Grayson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 120,877. The county seat is Sherman. The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. Grayson County is included in the Sherman-Denison metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, combined statistical area. It is also part of the Texoma region, with proximity to both Lake Texoma and the Red River.
Bryan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,416. Its county seat is Durant. It is the only county in the United States named for Democratic politician William Jennings Bryan.
Denison is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. It is 75 miles (121 km) north of Dallas. The population was 22,682 at the 2010 census. Denison is part of the Texoma region and is one of two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Denison is known as the birthplace of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States.
Howe is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,600 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area.
Pottsboro is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,160 at the 2010 census, up from 1,579 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area.
Sherman is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas. The city's population in 2020 was 44,002. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and it is part of the Texoma region of North Texas and southern Oklahoma.
North Texas is a term used primarily by residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, and surrounding areas to describe much of the northern portion of the U.S. state of Texas. Residents of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex generally consider North Texas to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, west of Paris, and north of Waco. A more precise term for this region would be the northern part of the central portion of Texas. It does not include the Panhandle of Texas, which expands further north than the region previously described, nor does it include most of the region near the northern border of Texas.
Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest US Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District. Lake Texoma is formed by Denison Dam on the Red River in Bryan County, Oklahoma, and Grayson County, Texas, about 726 miles (1,168 km) upstream from the mouth of the river. It is located at the confluence of the Red and Washita Rivers. The project was completed in 1944. The damsite is about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Denison, Texas, and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Durant, Oklahoma. Lake Texoma is the most developed and most popular lake within the USACE Tulsa District, attracting around 6 million visitors a year. Oklahoma has more of the lake within its boundaries than Texas.
Texoma is an interstate region in the United States, split between Oklahoma and Texas. The name is a portmanteau of Texas and Oklahoma. Businesses use the term in their names to describe their intended service area. This includes 8 counties with a population estimate of 319,455.
KXII, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is a CBS/MyNetworkTV/Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Sherman, Texas, United States and serving the Sherman–Ada television market. The station—which maintains an additional subchannel-only affiliation with Ion Television—is owned by Gray Television. KXII share studios on Texoma Parkway in northeastern Sherman, with an additional studio on South Commerce Street and Elks Boulevard in southwestern Ardmore, Oklahoma. KXII's transmitter is located along Oklahoma State Highway 99 in rural northeastern Marshall County, Oklahoma. KXII's signal is relayed on low-power translator station KXIP-LD in Paris, Texas and also over low-power station K28QF-D in Sherman.
KTEN, virtual channel 10, is an NBC/CW+/ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Ada, Oklahoma, United States and serving the Ada–Sherman television market. The station is owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group. KTEN's primary studios are located on High Point Circle in northwestern Denison, Texas, with secondary studios at the Ardmore Energy Center on Merrick Drive in northwestern Ardmore, and business offices at the intersection of East Main Street and Rennie Avenue in downtown Ada, Oklahoma. The station's transmitter is located along State Highway 7 in rural northeastern Johnston County, Oklahoma.
The Herald Democrat is a daily newspaper located in the twin cities of Sherman and Denison, Texas, in the United States, about 60 miles (100 km) north of Dallas and 10 miles (16 km) south of the Red River and Lake Texoma. The Herald Democrat serves all of Grayson and Fannin County, Texas; parts of Collin, Cooke, Denton, Delta, Lamar and Hunt County, Texas; and part of Bryan County, Oklahoma.
State Highway 91 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs 13.6 miles (21.9 km) from Sherman through Denison to the Oklahoma border at Denison Dam at Lake Texoma. This route was designated in 1994, the northern segment replacing State Highway 75A) and the southern segment designating the old route of U.S. Highway 75 which was rerouted and upgraded to freeway status. The highway is known locally as Texoma Parkway for much of its length, except through some parts of Denison. It is one of the main commercial strips in the Sherman-Denison metropolitan area.
The Texoma AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in north central Texas, on the south side of Lake Texoma and the Red River that forms the border with the state of Oklahoma. The Texoma region is where 19th century viticulturist Thomas Volney Munson discovered that grafting Vitis vinifera grapevines onto native American varieties of vine rootstock resulted in vines that were resistant to phylloxera. The technique saved the European wine industry when it was brought to France, which was suffering its first phylloxera epidemic. The region was not designated an American Viticultural Area until 2005.
The Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Grayson – in North Texas, anchored by the cities of Sherman and Denison. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 120,877. The Sherman–Denison MSA is a component of the Dallas-Ft. Worth combined statistical area, which covers a 19-county area and had an estimated population of 8,057,796 as of July 1, 2009. It is also a major part of the Texoma region with proximity to both Lake Texoma and the Red River.
Preston, also known as Preston Bend, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on the Red River in Grayson County, Texas, United States. It grew in the 19th century at the intersection of several military and trade roads and was an important crossing on the Shawnee cattle trail. Preston lost prominence after the MK&T railroad bypassed the town to the east, leading to a decline in traveler and cattle drive traffic. Much of its former town site is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Texoma. Its population was 2,096 as of the 2010 census.
Luella is an unincorporated community in Grayson County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 639 in 2000. It is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
KQDR is a radio station licensed to serve Savoy, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Prophecy Radio Group, LLC.
Willis is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. Willis is located in the far southern portion of the county near Lake Texoma and is 14.5 miles (23.3 km) south-southwest of Madill. U.S. Route 377 passes near the community to the west.
Timothy Scoggins, better known by his ring name Tim Storm, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
