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The world's largest convenience store and a Texas road trip institution, famous for its immaculate restrooms, beaver nuggets, and 120 fuel pumps.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Texas, United States · North America
Nixon sits on the route: 20 minutes from Stockdale, 57km from Buc-ee's New Braunfels.
Nixon is a town located in Texas, United States. With a population of 2,465, it is an important destination in North America.
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Nixon is a city, self-described as a "compact neighborhood," at U.S. Highway 87 and the junction of Karnes, Gonzales and Wilson counties; alongside the Clear Fork Creek in the Juan J. Tejada League, in the U.S. state of Texas. Approaching 100 city blocks, the Nixon urban-area is defined by its schools at its north-endRead more
in the neighborhood of Rancho; with the southwest boundary hosting its industrial park and meat packing facilities, upon the 87-corridor towards Pandora and the county seat of Floresville.
The population was 2,341 at the 2020 census. Nixon is located primarily within Gonzales County; however, most of its major employers and assets are alongside the eastern Wilson County line. The city has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land. The Wilson County portion of Nixon is part of the San Antonio metropolitan area.
Nixon was formed across the landholdings of the Nixon family through the end of the 19th century, beginning as a 14,000-acre (5,700 ha) plantation south of Luling and north of Belmont. In the early 20th century through the present day, Nixon continually consolidated southward at John T. Nixon's land closer to the original settlements of Cuero, Goliad and Indianola, once acting as a rail station; this confluence once having the original name of "Rancho," so named for its free-range cattle industry.
The city is served primarily by employers that include a publicly traded oil refinery, a chicken slaughterhouse, and its municipal services, especially the Nixon-Smiley Consolidated Independent School District. In 2018, the aggregate income of urban Nixon was an estimated $58,035,500. In 2019 according to the Texas Department of Transportation, the aggregate annual-average-daily-traffic (AADT) of urban Nixon was rated at 22,928 vehicles.
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Nixon is located in Texas, United States, North America. The coordinates are 29.2675 latitude, -97.7644 longitude.
Nixon has a population of approximately 2,465 people, making it a town in United States.
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The world's largest convenience store and a Texas road trip institution, famous for its immaculate restrooms, beaver nuggets, and 120 fuel pumps.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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