Frisco, Texas

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The community of Lebanon was founded along Preston trail and granted a U.S. post office in 1860. In 1902, a line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway was being built through the area, and periodic watering holes were needed along the rails for the steam engines. The current settlement of Lebanon was on the Preston Ridge and was thus too high in elevation, so the watering hole was placed about four miles (6 km) to the west on lower ground. A community grew around this train stop. Residents of Lebanon actually moved their houses to the new community on logs.

The new town was originally named Emerson, but was rejected by the U.S. Postal Service as being too similar to another town in Texas. In 1904, the residents chose Frisco City in honor of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway on which the town was founded, later shortened to its present name.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas
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Coordinates:   33°9'1"N   96°49'40"W

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  • Thanks to the vote on November 6, 2012, liquor stores will now be opening up in town. Yee-Haw!
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