Briscoe, Texas
Encyclopedia
Briscoe is an unincorporated community
just east of U.S. Highway 83
in Wheeler County, Texas
, United States
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The Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District
serves area students.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
just east of U.S. Highway 83
U.S. Route 83
U.S. Route 83 is one of the longest north–south U.S. Highways in the United States, at . Only four other north–south routes are longer: U.S. Routes 1, 41, 59 and 87. The highway's northern terminus is north of Westhope, North Dakota, at the Canadian border, where it continues as...
in Wheeler County, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District
Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District
Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Briscoe, Texas .The district covers northern Wheeler County , southern Hemphill County, and a small portion of northeastern Gray County.Fort Elliott Consolidated ISD has two schools that...
serves area students.