San Angelo

San Angelo
/san an"jeuh loh'/
a city in W Texas. 73,240.

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      city, seat (1875) of Tom Green county, west-central Texas, U.S. It lies about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Abilene. Founded in 1869 near Fort Concho (now a museum) at the confluence of the North, South, and Middle Concho rivers, it was first known as Over-the-River but was renamed Santa Angela (later masculinized) for a sister-in-law of Bart J. DeWitt, one of the founders. The rivers have been impounded there (for irrigation and flood control) to form Twin Buttes Reservoir and other lakes.

      San Angelo is a major wool and mohair market and holds a wool pageant each June. Livestock raising is important, and a stock show and rodeo are held annually. Angelo State University was opened as a state college in 1928. Goodfellow Air Force Base and light-industrial development help to diversify the city's economic structure. San Angelo's manufactures include petroleum, meat and dairy, metal, cottonseed, stone, clay, and glass products, as well as shoes, boots, saddles, Western-style jewelry, and printing and binding. San Angelo also serves as a medical-service centre for the surrounding region. San Angelo State Park is located on the city's western fringe.

      The town of Paint Rock, 30 miles (50 km) east of San Angelo, was named for the approximately 1,500 Indian pictographs on a nearby river bluff. Inc. 1903. Pop. (1990) city, 84,474; San Angelo MSA, 98,458; (2000) city, 88,439; San Angelo MSA, 104,010.

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