Briscoe, Texas

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Briscoe is an unincorporated community just east of U.S. Highway 83 in Wheeler County, Texas, United States. [1]

The Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District serves area students. The former Briscoe Independent School District merged into the Fort Elliot CISD on August 10, 1991. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briscoe, Texas
  2. "CONSOLIDATIONS, ANNEXATIONS AND NAME CHANGES FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. September 10, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2019.


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