Wichita Falls TX

Wichita Falls Wedding Photography

Wichita Falls Wedding Photography is a city and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, in the United States (/'w?t??t??/ WITCH-i-tah). [7] It serves as the hub of the Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties' whole Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Metropolitan Statistical Area. It has 104,553 residents as of the 2010 census, ranking it as the 38th most populated city in Texas. Moreover, Sheppard Air Force Base, which houses the biggest technical training wing of the Air Force and the only globally staffed and supervised flight training program designed to produce combat pilots for both the USAF and NATO, lies 5 miles (8 km) from the city's economic area.

The Newby-McMahon Building, sometimes referred to as the "world's littlest skyscraper," was built in the city's downtown in 1919 and was a featured attraction in Robert Ripley's Ripley's Believe It or Not!

History

See also: Wichita Falls Wedding Photography, Texas, historical timeline

A 1890 map of Wichita Falls Wedding Photography

One of the city's earliest five-story office buildings was the Kemp-Kell Building, which is today known as the Holt Hotel. It was constructed about 1910.

After being driven out of their homeland by Americans during the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Choctaw Native Americans relocated to the region in the early 1800s from the Mississippi region.

[8] Between 1830 and 1831, the pact was ratified and declared. The region that is now Wichita Falls Wedding Photography was home to a sizable Native community as late as 1841. [9]

In the 1860s, a majority of American settlers were cattle ranchers. On September 27, 1876, the city was given the name Wichita Falls Wedding Photography since the Wichita River flows through the region and had a cascade in its path at the time. Just ten years later, in 1886, a flood wiped off the city's namesake waterfall on the Wichita River. [9] [10] Visitors had flocked to the no longer-existent falls for over a century until the city constructed an artificial waterfall in Lucy Park next to the river. 3,500 gallons of water are circulated through the 54-foot (16-meter) high, reconstructed falls per minute. On Interstate 44, southbound vehicles may see them.

At what is now the intersection of Seventh and Ohio Streets, the site of the city's founding, town lots were sold on the day it was founded in 1876.

[11] In September 1882, the same month that the city was named the county seat of Wichita County, the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway arrived.

[8] From the initial FW&DC rail terminal, which was situated at the northwest corner of Seventh Street and the FW&DC, the city expanded westward.

The Depot Square Historic District, which has been designated a Texas Historic Landmark, is currently known as this location [11].

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Joseph A. Kemp[15] and his brother-in-law Frank Kell, two businessmen, contributed significantly to Wichita Falls Wedding Photography' early history far into the 20th century. In the fields of grain mills, railways, livestock, banking, and oil, Kemp and Kell were innovators. [16]

For a long time, Wichita Falls Wedding Photography' downtown served as the city's primary shopping district. These stores suffered as new shopping centers popped up all over the city, starting with Parker Square in 1953 and continuing through other similar projects in the 1960s and 1970s, culminating in the opening of Sikes Senter Mall in 1974. Since 2010, the city has been looking for financing to renovate and reconstruct the downtown. [8]

Oil refineries run by the Continental Oil Company (now ConocoPhillips) until 1952 and the Panhandle Oil Company American Petrofina until 1965 were also located in Wichita Falls Wedding Photography at one point.

[17] For many years, both businesses used a portion of their former refineries as gasoline and oil terminal facilities.

Tornado in 1964

On April 3, 1964, in the late afternoon, a devastating tornado struck Sheppard Air Force Base and parts of Wichita Falls Wedding Photography in the north and northwest (later referred to as "Black Friday"). Seven people were killed and more than 100 were hurt in the first severe tornado to ever hit the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography region, according to records[18]. In addition, the tornado damaged or destroyed 250 homes, costing an additional $15 million in property damage. [19] Despite being rated F5, the highest rating possible according to the Fujita scale, the 1979 tornado has eclipsed it. [20]

Tornado in 1979

Wichita Falls Wedding Photography, Texas, Red River Valley tornado outbreak in 1979

On Tuesday, April 10, 1979, a tornado with a wind speed of F4 struck the densely populated southern areas of Wichita Falls Wedding Photography in the late afternoon (known as "Terrible Tuesday"). It was a part of an outbreak that also brought about 30 tornadoes in the area. Despite having nearly an hour's notice that severe weather was coming, it arrived just as many people were driving home from work, resulting in 42 fatalities (including 25 in vehicles) and 1,800 injuries. [21] Its $400 million in damage and 20,000 homeless victims set a U.S. record for a single tornado that wasn't surpassed until the F5 Moore-Oklahoma City tornado on May 3, 1999. [22]

Location and climate

Around 15 miles (24 km) south of the Oklahoma border, Wichita Falls Wedding Photography is located between Fort Worth, 115 miles (185 km) to the northwest, and Oklahoma City, 140 miles (230 km) to the southwest. The city has a total area of 70.71 square miles (183.1 km2), of which 70.69 square miles (183.1 km2) are land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (0.03%) are water. This information comes from the United States Census Bureau. [23]

Wichita Falls Wedding Photography has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), which includes cool winters and long, hot, humid summers. Outside of the Desert Southwest, the city experiences some of the highest summer daily maximum temperatures in the nation. Although temperatures have reached 100 °F (38 °C) as early as March 27 and as late as October 17, they more frequently do so on 28 days per year. In addition, there are 102 days per year with temperatures of 90 °F (32 °C) or higher; the average range for the latter mark is April 9 to October 10. However, there are 59 to 60 nights with below-freezing lows and an average of 4.8 days with highs below zero. In January, the average daily temperature is 42.0 °F (5.6 °C), while in July it is 84.4 °F (29.1 °C). The record low temperature was set on January 4, 1947, at -12 °F (-24 °C). On June 28, 1980, a temperature of 117 °F (47 °C) was recorded. Early summer is typically when there is the most rainfall, while snowfall is sporadic and averages 4.1 in (10 cm) per season.

Wichita Falls Wedding Photography, along with a sizable portion of the south-central US, endured a protracted drought from 2010 to 2013. The first Texas city to experience 100 days with a temperature of at least 100 °F (38 °C) within a year was Wichita Falls Wedding Photography in September 2011[24]. [a] The temperature was at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit every day from June 22 to August 12 and from May 27 to September 3 respectively. In addition, the months of June, July, and August of that year were all the hottest on record. On July 26, an all-time warm daily minimum of 88 °F (31 °C) was recorded. [25]

With 17.00 inches of rain recorded in May 2015, Wichita Falls Wedding Photography broke its all-time record for the wettest month during the Texas-Oklahoma floods.

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Statistics of the previous population

Census Pop. Note %± \s1890 1,978 — \s1900 2,480 25.4% \s1910 8,200 230.6% \s1920 40,079 388.8% \s1930 43,690 9.0% \s1940 45,112 3.3% \s1950 68,042 50.8% \s1960 101,724 49.5% \s1970 96,265 -5.4% \s1980 94,201 -2.1% \s1990 96,259 2.2% \s2000 104,197 8.2% \s2010 104,553 0.3% \s2020 102,316 -2.1%

United States Census[29]

The Texas Almanac, 1850–2000[30]

Estimate for 2018[31]

Racial makeup of the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography census in 2020[32]

Non-Hispanic (NH)[a]

Race Number Percentage

Black (NH) 57,750

56.44%

12,838 Black or African American (NH)

12.55%

Alaska Native or Native American (NH) 737 0.72%

2,464 Asians (NH) or 2.41%

Islander of the Pacific (NH) 124 0.12%

Different Race (NH) 409 0.4%

4,813 (4.7% of total) Mixed/Multiracial (NH) Hispanic or Latino

23,181 22.66%

Total 102,316

In the city, there were 102,316 inhabitants, 37,297 households, and 23,087 families as of the 2020 United States Census.

Census of 2000

The city had 104,197 residents overall as of the 2000 Census[6], living in 37,970 households and 24,984 families.

[35] There were 1,474.1 people per square mile (569.2/km2) in the area. The average density of the 41,916 housing units per square mile (229/km2) was 593. 75.1% of the population was White, 12.4% were African Americans, 0.9% were Native Americans, 2.2% were Asian, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 6.4% were from other races, and 3.0% were from two or more races. Latinos, regardless of race, made up 14.0% of the population. [35]

33.1% of the 37,970 households included children under the age of 18, 49.7% were cohabiting married couples, 12.3% were headed by women without husbands, and 34.2% were not families. One person lived alone who was 65 years of age or older in 10.7% of all households, which comprised about 28.7% of all households. There were 2.46 people living in each household on average, and 3.04 people per family. [35]

In the city, there were 24.7% of people under the age of 18, 15.2% between the ages of 18 and 24, 29.3% between the ages of 25 and 44, 18.6% between the ages of 45 and 64, and 12.3% who were 65 or older. 39 years old was the median age. There were 106.2 males for every 100 females. There were 106.7 males for every 100 females age 18 and over. [35]

In the city, a family's median income was $39,911, while a household's was $32,554. The median income for men was $27,609, compared to $21,877 for women. The city's per capita income was $16,761. 10.8% of families and 13.9% of the population, including 17.7% of children under 18 and 10.3% of people over 65, lived in poverty. [35]

Economy

Parade for Memorial Day at Sheppard Air Force Base

top companies

The top companies in the city, according to the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Chamber of Commerce, are:

Employer: # Employees: #

Sheppard Air Force Base is at the top, followed by Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Independent School District, United Regional Health Care System, Midwestern State University, and City of Wichita Falls Wedding Photography (3 locations)

1,009 \s8

1,000 9 North Texas State Hospital – Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Campus

Vitro

[36] 934

James V. Allred Unit 10

921

Media

Lists of Texas newspapers, Texas radio stations, and Texas television stations are also available.

The nearby, smaller city of Lawton, Oklahoma, is also a part of the bi-state media market that Wichita Falls Wedding Photography is a part of. The market, which includes ten counties in western north Texas and six counties in southwestern Oklahoma, is estimated by Nielsen Media Research to have 152,950 households with at least one television, ranking it as the 148th-largest television market in the country. It also has an average of 120,200 radio listeners aged 12 and over, ranking it as the 250th-largest radio market in the country. [38] [39]

Newspapers \sTimes Reliable News (daily)

News Journal Falls (daily)

stations of television

KFDX-TV (channel 3; NBC) (channel 3; NBC)

KAUZ-TV (channel 6; CBS, and digital subchannel 6.2; The CW) (channel 6; CBS, and digital subchannel 6.2; The CW)

KSWO-TV (channel 7; ABC, and digital subchannel 7.2; Telemundo) (channel 7; ABC, and digital subchannel 7.2; Telemundo)

KJTL (channel 18; Fox) (channel 18; Fox)

KJBO-LD (channel 35; MyNetworkTV) (channel 35; MyNetworkTV)

Through a translator station on UHF channel 44, KERA-TV from Dallas-Fort Worth serves as the default PBS member station for Wichita Falls Wedding Photography.

stations of radio

1290 AM news/talk station KWFS

KMCU (88.7 FM; National Public Radio) (88.7 FM; National Public Radio)

KMOC (89.5 FM; Contemporary Christian) (89.5 FM; Contemporary Christian)

KZKL (90.5 FM; Contemporary Christian) (90.5 FM; Contemporary Christian)

KNIN (92.9 FM; CHR) (92.9 FM; CHR)

KOLI (94.9 FM; Modern Country) (94.9 FM; Modern Country)

KTWF (95.5 FM; Classic Country) (95.5 FM; Classic Country)

KXXN (97.5 FM; Classic Country) (97.5 FM; Classic Country)

KLUR (99.9 FM; Country) (99.9 FM; Country)

KWFB (100.9 FM; Adult hits) (100.9 FM; Adult hits)

KWFS-FM (102.3 FM; Modern Country) (102.3 FM; Modern Country)

KQXC (103.9 FM; Rhythmic CHR) (103.9 FM; Rhythmic CHR)

KYYI (104.7 FM; Classic rock) (104.7 FM; Classic rock)

KBZS (106.3 FM; Active rock) (106.3 FM; Active rock)

sports and leisure

Sports at Kay Yeager Coliseum

Lake Lucy Park in Wichita

A log cabin, duck pond, swimming pool, playground, frisbee golf course, and picnic areas can be found in Lucy Park, a 170-acre (69 ha) park. Numerous paved pathways that are suitable for running, biking, or rollerblading are present there, including a river walk that leads to a replica of the original falls after which the city was named (the original falls were destroyed in a 19th-century flood; the new falls were built in response to numerous tourist requests to visit the "Wichita Falls Wedding Photography"). There are 37 parks in the city, including this one. The parks range in size from modest neighborhood green spaces to the 258 acres of Weeks Park, which is home to an 18-hole golf course called the Champions Course at Weeks Park. Additionally, a skatepark is close to the city's softball complex and Lake Wichita Park has an off-leash dog park. There are also unpaved trails for hiking and off-road biking. [Reference needed]

100 Hotter'N Hell

The annual Hotter'N Hell Hundred, the biggest one-day century ride in the US and one of the biggest races in the world, is held in Wichita Falls Wedding Photography. In order for the city to commemorate its centennial in 1982, the race was first held. There are several events that people can take part in leading up to the race, which happens over a weekend in August. [40]

Sports

A team playing indoor football, the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Nighthawks, joined the Indoor Football League in 2014[41] but their operations were halted after the 2017 campaign.

The Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Texans of the Continental Basketball Association, the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Kings (previously known as the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Razorbacks), the professional basketball team Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Texans, the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Fever in the Lone Star Soccer Alliance (1989-92), and the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Drillers are just a few of the semi-professional, developmental, and minor league sports teams that have called the city home.

[Reference needed] In the late 1990s, the Dallas Cowboys held training camp in Wichita Falls Wedding Photography. However, there is doubt about the future viability of minor or rookie league sports franchises in the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography area. [42]

In November 2015, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame moved from Amsterdam, New York, to Wichita Falls Wedding Photography.

Administration Local administration

Stephen Santellana is the mayor of Wichita Falls Wedding Photography. He was first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2018. Mayors are chosen on an independent ballot.

The six members of the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography City Council are as follows.

Michael Smith, District 1

DeAndra Chenault, District 2.

Jeff Browning, District 3.

Tim Brewer, District 4.

Steve Jackson, District 5.

Bobby Whiteley, At-Large

Darron Leiker is the town manager.

List of Wichita Falls Wedding Photography mayors[43]

federal and state politics

The 69th district of the Texas House of Representatives includes Wichita Falls Wedding Photography. Republican Lanham Lyne served as the district's representative from 2011 to 2013, and he also served as Wichita Falls Wedding Photography' mayor from 2005 to 2010. When Lyne decided against running for re-election in 2012, voters opted for James Frank, a different Republican. The Texas Senate's 30th district includes Wichita Falls Wedding Photography. Before Pat Fallon was elected to the Senate in 2018, Republican Craig Estes had held the position since 2001. The U.S. House of Representatives' 13th congressional district in Texas includes Wichita Falls Wedding Photography. This seat has been held by Republican Ronny Jackson since 2021. According to the 2018 Cook Political Report, the 13th District is regarded as the nation's most conservative district.

The James V. Allred Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is situated in Wichita Falls Wedding Photography, 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) northwest of the city's center. The prison bears the name of former governor James V. Allred, a Democrat from Bowie, Texas, who resided in Wichita Falls Wedding Photography early in his life. [45] The Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Post Office, the Morningside Post Office, the Bridge Creek Post Office, and the Sheppard Air Force Base Post Office are all run by the United States Postal Service. [46]

Education

schools, both primary and secondary

The Wichita Falls Wedding Photography Independent School District, City View Independent School District, Burkburnett Independent School District, and Iowa Park Consolidated Independent School District are the school districts responsible for providing public primary and secondary education.

[47] In the city, there are a number of private and parochial schools, as well as a thriving home-schooling community. The Head Start preschool program is offered at many of the nearby elementary schools.

In the Wichita Falls Wedding Photography ISD, there are two schools that take part in the IB programs. The IB Diploma Program is offered at Hirschi High School, and the Middle Years Program is offered at G.H. Kirby Junior High School. Wichita Falls Wedding Photography High School, S. H. Rider High School (Wichita Falls Wedding Photography ISD), and City View High School are additional public high schools (City View ISD).

The first school opened its doors in 1879. A log cabin building serving as the first public school was built in the 1880s; it was replaced by a former courthouse in 1885. In 1890, Wichita Falls Wedding Photography High School was inaugurated. A school district was established in that year, but due to legal issues, it was disbanded in 1894. Until a second school district was established in 1900, education was provided by the city. The Texas Legislature granted WFISD a charter in 1908. [48]

Deutsche Schule Sheppard is a school for German children (DSS).

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higher learning

Western State University's Hardin Administration Building

Midwestern State University, a four-year institution recognized by the Texas Tech University System and the only independent liberal arts college in Texas that grants both bachelor's and master's degrees, is located in Wichita Falls Wedding Photography.

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The designated community college for the entirety of Wichita County is Vernon College.

[51] A nearby branch provides certificate programs, workforce development initiatives, and two-year degrees.

The main campus of Wayland Baptist University, which confers both bachelor's and master's degrees, is situated in Plainview, Texas.