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Bonham is a city and is the county seat of Fannin County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 10,408 at the 2020 census. [6] James Bonham (the city's namesake) sought the aid of James Fannin (the county's namesake) at the Battle of the Alamo. Bonham is part of the Texoma region in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.
1.5 mi (2.4 km). W of Bonham on U.S. 82: Bonham: State Historic Site, State Antiquities Landmark, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 7: State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River: State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River: December 20, 1996
A 1959 map of the county road which preceded RE 3. The route travels west to east across the center of the map. The city of Bonham started planning Lake Bonham in 1960 as a supply source for its municipal water system. [6] Construction of the Timber Creek Dam, which impounds the reservoir, began in 1966. [7]
Fannin County is a county in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, its population was 35,662. [1] The county seat is Bonham.
State Highway 121 (SH 121) is a state highway angling from southwest to northeast through north central Texas. It runs from Cleburne, Texas at US 67 to SH 78 in Bonham, Texas, just north of a junction with US 82. Between Fort Worth and Euless, SH 121 is known as Airport Freeway (east of Euless, this name applies to SH 183).
In Bonham, Texas, US 82 crosses SH 121 while the route runs parallel with SH 56 until Honey Grove where SH 56 ends. US 82 enters Paris at a diamond interchange where it runs concurrent with Loop 286 on the north side of the city as a Business Route runs through the center of the city before rejoining on the east side of Paris.
The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum is a public research center, library, and museum at 800 West Sam Rayburn Drive in Bonham, Texas.It was built in 1957 as a working library and research center for Sam Rayburn (1882-1961), the influential United States Congressman who holds the record as the longest-serving Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Bonham State Park is a 261-acre (1.06 km 2) state park located in Bonham, Texas (in Fannin County, northeast of Dallas). [2] It includes a 65-acre (260,000 m 2 ) lake, rolling prairies, and woodlands.