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Lakeport is a city in Gregg County, Texas, United States. The population was 974 at the 2010 census , [ 4 ] up from 861 at the 2000 census ; in 2020 , its population was 976. [ 5 ]
East Texas Regional Airport (IATA: GGG, ICAO: KGGG, FAA LID: GGG) is an airport located in an unincorporated area, [2] in Gregg County, Texas, United States. [1] The airport is just south of the city of Lakeport, and is 9 mi (7.8 nmi; 14 km) south of Longview. Its IATA identifier GGG comes from its prior name, Gregg County Airport.
In Lakeport, near the East Texas Regional Airport, the highway intersects and runs concurrent with SH 322. It crosses over the Sabine River as it leaves town. At the intersection of Estes Parkway and Eastman Road, north of Lakeport, SH 149 splits from SH 322 and heads to the northeast.
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Gregg County is part of the Longview, Texas metropolitan area and the Longview–Marshall, Texas combined statistical area. Discovery of oil near Kilgore in October 1930 was the beginning of an oil boom that attracted workers to the county and expanded the population by more than 500% by 1940, according to the census.
The Longview metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in Northeast Texas that covers four counties—Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, and Upshur.As of the 2010 census the MSA had a population of 280,000 (though a July 1, 2019 estimate placed the population at 286,657).
Clarksville City is located in northwestern Gregg County along U.S. Route 80, 10 miles (16 km) west of Longview and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Gladewater.The city is bordered by Gladewater to the west, Warren City to the northwest, and White Oak to the east.
The community was originally founded in 1873 under the name "Willow Springs" as a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railway. Greggton's main thoroughfare would be designated as part of U.S. Highway 80 upon its establishment in 1926. [1] The East Texas Oil Boom of the early 1930s saw the town grow. A post office was established in November 1932 and ...