Canyon, Texas

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Canyon, Texas is a small city in the Texas Panhandle known as the home of West Texas A&M University and a gateway to nearby Palo Duro Canyon State Park.

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Canyon, Texas canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 806 ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Randall County, Texas ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic college town ⓘ
elevation about 1,100 meters ⓘ
about 3,600 feet ⓘ
foundedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
GNISFeatureClass populated place ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Canyon Independent School District ⓘ
hasHighSchool Canyon High School (Texas) ⓘ
hasMunicipalGovernment City of Canyon government ⓘ
hasMuseum Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Palo Duro Canyon State Park ⓘ
linked to: Palo Duro Canyon
hasNickname Gateway to Palo Duro Canyon ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.canyontx.gov/ ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary Canyon Public Library ⓘ
hasUniversity West Texas A&M University ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Randall County, Texas ⓘ
isGatewayTo Palo Duro Canyon State Park ⓘ
linked to: Palo Duro Canyon
isHomeOf Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum ⓘ
West Texas A&M University ⓘ
isInCountrySubdivision Northern Texas ⓘ
linked to: North Texas
KöppenClimateClassification BSk ⓘ
locatedInRegion Texas Panhandle ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Amarillo, Texas ⓘ
near Palo Duro Canyon ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Amarillo metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Amarillo, Texas
postalCode 79015 ⓘ
79016 ⓘ
primaryEconomicSectors agriculture ⓘ
education ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region High Plains ⓘ
linked to: High Plains region
state Texas ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
transportationRoute State Highway 217 ⓘ
U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Texas A&M University → locatedIn → Canyon, Texas ⓘ
Randall County → hasCountySeat → Canyon, Texas ⓘ
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum → city → Canyon, Texas ⓘ
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum → locatedIn → Canyon, Texas ⓘ
Randall County, Texas → countySeat → Canyon, Texas ⓘ
Randall County, Texas → hasCity → Canyon, Texas ⓘ
Interstate 27 → passesThrough → Canyon, Texas ⓘ