Waco, Texas

Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 113,726.

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Prior to white settlement, a Wichita Native American group known as the "Waco" or "Hueco" lived on the land of contemporary downtown Waco west of the Brazos River. In 1824, on an expedition to the Waco village, Thomas M. Duke reported the following to Stephen F. Austin: "his town is situated on the West Bank of the River about half a mile from the Riverhey have a spring almost as cold as Ice itselfll we want is some Brandy and Sugar to have Ice Toddyhey have about four hundred acres planted in corn beans pumpkins and melons and that tended in good order I think they cannot raise more than One Hundred Warriors." After Austin aborted the first attempt to destroy their village in 1825, he made a treaty with them. The Wacos were soon forced to abandon their village and moved upstream to what is now Palo Pinto County (due west of Dallas).

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McLennan County, Texas: McLennan County is a county located in the state of Texas. As of 2000, the population is 213,517. Its county seat is Waco6. The county is named for Neil McLennan, an early settler....

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