Sherman, Texas
| Sherman, Texas | |
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| City | |
Paul Brown United States Courthouse in Sherman
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| Motto: "Classic Town. Broad Horizon." | |
 Location of Sherman, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 33°38′28″N 96°36′36″W / 33.64111°N 96.61000°WCoordinates: 33°38′28″N 96°36′36″W / 33.64111°N 96.61000°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Texas
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| County | Grayson |
| Founded | 1846 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council |
Mayor David Plyler Deputy Mayor Jason Sofey Aaron Soltero Pamela Howeth Terrence Steele Lawrence Davis Tammy Johnson |
| • City Manager | Hayden Tiner |
| Area | |
| • City | 38.6 sq mi (100.0 km2) |
| • Land | 38.5 sq mi (99.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Urban | 35.9 sq mi (93.1 km2) |
| • Metro | 979 sq mi (2,536 km2) |
| Elevation | 735 ft (224 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 38,521 |
| • Density | 977.5/sq mi (384.8/km2) |
| • Urban | 61,900 (US: 438th) |
| • Urban density | 1,722.9/sq mi (665.2/km2) |
| • Metro | 120,877 |
| • Metro density | 130/sq mi (50/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 75090-75092 |
| Area code(s) | 903 |
| FIPS code | 48-67496 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1368131 |
| Website | CityOfSherman.com |
Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The city's population in 2010 was 38,521. It is also one of two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also a part of the Texoma region.
Sherman was named after General Sidney Sherman (July 23, 1805 – August 1, 1873), a hero of the Texas Revolution. The community was designated as the county seat by the act of the Texas legislature which created Grayson County on March 17, 1846. In 1847, a post office began operation. Sherman was originally located at the center of the county, but in 1848 it was moved about three miles (5 km) east to its current location. By 1850, Sherman had become an incorporated town under Texas law. It had also become a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route through Texas. By 1852, Sherman had a population of 300. It consisted of a public square with a log court house, and several businesses, a district clerk's office, and a church along the east side of the square.
During the 1850s and 1860s, Sherman continued to develop and it participated in the regional politics. The first flour mill was built in 1861. In 1862 the publisher of Sherman's anti-secessionist Whig newspaper, the Patriot, was murdered. During and after the Civil War, north Texas outlaw bands led by Jesse James and William Quantrill were seen in Sherman. Years later, James spent at least part of his honeymoon in Sherman, where he was photographed on horseback.
Education also developed in north Texas during this time. The Sherman Male and Female High School started accepting students during 1866, under the patronage of the North Texas Methodist Conference. It was one of three private schools in Sherman at the time. This school operated under several names (North Texas Female College and Conservatory of Music beginning in 1892 and Kidd-Key College and Conservatory beginning in 1919) until 1935. It gradually lost Methodist support, after the opening of Southern Methodist University in 1915 in Dallas, TX. In 1876, Austin College, the oldest continuously operating college in Texas, relocated from Huntsville to Sherman. Sherman Female Institute, later known as Mary Nash College, opened in 1877 under sponsorship of the Baptist Church. It continued operation until 1901 when the campus was sold to Kidd-Key College. Carr-Burdette College, a women's college affiliated with Disciples of Christ, operated there from 1894 to 1929. Jews have had a long history in Sherman, too, settling in the area and meeting for the High Holidays by 1873.
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