Clearwater, Texas

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Clearwater is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Texas, United States.

School[]

Clearwater is served by the Winnsboro Independent School District.

In popular culture[]

  • The 1965 western film the Sons of Katie Elder starring John Wayne, Dean Martin is set in Clearwater in 1898. It however was actually filmed mostly in northern Mexico.
  • In the 2003 American Christian film, Christmas Child (based on Max Lucado's 1998 short story "The Christmas Cross", repackaged in 2003 as The Christmas Child: A Story of Coming Home), a Chicago journalist travels to Clearwater around Christmas time to discover his past.[1]
  • Texas playwright Cody Moree set his first and most popular stage play, Her Senior Year,[2] (1998 I.E. Clark / Dramatic Publishing Company) in Clearwater, Texas Another play written by Moree, ALong Way To Memphis, takes place in the offices of Clearwater Real Estate, Clearwater, Texas.

References[]

  1. ^ Lucado, Max (2005). The Christmas Child: A Story about Finding Your Way Home for the Holidays. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1595540607.
  2. ^ Moree, Cody. (1998). Her senior year : a one-act play. Schulenburg, TX: I.E. Clark Pub. ISBN 0886804531. OCLC 71192735.

Coordinates: 32°59′59″N 95°12′05″W / 32.99972°N 95.20139°W / 32.99972; -95.20139


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