Wichita Falls is a town in Texas, named for Wichita Indians who lived near waterfalls on what is now the Wichita River. In 1882, Fort Worth and Denver Railroad brought first train to area, establishing town as an agricultural and trade center. Oil boom in early 1900s made city headquarters for north Texas petroleum production, service and manufacturing. City is seat for Wichita County and leading gateway to Texas on I-44. Major trade and industrial center with economy based on Sheppard Air Force Base, oil processing and other varied manufacturing.

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Symphony orchestra

Ballet

Community theater

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Art center

Sheppard Air Force Base, a technical training center, one of the largest of five in the U.S., and hosts the only NATO pilot training program in the world.

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Activities at Midwestern State Univ.

Events
There's a full calendar of events throughout the year including:

World of Wheels and Home & Garden Expo in Feb.;

Spring Fling in Apr.;

Red River Rodeo and Texas-Oklahoma Oil Bowl Classic in June;

Ranch Round-Up and Hotter 'N Hell Hundred Bike Race Festival in Aug.;

T&O Fair and Fallfest in Sept.;

MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights and City Lights Festival in Dec.

Wichita Falls is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 104,197. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. Based on a July 1, 2006 estimate, the metropolitan area has a population of 145,528. The city is the county seat of Wichita County.

Sheppard Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base, is located in Wichita Falls.

Wichita Falls is sister city to Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria, Germany.

The city's main newspaper is the Times Record News. The weekly community newspaper is The News Mirror.

Geography and Climate

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Wichita Falls is located at (33.897047, -98.514881).

The city is about 15 miles south of the border with Oklahoma, 115 miles northwest of Fort Worth, and 140 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 183.1 km² (70.7 mi²). 183.1 km² (70.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.03%) is water.

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As of the census of 2000, there were 104,197 people, 37,970 households, and 24,984 families residing in the city. The population density was 569.1/km² (1,474.1/mi²). There were 41,916 housing units at an average density of 228.9/km² (593.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 75.11% White, 12.40% African American, 0.86% Native American, 2.20% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 6.39% from other races, and 2.95% from two or more races. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin accounted for 13.98% of the population.Velasco Agers is a cenetarian living in the city at 100 years old.

There were 37,970 households out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living...