Jacksonville, Texas

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Jacksonville is a city located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,997 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Cherokee County. Jacksonville is located in East Texas, north of the county seat, Rusk, and south of Tyler, in Smith County. Area production and shipping of tomatoes gained the town the title "Tomato Capital of the World". The impressive red iron ore rock Tomato Bowl, built by Works Progress Administration workers during the Great Depression, is home to the Jacksonville High School "Fightin' Indians" football and soccer teams. Annual events include the "Tops in Texas Rodeo" held in May and the "Tomato Fest" celebration in June.

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Jacksonville, Texas
East Rusk Street,

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East Rusk Street
75766
Texas, United States
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KEBE

KEBE (1400 AM) is a terrestrial American radio station, paired with two FCC authorized and licensed revitalization FM relay translators. The facility is licensed to Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and is owned by Richard Witkovski, through licensee North Texas Radio Group, L.P.

KKGT

KKGT (95.1 MHz) is a terrestrial American radio station, licensed to Jacksonville, Texas, United States. KKGT is owned by the North Texas Radio Group, L.P., with a sale to Storm Broadcasting announced on December 5, 2023.

Lon Morris College

Lon Morris College (LMC) was a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and was the only school affiliated with the United Methodist Church that was owned by an individual conference and not the denomination as a whole. Lon Morris was an accredited two-year institute of higher learning, which provided instruction in the arts and sciences with a core curriculum emphasizing liberal arts. While Lon Morris taught as many as 350 students in a semester, enrollment reached more than 1,000, a new record, in the fall of 2009. The school was 30 miles (48 km) south of Tyler. The person who last held the title of college president was Dr. Miles McCall; he resigned effective May 24, 2012. Lon Morris College filed for bankruptcy on July 2, 2012. The 112-acre campus was auctioned on January 14, 2013, in Dallas, Texas; the primary purchasers were a local school district and an office supply company.

Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Texas)

Jacksonville High School is a 5A public high school located in Jacksonville, Texas (USA). It is part of the Jacksonville Independent School District located in north central Cherokee County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Craft, Texas

Craft is a small unincorporated community in central Cherokee County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 21 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

New Hope, Cherokee County, Texas

New Hope is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

Earle's Chapel, Texas

Earle's Chapel is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located west-southwest of Jacksonville, off U.S. Highway 79.

Fry's Gap, Texas

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Turney, Texas

Turney is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.

Pine Grove, Cherokee County, Texas

Pine Grove is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.

KBJS

KBJS (90.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Jacksonville, Texas, United States, the station serves the Tyler-Longview area. The station is currently owned by East Texas Media Association, Inc.

Larissa, Texas

Larissa is a rural community and abandoned townsite in northwestern Cherokee County, Texas, United States. Larissa lies west of U.S. Highway 69, off Farm to Market Road 855 and approximately halfway between Jacksonville and Bullard. Larissa is about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of the county seat of Rusk.