Sutherland Springs
Sutherland Springs | ||
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Location in Texas
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1854 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Texas | |
County : | Wilson County | |
Coordinates : | 29 ° 16 ′ N , 98 ° 3 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | |
Height : | 143 m | |
Postal code : | 78161 | |
FIPS : | 71396-48 | |
GNIS ID : | 1369438 | |
Whitehall, HABS - 1936 image |
Sutherland Springs is an unincorporated community in the northern part of Wilson County in the US state of Texas . The location is on US Highway 87 , where it crosses Farm Road 539, about 21 miles east of central San Antonio . Old Sutherland Springs is on the south bank of Cibolo Creek and New Sutherland Springs is on the north bank. According to the information in the Handbook of Texas , the place had 362 inhabitants (as of 2000).
Whitehall , a listed structure on the National Register of Historic Places , is located in Sutherland Springs.
Rampage at the First Baptist Church
On November 5, 2017 , a man in the First Baptist Church shot dead at least 26 people and injured around two dozen others.
supporting documents
- ↑ Richard McCaslin: Sutherland Springs, TX ( English ) In: Handbook of Texas . Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ↑ Texas church shooting leaves many dead ( English ) In: BBC News . British Broadcasting Corporation. November 5, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
Web links
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