Taylor, Texas

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Taylor is at the intersections of the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas lines and State Highway 95 and U.S. Highway 79, in southeastern Williamson County. In 1876 the Texas Land Company auctioned lots in anticipation of the arrival of the International-Great Northern Railroad. Taylorsville (which officially became Taylor in 1892) was named after Edward Moses Taylor, a railroad official. An influx of settlers from Czechoslovakia and other Slavic states, as well as from Germany and Austria, helped establish the town. Population 15,755.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor,_Texas
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Coordinates:   30°35'6"N   97°25'17"W

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  • Home of Many Bar B Que Joints, Many Diners, Rodeo, Manufacturing, Antiques, Custom Cars, Custom Motorcycles, Good Food, and an Old Fashined All-American Town.
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