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Robinson is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,443 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ] It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Robinson High School (commonly Robinson or RHS) is a public high school located in Robinson, Texas, United States and is classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League. It is part of the Robinson Independent School District , which serves students mostly from Robinson; parts of the district extend into Lorena and Waco .
Robertson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,757. [1] Its county seat is Franklin. [2] The county was created in 1837 and organized the following year.
Robinson moved to Nacogdoches, Texas in 1833 and received a land grant for a league of land. Robinson was elected Lieutenant Governor of the provisional Texas government in 1835. Robinson was provisional Governor of Texas in 1836 after Governor Henry Smith was deposed, but Smith claimed it was invalid as there was no quorum present.
Robinson Independent School District is a public school district based in Robinson, Texas . In addition to Robinson, the district serves part of Golinda and extends into a small portion of Falls County. In 2010, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [1]
Jesse Washington was a seventeen-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Washington was convicted of raping and murdering Lucy Fryer, the wife of his white employer in rural Robinson, Texas. He was chained by his neck and dragged out ...
Elijah Robinson (born May 25, 1985) is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive coordinator of the Syracuse Orange. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and has coached them as well as the Temple Owls , Baylor Bears , and Texas A&M Aggies .
In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule. A general-law municipality has no charter and is limited to the specific powers granted by the general laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government" [6] from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law ...