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6 unusual facts about Grayson County


Dawud M. Mu'Min

He was serving a 48 year prison sentence for a 1973 murder conviction of a taxi driver in Grayson County.

Edward H. Lingo

In 1872 he moved to Denison, Grayson County, Texas, which had recently become a railroad town and a center of population and industry, and entered a partnership with J. P. Leeper & Company, later Waples, Lingo & Company.

Grizzly Smith

Smith was born in Grayson County, Texas and grew up with a brother, who died at age nine, and two sisters.

Kentucky Route 185

After this junction, KY 185 continues north until it passes into Grayson County.

Mel Tappan

All three were buried at West Hill Cemetery, in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.

Sherman–Denison metropolitan area

The Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Grayson – in North Texas, anchored by the cities of Sherman and Denison.


Preston, Texas

It is now a ghost town and the former town site, located near Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Texoma.


see also

Leitchfield, Kentucky

Each July, the Grayson County Agricultural Recreation Park in Leitchfield hosts the Grayson County 4-H and FFA Ag Fair.