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Seagoville, Texas

City of Seagoville, Texas
City
Location of Seagoville in Dallas County, Texas
Location of Seagoville in Dallas County, Texas
Coordinates: 32°39′7″N 96°33′0″W / 32.65194°N 96.55000°W / 32.65194; -96.55000Coordinates: 32°39′7″N 96°33′0″W / 32.65194°N 96.55000°W / 32.65194; -96.55000
Country United StatesUnited States
State TexasTexas
Counties Dallas, Kaufman
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • City Council Mayor Dennis Childress
Jose Hernandez
Rick Howard
Tommy Lemond
Mike Fruin
Jon Epps
 • City Manager Pat Stallings
Area
 • Total 19.0 sq mi (49.2 km2)
 • Land 18.7 sq mi (48.4 km2)
 • Water 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)  1.58%
Elevation 440 ft (134 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 14,835
 • Density 780/sq mi (300/km2)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 75159
Area code(s) 214, 469, 972
FIPS code 48-66428
GNIS feature ID 1346844
Website seagoville.us

Seagoville (/ˈsɡvɪl/ SEE-goh-vil) is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas. A small portion of Seagoville extends into Kaufman County. The population was 14,835 at the 2010 census. The city is located along U.S. Highway 175, 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Mesquite.

Seagoville was originally called Seago, and under the latter name was laid out in 1876 by T. K. Seago (1836–1904), and named for him. The United States Post Office changed the town's name to "Seagoville" in 1910 to prevent confusion with another city in Texas called Sego.

During World War II, the Federal Reformatory for Women in Seagoville was the site of a Immigration and Naturalization Service detention camp for Japanese, German and Italian Americans classified as "enemy aliens" and women of Japanese and German ancestry deported from Latin America. Internees at Seagoville published a German language newsletter called the Sägedorfer Fliegende Blätter. The camp housed up to 647 people, and was closed in June 1945, after the internees were either "repatriated" to Japan or Germany, or transferred to Crystal City, Texas.


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