West High School (Texas)

West is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,531. It is named after Thomas West, the first postmaster of the city. The city is located in the north-central part of Texas, approximately 70 miles (110 km) south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, 20 miles north of Waco and 120 miles north of Austin, the state's capital. Despite its name, the city is not located within the region of West Texas; area residents sometimes call the community "West comma Texas" to avoid repetition.As of 2012 it has one of the largest concentrations of Czech Texans of any city in the state.

The Czech Stop and Little Czech Bakery is a combination deli/bakery and convenience store located in the city of West, Texas. Established in 1983, the store serves traditional Czech cuisine such as kolache, klobasnek and strudels. The city is notable for its Czech heritage and was designated as the "Home of the official Kolache of the Texas Legislature". The store serves around 600 people a day and is a popular stop for travelers along Interstate 35. According to a poster in the store, the Czech Stop uses over 1,200 lbs of cream cheese, 9,000 lbs of flour, 750 gallons of milk, 2,400 lbs of butter 1,300 lbs of sausage, 2,100 dozen eggs, and 2,500 lbs of American cheese each week to produce its baked goods.The Czech Stop remained open after the West Fertilizer Company explosion on April 17, 2013, to serve local residents and first responders.The store has been featured in Southern Living, Primetime: What Would You Do? on ABC, and on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

The Crash at Crush was a one-day publicity stunt in the U.S. state of Texas that took place on September 15, 1896, in which two uncrewed locomotives were crashed into each other head-on at high speed. William George Crush, general passenger agent of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, conceived the idea in order to demonstrate a staged train wreck as a public spectacle. No admission was charged, and train fares to the crash site – called Crush, set up as a temporary destination for the event – were offered at the reduced rate of US$3.50 in 1896 (equivalent to $125.35 in 2023) from any location in Texas. As a result, an estimated 40,000 people – more people than the second-largest city in state at the time – attended the event. Unexpectedly, the impact caused both engine boilers to explode, resulting in a shower of flying debris that killed two people and caused numerous injuries among the spectators.

Ross is a rural city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Leroy is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 310 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Birome ( bye-ROHM) is an unincorporated community in south central Hill County in Central Texas, United States. It is located approximately fifteen miles south of Hillsboro, at the intersection of FM 308 and County Road 3238. Birome was founded in 1910 when the International-Great Northern Railroad was extended to that point. The town's name is a portmanteau of Bickham and Jerome Cartwright, brothers who owned the original town site. Birome had an estimated population of thirty-one in 2000. Area students attend school in the nearby town of Penelope (Penelope ISD).

Elm Mott is an unincorporated community in McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is located near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Farm to Market Road 308, eight miles north of Waco. Elm Mott is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Aquilla Creek is a river in Texas.

Connally High School is a public high school located in Waco, Texas, United States and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is part of the Connally Independent School District located in northern McLennan County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Penelope High School is a 1A public high school located in Penelope, Texas (USA). It is part of the Penelope Independent School District located in north central Hill County. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

Penelope Independent School District is a public school district based in Penelope, Texas (USA). In addition to Penelope, the district also serves the unincorporated community of Birome. The district has one school Penelope School that serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve. The school and town were chronicled in the book "Where Dreams Die Hard" by Carlton Stowers, which follows the team for an entire season of football (after dropping the sport for 40 years, the school resumed play in 2000). In 2007, Penelope made the football playoffs for the first time in school history, though it lost in the first round.

Penelope is a town in Hill County, Texas, United States. The population was 180 at the 2020 census.