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      • In May 1871, the one-square-mile town of Longview was incorporated. At age 20, James Stephen Hogg (first native-born governor of Texas 1891-1893) founded the city’s first newspaper, the Longview News.
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  2. Named after his farm in Lees Summit, Missouri, Longview was incorporated as a third-class city on February 14, 1924. Four months later Long-Bell Lumber Company started production in what was declared to be the largest lumber mill in the world.

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  3. In May 1871, the one-square-mile town of Longview was incorporated. At age 20, James Stephen Hogg (first native-born governor of Texas 1891-1893) founded the city’s first newspaper, the Longview News.

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  4. Aug 31, 2022 · Longview was incorporated as a city in 1923 and has room to grow. City planners designed the original layout of the city to hold around 50,000 people. Today, the population is closer to 37,000.

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  5. Longview incorporated on May 17, 1871, the first community in Gregg County to do so. The population of Longview grew to 5,036 in the 1930's, and more than doubled to 13,758 by 1940 – due to the discovery of crude oil in the area.

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    Longview became incorporated on June 24, 1871. Whaley Street, originally called North Street, made the northern boundary of town, Center Street was considered the center of town, and South Street was the southern boundary. Tyler Street was "the road to Tyler".

  7. Nov 29, 2019 · On May 17, 1871, Longview incorporated, the first community in Gregg County to do so. Earpville disappeared from the map, but Pine Tree endured as a recognizable community, known later as Awalt, then as Willow Springs, and finally as Greggton before being annexed by Longview in the 1960s.

  8. Longview was officially incorporated on February 14, 1924. At the time of its conception, Longview was the only planned city of its magnitude to have ever been conceived of and built entirely with private funds.

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