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Mansfield
Texas is a state located in the Southern and Western regions of the United States of America. The state is second-largest in both area and population behind Alaska and California, respectively. The state's name derives from a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and existed as the independent Republic of Texas for nearly a decade. Texas is internationally known for its energy and aeronautics industries, and for its ship channel at the Port of Houston, the largest in the U.S. in international commerce and the sixth-largest port in the world.
Mansfield is a city located in Johnson County, Tarrant County, and Ellis County Texas. According to the 2006 census estimate, the city has a population of 49,000. Rapid growth has occurred mainly due to the city's proximity to nearby Joe Pool Lake. Two-time Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson lives in Mansfield. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 94.6 square kilometers. Out of its total area 94.5 square kilometers of the city is covered by land and 0.1 square kilometers that is 11 percent by water. The population density was 296.7 per square kilometers. There were 9,172 housing units at an average density of 97,1 per square kilometers.
The first wave of settlers arrived in the rolling cross timber country of north central Texas in the 1840s. Primarily of Scotch-Irish origins, these pioneer farmers came for the most part, from southern states, following the frontier as it shifted west of the Mississippi. They entered an area where Indians had been living for thousands of years. The roving bands of Comanche posed a serious threat to the settlers, and in 1849, the U.S. Army established Fort Worth to protect the farms along the sparsely populated frontier.
The area southeast of the fort was well protected and presumably fairly well settled by the early 1850s. In one well-documented case, eight related families migrated to the area in 1853 from Illinois. Three of the four Gibson brothers in this group established homesteads about four miles northwest of present-day Mansfield. This settlement, which became known as the Gibson Community, included a school and a church building by 1860. Mansfield is a city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages.
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