Waco
| Waco | ||||
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| Ciudad | ||||
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  Waco Ubicación en el condado de McLennan en Texas | ||||
 Ubicación de Texas en EE. UU. | ||||
| Coordenadas | 31°33′05″N 97°09′21″O / 31.551388888889, -97.155833333333 | |||
| Entidad | Ciudad | |||
| • País | Estados Unidos | |||
| • Estado |
 Texas | |||
| • Condado | McLennan | |||
| Fundación | 1849 | |||
| Superficie | ||||
| • Total | 262.27 km² | |||
| • Tierra | 230.41 km² | |||
| • Agua | (12.14%) 31.85 km² | |||
| Altitud | ||||
| • Media | 159 m s. n. m. | |||
| Población (2010) | ||||
| • Total | 124 805 hab. | |||
| • Densidad | 475,87 hab./km² | |||
| Huso horario | Centro: UTC-6 | |||
| • en verano | UTC-5 | |||
| Código ZIP | 76700–76799, 76701, 76703, 76705, 76707, 76712, 76715, 76717, 76721, 76724, 76725, 76729, 76733, 76736, 76739, 76742, 76745, 76748, 76751, 76753, 76756, 76758, 76760, 76763, 76766, 76765, 76768, 76771, 76774, 76775, 76779, 76781, 76783, 76785, 76787, 76791, 76793, 76797 y 76799 | |||
| Código de área | 254 | |||
| GNIS | 2412162[1] | |||
| Sitio web oficial | ||||
Waco es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de McLennan en el estado estadounidense de Texas. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 124.805 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 475,87 personas por km².[2]
La ciudad fue fundada en 1849 por George B. Erath, quien había pensado llamarla Lamartine, para luego escoger un nombre basado en el nombre de la tribu que ocupaba el espacio antes de los blancos, los huaco.
El 11 de marzo de 1953 un tornado arrasó la ciudad, matando a 114 personas.
En 1993, Waco fue noticia por un enfrentamiento entre agentes federales y miembros de la secta religiosa de los davidianos, que concluyó con un incendio que destruyó su centro y mató a más de setenta de sus miembros, que permanecían encerrados y asediados por las fuerzas de la ley desde hacía más de cincuenta días.
Geografía
Waco se encuentra ubicada en las coordenadas 31°33′36″N 97°11′10″O / 31.56000, -97.18611. Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Waco tiene una superficie total de 262.27 km², de la cual 230.41 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (12.14%) 31.85 km² es agua.[3]
Demografía
Según el censo de 2010,[4] había 124805 personas residiendo en Waco. La densidad de población era de 475,87 hab./km². De los 124805 habitantes, Waco estaba compuesto por el 59.23% blancos, el 21.52% eran afroamericanos, el 0.64% eran amerindios, el 1.77% eran asiáticos, el 0.05% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 13.98% eran de otras razas y el 2.82% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 29.6% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.[5]
Personas ilustres de Waco
Deportistas
- Kwame Cavil. Jugador de fútbol en Canadá
- Perrish Cox. Jugador de la NFL de los Broncos de Denver
- Zach Duke, jugador de las ligas menores de beisbol.
- Dave Eichelberger, golfista profesional.
- Casey Fossum, jugador de las Ligas mayores de Beísbol en el equipo de los Mets de Nueva York.
- Ken Grandberry, jugador también de la NFL con los Osos de Chicago.[6]
- Robert Griffin III, jugador de la NFL de los Washington Redskins[7]
- Andy Hawkins, born in Waco, is a former major-league pitcher.[8]
- Sherrill Headrick, born in Waco, came to the American Football League's Dallas Texans as an undrafted linebacker.[9]
- Derrick Johnson, NFL football player for the Kansas City Chiefs.[10]
- Michael Johnson, United States sprinter; graduated from Baylor University in 1990.[11]
- Mike Singletary, linebacker for the Chicago Bears, Hall of Fame player and current NFL coach.[12]
- Rob Powell, fitness coach who has 2 certificates of Guinness World Records[cita requerida]
- Dominic Rhodes, born in Waco, is an American football running back who currently plays for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League.[13]
- LaDainian Tomlinson, NFL football player for the New York Jets; born in Rosebud, grew up in Waco, and went to University High School.[14]
- Jeremy Wariner, former All-American for Baylor University Track and Field[15]
- Darold Williamson, former All-American for Baylor University Track and Field[16]
Actores
- Jules Bledsoe, stage and screen actor and singer. When the Broadway premiere of Show Boat was delayed in 1927 by Ziegfeld, Paul Robeson became unavailable, so Bledsoe stepped in. He played and sang the role of Joe, introducing "Ol' Man River".[17]
- James Brown, film and television star; appeared as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters in 166 episodes of ABC's The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959) and later as detective Harry McSween on CBS's Dallas[cita requerida]
- Shannon Elizabeth of American Pie fame was born in Houston and grew up in Waco.[18]
- Peri Gilpin, best known for her television character Roz Doyle on the hit series Frasier, was born in Waco and raised in Dallas.[19]
- Texas Guinan was a Hollywood actress from 1917 to 1933. She was active in vaudeville and theater, and was in many movies (often as the gun-toting hero in silent westerns, more than a match for any man). She also had a successful career as a hostess in night clubs and speakeasies in New York City.[20]
- Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs, was a student at Baylor University, and covered the police beat for the Waco Tribune-Herald.[21]
- Jennifer Love Hewitt, born in Waco.[22]
- Terrence Malick, director of The Thin Red Line, was born in Waco. He also directed The Tree of Life, which was set in the town of Waco in the 1950s.[23]
- Steve Martin, comediante, nació en Waco; su familia se mudó a California cuando tenía alrededor de seis años.[24]
- Kevin Reynolds, director (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Count of Monte Cristo, Waterworld), was born and raised in Waco.[25]
Músicos
- David Crowder Band (1996–2012), fue una banda de rock cristiano[26]
- Wade Bowen, cantante de música country[27]
- Pat Green, cantautor de música country.[28]
- Roy Hargrove, a Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter, was born and raised in Waco.[29]
- Hi-Five, a successful R&B group who had hits in the 1990s including "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)", is from Waco.[30]
- Kari Jobe, a two-time Dove Award winning Christian singer-songwriter was born in Waco and was raised in Watauga, Texas and Hurst, Texas.[31]
- Willie Nelson, country music singer/songwriter was born in nearby Abbott and attended Baylor University for one year.[32]
- Ted Nugent, guitarist, along with his wife Shemane and son Rocco Nugent, live in Waco[33]
- Bill Payne, keyboardist for the rock band Little Feat born and raised in the Waco area.[34]
- Billy Joe Shaver, country songwriter ("Honky Tonk Heroes") and singer ("Old Chunk of Coal"), lives in Waco.[35]
- Ashlee Simpson, pop music singer, was born in Waco and raised in Dallas.[36]
- Jessica Simpson, pop music singer, was born in Abilene and raised in Waco and Dallas.[cita requerida]
- Strange Fruit Project, an underground hip hop trio, is from Waco.[37]
- Hank Thompson, was born in Waco and is a country music singer who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.[38]
- Fisher Tull, composer (1934–1994)[39]
- Mercy Dee Walton was born in Waco.[40]
- Tom Wilson, 1960s record producer[cita requerida]
Políticos
- Kip Averitt, State senator from District 22 from 2002 to 2010[41]
- Joe Barton, US congressman representing Texas's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, was born and reared in Waco.[42]
- Roy Bass, Waco native who served as mayor of Lubbock (1974–1978)[43]
- Russell B. Cummings, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County, 1963–1967; retired to Waco[44]
- Chet Edwards, former U.S. representative[45]
- Kent Grusendorf, former state representative from Arlington, originally from Waco[46]
- Leon Jaworski, who prosecuted Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg trials and then was the special prosecutor who brought down the Nixon administration during the Watergate scandal, was born and raised in Waco.[47]
- Charles R. Matthews, former mayor of Garland, Texas; member of the Texas Railroad Commission, and chancellor of the Texas State University System, is a Waco native.[cita requerida]
- Billy G. Mills (born 1929), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–74, Superior Court judge thereafter[cita requerida]
- Albert Parsons, a radical labor organizer hanged for his role in Chicago's Haymarket Riot (but posthumously exonerated). During Reconstruction, he attended Waco University (now Baylor) and published a pro-civil rights newspaper in Waco. He moved to Chicago after marrying activist Lucy Waller.[cita requerida]
- Ann Richards, former governor of Texas and keynote speaker at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, was born in the Waco suburb of Lacy-Lakeview and graduated from Baylor University.[48]
- Ralph Sheffield, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bell County; restaurateur in Temple, born in Waco in 1955[49]
- David McAdams Sibley, Sr., former state senator (1991–2002) and mayor of Waco (1987–1988)[50]
Otros
- T. Berry Brazelton, nacido en Waco, es un reconocido autor de tratados de pediatría.
- Hallie Earle (1880–1963) First licensed female physician in Waco, 1902 M.S. from Baylor, only female graduate of 1907 Baylor University Medical School in Dallas.
- Heloise, of the "Hints from Heloise" column, was born in Waco. Her column addresses lifestyle hints, including consumer issues, pets, travel, food, home improvement, health and much more.
- David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians, died along with 75 others in the blaze during the Waco siege, in the town of Elk, nine miles (14 km) away.
- Robert W. McCollum (1925–2010), virologist who made important discoveries regarding polio and hepatitis.[51]
- Glenn McGee, nacido en Waco, es un reconocido defensor de la bioética.
- Doris (Dorie) Miller, born in Waco, was an African American cook in the United States Navy and a hero during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy's second highest honor, the Navy Cross. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Miller in the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor.
- C. Wright Mills, born in Waco, was a noted sociologist. Among other topics he was concerned with the responsibilities of intellectuals in post-World War II society, and advocated relevance and engagement over disinterested academic observation.
- W. Winfred Moore, Baptist clergyman lived in Waco during the 1990s, while he was a visiting distinguished professor of religion and director of the Center for Ministry Effectiveness at Baylor.
- Felix Huston Robertson, nacido en Washington-on-the-Brazos, fue general conferedado durante la Guerra Civil.
- Robert Wilson, es un aclamado director de cine internacional.
Referencias
- ↑ «Sistema de Información de Nombres Geográficos: Waco». Geographic Names Information System (en inglés).
- ↑ «U.S. Gazetteer: Censo de 2010» (en inglés). Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos. 16 de febrero de 2011. Consultado el 2 de mayo de 2013.
- ↑ «Encuentra un condado» (en inglés). Asociación Nacional de Condados. 2 de mayo de 2013. Consultado el 2 de mayo de 2013.
- ↑ «American FactFinder» (en inglés). Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos. Consultado el 2 de mayo de 2013.
- ↑ «US Board on Geographic Names» (en inglés). Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos. 25 de octubre de 2007. Consultado el 2 de mayo de 2013.
- ↑ «Ken Grandberry». Pro-Football Reference.com. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Robert Griffin III». Pro-Football Reference.com. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Andy Hawkins». BASEBALL REFERENCE. COM. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Sherrill Headrick». Pro-Football Reference.com. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Derrick Johnson». Pro-Football Reference.com. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Michael Johnson». baylorbears.com. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Mike Singletary». Pro-Football Reference.com. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Dominic Rhodes». Pro-Football Reference.com. Consultado el 8 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «LaDainian Tomlinson». http://gamedayr.com/. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Jeremy Wariner». baylorbears.com. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Darold Williamson». baylorbears.com. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Jules Bledsoe». Waco History Project. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Shannon Elizabeth». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Peri Gilpin». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Texas Guinan». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Thomas Harris». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Jennifer Love Hewitt». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Terrence Malick». Answers Corporation facebook. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Steve Martin». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Kevin Reynolds». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 9 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «David Crowder Band». Baylor® University. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Wade Bowen». Waco Tribune-Herald. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Pat Green». Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Roy Hargrove». The Dallas Morning News Inc. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Hi-Five». Waco Tribune-Herald, Waco. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Kari Jobe». Athens Publishing. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Willie Nelson». BeenVerified. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Ted Nugent». WorldNow and KCEN,. Consultado el 12 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Bill Payne». http://highlineballroom.com/. Consultado el 13 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Billy Joe Shaver». WACO TRIBUNE HERALD. Consultado el 13 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Ashlee Simpson». IMDb.com, Inc. Consultado el 13 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Strange Fruit Project». The Dallas Morning News Inc. Consultado el 13 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Hank Thompson». http://countrymusichalloffame.org/. Consultado el 13 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Fisher Tull». Texas State Cemetery. Consultado el 13 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Mercy Dee Walton». Texas State Historical Association. Consultado el 13 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Kip Averitt». Vote Smart . Com. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Joe Barton». Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Roy Bass». Archives.com. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Russell B. Cummings». Houston Chronicle. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Chet Edwards». Baylor® University. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Kent Grusendorf». Vote Smart . Com. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Leon Jaworski». Notable Names Data Base. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Ann Richards». tsl.state.tx.us. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ «Ralph Sheffield Biography». Legislative Reference Library. Consultado el 21 de febrero de 2014.
- ↑ «David Sibley». waco-texas.com. Consultado el 10 de agosto de 2013.
- ↑ Hevesi, Dennis. "Robert W. McCollum, Dean of Dartmouth Medical School, Dies at 85", The New York Times, September 25, 2010. Accessed September 26, 2010.
Enlaces externos
Portal:Texas. Contenido relacionado con Texas.
Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Waco.
