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George West
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city in and county seat of Live Oak County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Live Oak
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Andrew Garza
- Total
- 1.94 sq mi (5.02 km )
- Land
- 1.94 sq mi (5.02 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 157 ft (48 m)
- Density
- 1,120/sq mi (432/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-29348
- Website
- cityofgw .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
City Hall in George West George West is a city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States, and named for cattle rancher George Washington West. The population was 2,171 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Live Oak County. George West was named the "storytelling capital of Texas" in 2005 by the Texas Senate; and it hosts the George West Storyfest, a festival that features storytelling, cowboy poetry, and music. Numerous ranches surround George West.
The Texas author and folklorist J. Frank Dobie was born in Live Oak County near George West in 1888. Former State Senator Cyndi Taylor Krier, also the administrative judge of Bexar County, was reared near George West in the unincorporated community of Dinero.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George West” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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