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Wichita Falls, Texas. / 33.90306°N 98.47139°W / 33.90306; -98.47139. Wichita Falls ( / ˈwɪtʃɪtɑː / WITCH-i-tah) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. [ 6] It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita Counties.
Lake Arrowhead State Park. / 33.75861°N 98.39528°W / 33.75861; -98.39528. Lake Arrowhead State Park is a state park located in Clay County, Texas, near Wichita Falls. The park is 524 acres (212 ha).
Sheppard Air Force Base ( IATA: SPS, ICAO: KSPS, FAA LID: SPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located five miles (8.0 km) north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command.
Interstate 44 ( I-44[ a]) in the U.S. state of Texas is an Interstate Highway that has a short, but regionally important, 15.398-mile (24.781 km) stretch connecting Wichita Falls with Oklahoma. Its entire length runs concurrently with U.S. Highway 277 (US 277) and US 281. I-44 provides access to downtown Wichita Falls and Sheppard Air Force Base.
U.S. Route 287 in North Texas U.S. Route 287 near Midlothian. U.S. Highway 287 (US 287) in the U.S. state of Texas is a major U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, Wichita Falls, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick.
In the Permian geologic period, North-Central Texas was a part of the western coastal zone of equatorial Pangea, a super-continental land mass. [1] Nearby uplifts and mountainous regions, such as the Muenster Arch and Red River Uplift, the Wichita, Arbuckle, and Ouachita mountains developed by the end of the Pennsylvanian, [2] providing elevated topography to the north and east during the Permian.
Wichita Falls Day Nursery built. Kamay oil discovered near Wichita Falls. 1941 - U.S. military Sheppard Field begins operating. 1947 - Lake Kickapoo created in vicinity of Wichita Falls. 1948 - U.S. military Sheppard Air Force Base active. 1950 Midwestern University active. Population: 68,042. 1952 - Grant Drive-In cinema in business.
900 Bluff St. 33°54′27″N 98°29′49″W. / 33.9075°N 98.4969°W / 33.9075; -98.4969 ( Frank Kell House) Wichita Falls. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; 1909 Neoclassical Revival -style home of Frank Kell, one of Wichita Falls' founding fathers [5] 11. Morningside Historic District.