hot or cold...
     and heat pump
    Heat pump

    A heat pump is a machine or device that moves heat from one location to another location using mechanical work. Most heat pump technology moves heat from a low temperature heat source to a higher temperature heat sink....
    s (this plant was originally built in 1955 by General Electric
    General Electric

    The General Electric Company, or GE is a multinational corporation United States technology and Service s conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York....
    )
  • Carrier
    Carrier Corporation

    The Carrier Corporation is the world?s largest manufacturer and distributor of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, and a global leader in the commercial refrigeration and food service equipment industry....
    , which manufactures air conditioners
    Air conditioning

    An air conditioner is an appliance, system, or Mechanism designed to extract heat from an area via a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC." Its purpose, in a building or an automobile, is to provide comfort during either hot or cold...
  • Delek Refining, an Israeli owned oil refinery formerly dba La Gloria Oil and Gas Co (a Crown Central Petroleum subsidiary).
  • Ferguson Beauregard, an operating company of Dover Corporation
    Dover Corporation

    Dover Corporation is a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of specialized industrial products and equipment within six segments. Dover Corporation is based in New York, NY....
     that specializes in equipment for the measurement and production of natural gas using the plunger lift method.
  • Vesuvius USA, a division of Cookson Group
    Cookson Group

    Cookson Group plc is a leading materials technology company headquartered in London which provides materials, processes and services to customers worldwide....
     that manufactures refractory
    Refractory

    A refractory material is one that retains its strength at high temperatures. ASTM International C71 defines refractories as "non-metallic materials having those chemical and physical properties that made them applicable for structures, or as components of systems, that are exposed to environments above 1000 ?F "....
     ceramics used in the steel industry.


Also produced in Tyler are John Soules Foods' fajita and other meat products, Greenberg's Smoked Turkeys, Distant Lands Coffee Roasters coffee, Tyler Candle Co. jar candles, Tyler Products, and a variety of small high-tech businesses including Synthesizers.com, Group M7, CBI , Power-Up, and Arrick Robotics.

Tyler is also a major medical center which serves the city as well as the surrounding East Texas area.

Recreation & Tourism


Annually, the Texas Rose Festival
Texas Rose Festival

The Texas Rose Festival, a four-day event held annually in Tyler, Texas, celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy. The festivities, taking place during the third weekend of October, draw thousands of tourists to the city each year....
 draws thousands of tourists to Tyler. The festival, which celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy, is held in October and features a parade, the coronation of the Rose Queen, and other civic events. There is also a Rose Museum
Rose Museum

The Rose Museum, located on the second floor of Manhattan's Carnegie Hall at 154 West 57th Street, is a small museum dedicated to the history of Carnegie Hall....
 featuring the history of the Festival. Tyler is home to Caldwell Zoo
Caldwell Zoo

The Caldwell Zoo is a zoo located in the city of Tyler, Texas featuring animals from all over the world....
, several local museums, Lake Palestine, Lake Tyler, and numerous golf courses and country clubs. There is also an "Azalea Trail," which are 2 officially designated routes within the city that showcase homes or other landscaped venues adorned with azalea
Azalea

Azaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. Originally azaleas were classed as a different genus of plant, but now they are recognised as two of the eight sub-genera of rhododendrons - subgenus Pentanthera , and subgenus Tsutsuji ....
 shrubs.Tyler State Park
Tyler State Park (Texas)

Tyler State Park is a state park north of Tyler, Texas, Texas. It is in Smith County, north of Tyler. The park includes a lake. The land was deeded by private owners in 1934 and 1935; original improvements were made by the Civilian Conservation Corps ....
 is a few miles away where visitors can camp, canoe, and paddle boat on the lake. Activities include picnicking; camping; boating (motors allowed - 5 mph speed limit); boat rentals; fishing; birding; hiking; mountain biking and hiking trails; lake swimming (in unsupervised swimming area); and nature study. The Smith County Historical Society operates a museum and archives in the old Carnegie Library.

Lake Tyler was the location of the HGTV Dream Home
HGTV Dream Home

The HGTV Dream Home is the United States cable television television network Home & Garden Television's annual project house and sweepstakes, held since 1997....
 contest in 2005. The 6,500 square feet (600 m²) house briefly boosted tourism and interest in the community. It subsequently was sold at public auction in January, 2008, for 1.325 million dollars.

Historical

Camp Ford
Camp Ford

Camp Ford was a prisoner of war camp near Tyler, Texas, during the American Civil War. It was the largest Confederate States Army-run prison west of the Mississippi River....
 was the largest Confederate Prisoner of War Camp west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
. The site of the camp is now a public park, managed by the Smith County Historical Society. The park features a kiosk with extensive graphics detailing the history of the camp, a walking trail with interpretive signage, a reconstruction of a POW cabin, and picnic facilities. It is open daily from dawn to dusk with free admission. It is located on Highway 271, 0.8 miles north of Loop 323. The East Texas State Fair is held annually in Tyler.

Transportation

As with much of modern America the automobile is the most common form of transportation. Tyler is a nexus of several major highways. Interstate 20 runs along the north edge of the city going east and west, U.S. Highway 69 runs north-south through the center of town and State Highway 64 runs east-west through the city. Tyler also has access to U.S. Highway 271, State Highway 31, State Highway 155, and State Highway 110. Loop 323 was established in 1957 and originally encircled the city, which has continued to grow outside of the loop. This expansion is the reason for the new loop 49 which is currently under construction. Loop 49, designed to be an "outer loop" around the city, and connect to I20. The first five-mile segment, which connects Highway 155 south with Highway 69 south, opened for use on August 17, 2006. A second segment connecting Highway 69 with Paluxy Drive opened in January, 2008.

Public transportation

The city's Tyler Transit buses run daily, excluding Sundays and holidays. Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and incorporated as "Greyhound Corporation" in 1929....
 bus service is available through a downtown terminal.

Via air

Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport

Tyler Pounds Regional Airport is an airport located six miles west of Tyler, Texas, Texas . The airport currently has three paved runways. In recent years, the airport has been expanding in order to meet goals outlined within "The Tyler Master Plan." On August 17, 2002, the airport opened a new terminal building, which doubled the availabl...
 offers service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is located between the cities of Dallas, Texas and Fort Worth, Texas, and is the busiest airport in the U.S....
 via American Eagle
American Eagle Airlines

American Eagle Airlines is a brand name used by American Eagle Airlines, Inc. , based in Fort Worth, Texas, and Executive Airlines based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the operation of passenger air service as regional airline of American Airlines....
 and to Houston's
Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
 George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport is a Class B airports international airport in the city of Houston, Texas, United States serving the Greater Houston area....
 via Colgan Air
Colgan Air

Colgan Air, Inc. is an United States fully operating certificate regional airline subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation. The headquarters of Colgan Air are located at the grounds of the Manassas Regional Airport in Manassas, Virginia....
 Continental Connection
Continental Connection

Continental Connection is a brand name under which several regional airline carriers and their holding company operate service marketed exclusively by Continental Airlines....
.

Via train

Tyler was the hub for a series of short-line railroad
Rail transport

Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
s which later evolved into the St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway

The St. Louis Southwestern Railway , known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", was organized on January 15, 1891, although it had its origins in a series of short lines founded in Tyler, Texas, in 1877 that connected northeastern Texas to Arkansas and southeastern Missouri....
, better known as "The Cotton Belt Route." This line later became part of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad

The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company , was an United States railroad....
, which itself merged with the Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
, which continues to serve the city today.

Healthcare

Hospitals located in Tyler include East Texas Medical Center, Trinity Mother Frances Health System, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler

The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler is a health institution located in Tyler, Texas. Originally named "East Texas Tuberculosis Sanitarium", it was established in 1947 as a tuberculosis treatment facility at the location of Camp Fannin....
, and Texas Spine & Joint Hospital. Tyler serves as a major medical center for communities throughout East Texas.

Education


Colleges and Universities

Tyler's higher education institutions include the University of Texas at Tyler
University of Texas at Tyler

The University of Texas at Tyler, also referred to as UT Tyler, is a coeducational public university located in Tyler, Texas, USA, operating as a regional component campus of the University of Texas System serving the East Texas region....
 and the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler

The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler is a health institution located in Tyler, Texas. Originally named "East Texas Tuberculosis Sanitarium", it was established in 1947 as a tuberculosis treatment facility at the location of Camp Fannin....
, both part of the University of Texas System
University of Texas System

The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are for academy university and six are health institutions....
, Tyler Junior College
Tyler Junior College

Tyler Junior College is a two-year community college in Tyler, Texas. TJC is one of the largest community colleges in Texas, with an enrollment of more than 12,000 credit students each year with an additional 20,000 continuing education enrollments annually; a separate West Campus is primarily used for continuing education and vocational trai...
, and Texas College
Texas College

Texas College is a historically black colleges and universities four-year college located in Tyler, Texas that is affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Negro College Fund....
.

Public schools

Public primary and secondary education for much of the city is provided by the Tyler Independent School District
Tyler Independent School District

Tyler Independent School District is a public school district based in Tyler, Texas, Texas .In addition to serving most of Tyler, the district serves the city of Noonday, Texas and rural areas in west central Smith County, Texas....
, which includes two high schools, John Tyler
John Tyler High School

John Tyler High School is a Public school, Coeducation secondary school in Tyler, Texas. It is part of the Tyler Independent School District and serves 9th through 12th grade....
 and Robert E. Lee; Premier High School of Tyler a public charter school; several Tyler schools offer International Baccalaureate
IB Diploma Programme

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is an educational programme examined in one of three languages and is a leading university entrance course....
 and Advance Placement
Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement program offers college level courses at high schools across the United States and Canada. According to the Good Schools Guide International, it is "usually much more rigorous than the general course offerings."...
 programmes. The IB Diploma Programme is no longer part of the high schools, as of August of 2008.

Portions of incorporated Tyler are served by surrounding school districts. These include sections of southeast Tyler by the Whitehouse Independent School District
Whitehouse Independent School District

The Whitehouse Independent School District is a school district in Whitehouse, Texas, Texas, United States....
, and some sections in the east which are served by the Chapel Hill Independent School District
Chapel Hill Independent School District (Smith County, Texas)

Chapel Hill Independent School District is a public school district based in Tyler, Texas, Texas .The district is located in east central Smith County, Texas and covers the city of New Chapel Hill, Texas, the community of Jackson, and a small portion of Tyler....
.

Private schools

The Tyler Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 School System of the Catholic Diocese of Tyler consists of St. Gregory Elementary and Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Middle/High School
Bishop T. K. Gorman High School (Tyler, Texas)

Bishop Thomas K. Gorman High School is a Private school Catholic school high school in Tyler, Texas, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler....
. There are several other private schools, including Grace Community School, Christian Heritage School, East Texas Christian Academy, All Saints Episcopal School, and Good Shepherd Reformed Episcopal School.

Media

There are currently 14 media outlets and one newspaper located in Tyler, as well as many more in the surrounding areas.

Newspaper

  • Tyler Morning Telegraph
    Tyler Morning Telegraph

    The Tyler Morning Telegraph is a daily newspaper based in Tyler, Texas, United States It is privately owned by the T.B. Butler Publishing Company, Inc....


Television

UHF Cable Call Network
Channel Channel Letters
Stations Broadcast from Tyler
77KLTV
KLTV

KLTV is a television station in Tyler, Texas, USA. It is an American Broadcasting Company network affiliate, and it broadcasts its analog signal on Very high frequency channel 7 and digital signal on channel 10....
ABC
1911KYTX
KYTX

KYTX is a television station based in Tyler, Texas, licensed to Nacogdoches, Texas. It operates on digital UHF 18. The CBS affiliate, previously owned by Max Media of Texas LLC, serves a swath of East Texas, including Tyler, Jacksonville, Texas, Lufkin, Texas and Nacogdoches....
CBS
5610KETK
KETK-TV

KETK-TV, channel 56, is the NBC television affiliate serving the East Texas viewing area. It is owned by Communications Corporation of America ....
NBC
Stations with Tyler Coverage Area
5112KFXK
KFXK

KFXK is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate station of Longview, Texas. Its East Texas coverage area includes Tyler, Texas and Longview. The station is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, and controlled by Communications Corporation of America....
FOX


Radio


AM stations

Frequency Call Leters Format Name
Stations Broadcast from Tyler
600KTBBNews/Talk
690KZEYUrban Contemporary
1330KGLDGospelThe Light
1490KYZS
KYZS

KYZS is a radio station broadcasting a sports talk format. Licensed to Tyler, Texas, USA. The station is currently owned by Gleiser Communications, LLC and features programing from ESPN Radio....
SportsESPN


FM stations
Frequency Call Leters Format Name
Stations Broadcast from Tyler
89.5KVNE
Moody Broadcasting Network

Moody Radio is a trademark of Moody Bible Institute, and is one of the largest Christian radio networks in the United States. Located in downtown Chicago, Moody Radio has 35 owned and operated stations and over 700 affiliates and outlets that carry all or part of its programming....
Christian ContemporaryEncouragement FM
91.3KGLYReligious
92.1KDOK
KDOK

KDOK is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Tyler, Texas, USA, the station serves the Tyler-Longview area. The station is currently owned by Gleiser Communications, LLC and features programing from ABC Radio ....
Oldies
93.1KTYL-FM
KTYL-FM

KTYL-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format to the Tyler, Texas-Longview, Texas area. The station is owned by GAP Broadcasting, LLC and is licensed to GAP Broadcasting Tyler License, LLC....
Adult ContemporaryMix
96.7KOYE
KOYE

KOYE is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Frankston, Texas, USA, the station serves the Tyler-Longview area....
Regional MexicanaLa Invasora
100.1K261CWPublic RadioKERA
101.5KNUECountry
104.1KKUS
KKUS

KKUS is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Tyler, Texas, USA, the station serves the Tyler-Longview area. The station is currently owned by Access.1 Texas License Company LLC and features programing from Fox News Radio....
CountryThe Ranch 105.7 KYKX Country
Stations with Tyler Coverage Area
90.3KBJS
Moody Broadcasting Network

Moody Radio is a trademark of Moody Bible Institute, and is one of the largest Christian radio networks in the United States. Located in downtown Chicago, Moody Radio has 35 owned and operated stations and over 700 affiliates and outlets that carry all or part of its programming....
Christian Talk
96.1KKTX-FM
KKTX-FM

KKTX-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Album Oriented Rock format. Licensed to Kilgore, Texas, USA, the station serves the Longview-Marshall area....
Classic and Contemporary Rock96X
99.3KAJK
KAJK

KAJK is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Hits format. Licensed to White Oak, Texas, USA, the station serves the Longview-Marshall area. The station is currently owned by Reynolds Radio, Inc....
Adult HitsJackFM
102.7KBLZ
KBLZ

KBLZ and KAZE are a pair of Rhythmic Contemporary simulcast radio stations serving East Texas. KBLZ in Winona, Texas broadcasts at 102.7 MHz with an ERP of 9.3 kW, while KAZE, licensed to Ore City, Texas, broadcasts at 106.9 MHz with an ERP of 8.2 kW....
Hip HopThe Blaze
106.5KOOI
KOOI

KOOI is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Jacksonville, Texas, USA, the station serves the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area....
Adult ContemporarySunny
107.3KISX
KISX

KISX is a radio station city of license to Whitehouse, Texas, and broadcasts in Tyler, Texas with an Urban Adult Contemporary musical format. It is owned by Gap Broadcasting....
Urban ContemporaryJAMZ


Sports


Baseball Teams

  • Tyler Elbertas (1912)
  • Tyler Trojans (1924-1929, 1931, 1935-1940, 1946-1950)
  • Tyler Sports (1932)
  • Tyler Governors (1933-1934)
  • Tyler East Texans (1950-1953)
  • Tyler Tigers (1954-1955)
  • Tyler Wildcatters
    Tyler Wildcatters

    The Tyler WildCatters were a minor league baseball team located in Tyler, Texas. The team, which existed from 1994 to 1997, played in the independent Texas-Louisiana League, and was un-affiliated with any major league baseball team....
     (1994-1997)
  • Tyler Roughnecks (2001)


Football

  • East Texas Twisters (2004)


High school sports teams


Football


Notable Events

  • On May 11, 2003, East Texas housewife Deanna Laney murders
    Deanna Laney murders

    The Deanna Laney murders were the killings, by Deanna Laney, of her two oldest sons by stoning.On 3 April 2004, a jury acquitted her of all charges by reason of insanity....
     two of her children and maimed another, claiming God told her to do it. She was eventually acquitted by reason of insanity.
  • On February 24, 2005, David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. murdered his ex-wife and wounded his son in front of the Smith County Courthouse
    Tyler courthouse shooting

    The Tyler courthouse shooting refers to a February 24, 2005, incident in which David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. opened fire on his ex-wife and son in front of the Smith County, Texas Courthouse in Tyler, Texas, then engaged police and court officers in a shootout....
     in Tyler, Texas. A shootout and escape attempt followed, and Arroyo was killed.
  • The 2007 reality show Anchorwoman
    Anchorwoman (TV series)

    Anchorwoman is a partially scripted 2007 United States comedy/reality show hybrid Fox Television television series about Lauren Jones who aspires to become an anchorwoman at KYTX in Tyler, Texas, Texas....
     was filmed in Tyler, at CBS affiliate KYTX
    KYTX

    KYTX is a television station based in Tyler, Texas, licensed to Nacogdoches, Texas. It operates on digital UHF 18. The CBS affiliate, previously owned by Max Media of Texas LLC, serves a swath of East Texas, including Tyler, Jacksonville, Texas, Lufkin, Texas and Nacogdoches....
    . The show ran for two episodes aired on one night before being canceled by Fox
    Fox Entertainment Group

    Fox Entertainment Group is an United States entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial television, cable television, and direct broadcast satellite television properties....
    .
  • On the evening of February 2, 2009 a fire engulfed a number of historic buildings located in downtown Tyler. Eight different fire departments responded to the fire.

Famous Tylerites


Actors/Actresses

  • Sandy Duncan
    Sandy Duncan

    Sandra Kay "Sandy" Duncan is an American singer and actor of Broadway theatre and television. Her most notable trademarks are her pixie blonde hairdo and her perky demeanor....
     - actress (though born in Henderson
    Henderson, Texas

    Henderson is a city in Rusk County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 11,273 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rusk County, Texas....
    , she grew up in Tyler); attended Birdwell Elementary School
  • Alex Finlayson
    Alex Finlayson

    Alex Finlayson is an American playwright whose sly irreverant plays have found more success on the English stage than in the U.S. After winning a Mobil Oil International Playwriting Prize, Winding the Ball -- a dark comedy about a sniper shooting up the small town where he is also the popular high school football coach -- was produced by T...
     - playwright
  • Arthur "Dooley" Wilson
    Dooley Wilson

    Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an African American actor and singer. He was born in Tyler, Texas, and is most famous for playing "Sam" in the 1942 film Casablanca ....
     - Actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
     and singer most well known for playing Sam in the movie Casablanca
    Casablanca (film)

    Casablanca is an Cinema of the United States romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre....


Athletes

  • Earl Campbell
    Earl Campbell

    Earl Christian Campbell is a former professional American Football running back and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.His nickname is The Tyler Rose, a reference to his hometown of Tyler, Texas, Texas which is known as the "Rose Capital of America" for its prominent place in the rose-growing industry....
     - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     Hall of Fame
    Pro Football Hall of Fame

    The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, Ohio, United States, on September 7 1963 with 17 charter inductees....
     running back
    Running back

    A running back is the position of a player on an American football or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the History of American football positions#Offensive Backfield....
     nicknamed "The Tyler Rose"
  • Louis Santop
    Louis Santop

    Louis Santop Loftin was an American catcher in baseball's Negro league baseball, who became one of black baseball's earliest superstars. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006....
     - Negro League
    Negro league baseball

    The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the #Significant Negro leagues that are sometimes termed "Negro Major Leagues"....
     Catcher (1909-1917, 1920-1926), member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
    National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

    The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related artifacts and exhibits, and the honoring of persons who have excel...
  • Pat Mahomes
    Pat Mahomes

    Patrick Lavon Mahomes is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Sioux Falls Canaries of the independent American Association of Independent Professional Baseball....
     - MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     Pitcher (1992-1997, 1999-2003)
  • Jerry Mumphrey
    Jerry Mumphrey

    Jerome Wayne Mumphrey was an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals , San Diego Padres , New York Yankees , Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs ....
     - MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     Outfielder (1974-1988)
  • Lee Tunnell
    Lee Tunnell

    Byron Lee Tunnell is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Tunnell pitched all or part of six seasons in the majors, between and , for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St....
     - MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     Pitcher (1982-1985, 1987, 1989)
  • Archie Reynolds
    Archie Reynolds

    Archie Edward Reynolds is a former professional baseball player who played five seasons for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball....
     - MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     Pitcher (1968-1972)
  • Clarence Huber - MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     Third Baseman (1920-1921, 1925-1926)
  • Travis Chick
    Travis Chick

    Travis Cole Chick is an United States Major League Baseball pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He has been used as both a starting pitcher and a relief pitcher....
     - MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     Pitcher (2006)
  • Doug Wyatt - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     safety (1970-1974)
  • Randy Grimes
    Randy Grimes

    Randy Grimes was an American football player who played center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1983 to 1992.Randy played for Baylor University during the early 1980s and was a part of the 1980 Southwest Conference Champion Bears, which also included the likes of other NFL players Mike Singletary, Alfred Anderson, Vic Vines, Walter Abercro...
     - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     center/guard (1983-1990, 1992)
  • Ronnie Lee - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     tight end/offensive lineman (1979-1992)
  • Hunter Freeman
    Hunter Freeman

    Hunter Freeman is an United States soccer Defender who currently plays for I.K. Start of the Norwegian Premier League....
     - MLS
    Major League Soccer

    Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league based in the United States, overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league is comprised of 15 teams, 14 in the U.S....
     defender
  • Daniel Hernandez
    Daniel Hernandez

    Daniel Demetrio Hernandez is an Mexican-American soccer defender , currently playing in Mexico for Jaguares de Chiapas....
     - MLS
    Major League Soccer

    Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league based in the United States, overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league is comprised of 15 teams, 14 in the U.S....
     defender
  • Billie Wayne Lemons
    Billie Wayne Lemons

    Billie Wayne Lemons was a Church of Christ minister from Lubbock, Texas, Texas, who played football for the National Football League Cleveland Browns in 1977, when the team won six and lost eight games....
     (1955-2008) - Born in Tyler; played for Cleveland Browns
    Cleveland Browns

    The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They play in the AFC North division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
    , 1977; Church of Christ
    Christ

    Christ is the English language term for the Greek meaning "the anointing", which is a title given to the Reigning Messiah in the given age of the Zodiac....
     minister in Lubbock
    Lubbock, Texas

    Lubbock is an United States of America city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the West Texas part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, it is the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, and the home of Texas Tech University....
  • Aaron Ross
    Aaron Ross

    Aaron Jermaine Ross is an American football defensive back for the New York Giants in the National Football League. He played cornerback for the University of Texas at Austin Texas Longhorns from 2003 to 2006, winning the Jim Thorpe Award for the nation's top defensive back in 2006....
     - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     player, New York Giants
    New York Giants

    The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team plays its home games at Giants Stadium, which also serves as its headquarters, and trains at an adjacent practice facility within the Meadowlands Sports Complex....
     cornerback, 2006 winner of the Jim Thorpe Award
    Jim Thorpe Award

    The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986....
  • Tim Crowder - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     player, Denver Broncos
    Denver Broncos

    The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. They are currently a member of the American Football Conference AFC West in the National Football League ....
     defensive lineman
  • Ed Jasper
    Ed Jasper

    Edward Jasper is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft....
     Not from Tyler He is from Troup- NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     defensive tackle
    Defensive tackle

    Defensive tackle is a position on the defensive line in American football and Canadian football. The defensive tackle lines up toward the center of the field, and is flanked by the defensive ends....
  • Terrence Murphy
    Terrence Murphy

    Terrence Cardene Murphy is a retired American football wide receiver and Special Teams....
     - Former Texas A&M University standout and Green Bay Packers
    Green Bay Packers

    The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the NFC North of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL....
     Wide Receiver
  • Matt Flynn - LSU
    Louisiana State University

    Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....
     Quarterback, BCS National Championship MVP
  • Ciron Black - LSU
    Louisiana State University

    Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....
     All-American Offensive Tackle
  • Derek Farmer - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     Running Back, San Diego Chargers
    San Diego Chargers

    The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Gary Baxter
    Gary Baxter

    Gary Wayne Baxter is an American football defensive back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft....
     - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     cornerback
    Cornerback

    A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American football and Canadian football football. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers....
  • Philip Humber
    Philip Humber

    Philip Gregory Humber is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. He was the New York Mets' first-round Major League Baseball Draft pick out of Rice University in 2004 Major League Baseball Draft....
     - Minnesota Twins
    Minnesota Twins

    The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The Twins are a member of the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
     pitcher
    Pitcher

    In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a base on balls....
     from nearby Carthage, Texas
    Carthage, Texas

    Carthage is a city in Panola County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 6,664 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Panola County, Texas, and is situated in East Texas near the Louisiana state line....
     but now living in Tyler
  • Gary Jones - NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     Defensive Back
  • Chris Carter - Former NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     safety
  • Morgan Wade
    Morgan Wade

    Morgan Wade is a professional BMX rider from Tyler, Texas. He competed in the 2006 and 2007 X-Games in the Freestyle and Big Air competitions....
     - (Pro BMX Rider)
  • Larry Johnson
    Larry Johnson (basketball)

    Larry Demetric Johnson is a retired United States basketball player who spent his professional career with the New Orleans Hornets and New York Knicks in the NBA....
     - NBA
    National Basketball Association

    The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
     Forward New Orleans Hornets, New York Knicks
    New York Knicks

    The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New York City. The team plays in the National Basketball Association ....
     1991-2001
  • Buddy Turman
    Buddy Turman

    Reagan Garth "Buddy" Turman was an United States professional heavyweight boxing. He was born in the rural community of Noonday, Texas....
     (1933-2007) - heavyweight boxer from Noonday, Texas
    Noonday, Texas

    Noonday is a city in Smith County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 515 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Tyler metropolitan area....


Musicians

  • Arab - Rapper, partner of Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
  • Shaun Groves
    Shaun Groves

    Shaun Groves is an United States Christianity singer-songwriter and musician from Tyler, Texas....
     - Singer, Songwriter of Christian Rock Music
  • Paul Baloche
    Paul Baloche

    Paul Baloche is an United States Christian music artist, worship leader, and singer-songwriter. A native of Maple Shade, New Jersey, Baloche is currently the worship pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas....
     - Singer, Songwriter of Contemporary Worship Music
  • Ken Bethea - Guitarist for Old 97's
    Old 97's

    The Old 97's are an alternative country band originally based in Dallas, Texas, Texas. The group formed in 1993 and took their name from an old country song popularized by Johnny Cash, "Wreck of the Old 97." They describe themselves as a rock band with influences as varied as the Kinks, the Beatles, the Pixies, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, and...
  • Adam Carroll - Singer and Songwriter
  • David Kurtz - Berklee Alumnus '08
  • Tyler Graham - Singer, Songwriter of Blues Music
  • Teron Beal- Sony Music Singer, Songwriter (Micheal Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Whitney Houston, Mya, Brandy)
  • Brandon Beal- Singer, Songwriter, Producer- MMG Records, Vecca (Sony BMG Japan) Recording Artist
  • Richard Dobson
    Richard Dobson

    Richard Dobson is an American singer/songwriter.He was born in Tyler, Texas. He spent time in the 1970s with Townes Van Zandt, Mickey White, Rex "Wrecks" Bell, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell and Skinny Dennis....
     - Singer and Songwriter
  • Eisley
    Eisley

    Eisley is a Rock music band from Tyler, Texas, Texas, consisting of four siblings and their cousin , all of whom were born and live in Texas....
     - indie band comprising Chauntelle, Sherri, Stacy, Weston and Garron DuPree.
  • Element Eighty
    Element Eighty

    Element Eighty is a four-piece rock music band from Tyler, Texas, Texas. The band formed in 1995. The band split in 2006, only to be reunited a few months later in Mid-2007....
     - Alternative metal
    Alternative metal

    Alternative metal is an Eclecticism form of heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside Grunge music. It is characterized by some heavy metal trappings , but usually with a pronounced experimental music edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, more syncopation than typical metal, unusual technique,...
     band comprising Zack Bates, Ryan Carroll, David Galloway and Matt Woods.
  • Hobbit - 1970s/1980s Rock band
  • Johnny Horton
    Johnny Horton

    Johnny Horton was an United States country music singer who was most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which launched the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s....
     - Country singer
  • Will Jennings
    Will Jennings

    Wilbur "Will" Jennings is an United States songwriter. He attended school just outside Tyler, TX, in the nearby Chapel Hill Independent School District ....
     - American songwriter
  • Lix - 1980s Metal band
  • Mouse and the Traps
    Mouse and the Traps

    Mouse and the Traps is the name of a relatively prolific garage rock band from Tyler, Texas that released numerous singles between 1965 and 1969....
     - 1960s Garage rock
    Garage rock

    Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 in music to 1967 in music. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name....
     band comprising Buggs Henderson, Ken Murray, David S. Stanley
    David S. Stanley

    David Sloane Stanley born in Cedar Valley, Wayne County, Ohio and was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Franklin....
     and Ronnie "Mouse" Weiss.
  • Adam Lazzara - Lead singer of emo
    Emo

    Emo may refer to:* Emo, a musical style, indicating "emotional hardcore" or "emotional punk"In places:* Emo, County Laois, is a town in Ireland...
     band Taking Back Sunday
    Taking Back Sunday

    Taking Back Sunday is an United States Rock music band from Amityville, New York, Long Island, New York, New York, formed in 1999. The current members are vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist and back-up vocalist Matthew Fazzi, guitarist Eddie Reyes, drummer Mark O'Connell, and bassist Matt Rubano....


Others

  • John E. Barrett
    John E. Barrett

    John Barrett is a New York photographer known for his "unique style of photography necessary to give the same life to posed images that audiences are used to from seeing the Muppets on television and film." His photographs of Jim Hensen and his Muppets have appeared in publications such as and in numerous museum exhibitions....
     - photographer (world-renown images of Jim Henson
    Jim Henson

    'James Maury "Jim" Henson' , was one of the most widely known puppeteers in American television history. He was the creator of The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, and the leading force behind their long run in the television series Sesame Street and The Muppet Show and films such as The Muppet Movie and The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth...
     and his Muppets; National Lampoon
    National Lampoon

    National Lampoon was a ground-breaking American humor magazine started in 1970, originally as an spinoff of the Harvard Lampoon.During National Lampoons most successful years, parody of every kind was a mainstay; surrealist content was also central to its appeal....
     poster Are You A Nerd
    Nerd

    Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests rather than engaging in more Social relation or popular activities....
    ?)
  • Josh Byerly
    Josh Byerly

    Josh Byerly is a public affairs officer and spokesman for NASA and is based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is an award-winning writer and former television personality....
     - NASA
    NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
     spokesman and one of the "voices of Mission Control"
  • Jo-Carroll Dennison
    Jo-Carroll Dennison

    Jo-Carroll Dennison was a beauty queen and actress originally from Tyler, Texas.Dennison, a self-supported student at the Federal Institute in Tyler, Texas was lured into competing in the Miss Tyler pageant by the offer of a free swimsuit from Swartz Department Store....
     - Miss America
    Miss America

    The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands....
     1942, the first Miss Texas
    Miss Texas

    The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1936 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America ....
     to win the national title
  • David Ellsworth - Writer
  • Jonna Fitzgerald
    Jonna Fitzgerald

    Miss Texas 1985 Jonna Fitzgerald thrilled audiences from coast to coast with her rendition of the ?Orange Blossom Special? prior to being named Preliminary Talent Winner and 2nd Runner Up to Miss America 1986....
     - Former Miss Texas, Runner Up to Miss America
    Miss America

    The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands....
    , television news anchor, noted musician
  • Louie Gohmert
    Louie Gohmert

    Louis Buller "Louie" Gohmert, Jr. is an United States politician and current Republican Party United States House of Representatives from Texas's Texas's 1st congressional district ....
     - U.S. representative
    United States House of Representatives

    The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
     and former Smith County judge
  • Kenneth Herring - Owner, Texas Chassis Works and Resident Expert, SpeedTV's Pass-time.
  • Mary Cage Moore Irwin - former Miss Texas, philanthropist
  • Molly Grubb Lynn - Former Miss Texas, restaurateur
  • Sarah McClendon
    Sarah McClendon

    Sarah Newcomb McClendon was a long-time White House reporter who covered President of the United States politics for a half-century. McClendon founded her own free-lance news service as a single mother in the post-World War II era, and became known as a model for women in the press and as a vocal advocate of various causes, particularly tho...
     - Journalist
    Journalist

    A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
     and White House
    White House

    The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
     correspondent for over half a century, longest tenure ever in the White House press corps
  • Gary North, Ph.D - Author
    Author

    An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
  • Kiki Shepard
    Kiki Shepard

    Kiki Shepard is an United States television host, best known as the longtime co-host of It's Showtime at the Apollo. Ms. Shepard religiously guards the date of her birth, but she is a native of Tyler, Texas which is also the home-town of football great, Earl Campbell....
     - TV host of Live in Hollywood and formerly of It's Showtime at the Apollo
  • Lisa Dalzell Spooner - Former Miss Texas, television news anchor
  • William Steger
    William Steger

    William Merritt "Bill" Steger handled some 15,000 cases in a career spanning 35 years as a U.S. District Court judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas....
     -- U.S. district judge (1970-2006)
  • Ned Touchstone
    Ned Touchstone

    Ned O'Neal Touchstone was a newspaper publisher who was a leader of the "Radical Right" in Louisiana politics during the 1960s. He was born in the village of Florien, Louisiana in Sabine Parish but resided in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area for most of his life....
     - (1926-1988), leader of the Radical Right in 1960s and 1970s
  • Brian Werner
    Brian Werner

    Brian Werner, a native of Norwood, Ohio, is the founder of the Tiger Missing Link Foundation and the Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge, both located in Tyler, Texas....
     - Tiger conservationist, Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge


Sister cities

  • Jelenia Góra
    Jelenia Góra

    Jelenia G?ra , is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish language and German language....
    , Poland
  • Lo Barnechea
    Lo Barnechea

    Lo Barnechea is a communes of Chile of Chile located in Santiago Province, Chile, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is home to some of Chile's fanciest neighborhoods ....
    , Chile
  • Yachiyo
    Yachiyo, Chiba

    is a cities of Japan located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.As of April 2008, the city has an estimated population of 185,035 and the population density of 3,610 persons per square kilometer....
    , Japan


See also

  • East Texas
    East Texas

    East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the United States state of Texas.According to the Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north central Lamar County, TX southwestward to east central Limestone County, TX and then south...
  • Dry county
    Dry county

    A dry county is a county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both....
     (All alcohol
    Ethanol

    Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatility , flammable, colorless liquid....
    , except wine
    Wine

    Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
    , is not available for purchase, except in private clubs)
  • Smith County, Texas
    Smith County, Texas

    Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 174,706 , while in 2007 it was estimated to have reached 198,705....
  • Lake Palestine


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