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s City of Sherman, Texas Recruitment Brochure City Manager The Community ..... Sherman is a dynamic Texas community of 37 square miles located an hour's drive north of Dallas on US High- way 75 and only a few minutes from the Texas-Oklahoma border. It is the largest city in Grayson County and serves as the commercial and retail hub of its Northeastern Texas/Southeastern Oklahoma region. In addition to its mature and attractive housing stock, a variety of retail, of- fice and industrial land uses offer major employment and commercial activity, Sherman's 1998 estimated census population of 35,000 could approach as high as 37,000 in the current tabulations. The community has maintained consistent growth over the last few dec- ades and is strategically placed to receive a rapidly increasing level of growth pressure from the Dallas and Collin Counties' population boom. u The City of Sherman was originally settled in 1847 and incor- porated in 1858, Sherman's namesake, General Sidney Sherman, is credited with originating the saying "Remember the Alamo" during the Battle of San Jacinto. The rich history of the community is preserved in Olde Town Sherman and the Red River Historical Museum, The C. S. Roberts House in the Olde Town area is maintained by the Sherman Preservation I' League. " I Sherman's location provides its residents a "small town" at- mosphere with ready access to all the shopping, cultural and recreational offerings of the DallasIFort Worth Metroplex to supplement the City's local amenities. Cultural and recrea- tional opportunities in the City of Sherman include 425 acres in ten municipal parks and play- grounds, five golf courses (I public), 18 tennis courts (10 public), two museums (I cityoper- ated), community theatre, a senior citizens center, two public swimming pools and a City library with 100,000 volumes available. Lake Texoma, a 97,000 recreational lake rated as the "number one lake in Texas" by the Dallas Morning News, is adjacent to Sherman and offers an abundance of recreational and camping opportunities on its waters and its shorelines that straddle the Texas and Oklahoma border. Sherman also boasts a renowned Symphony Orchestra, the only orchestra between Dallas and Oklahoma City. c.s. Roberts House