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3About Electra, TX
Electra is a small Texas town of 2,351 people located 20 miles northwest of Wichita Falls on US Highway 287. The main route runs straight through rolling prairie country, connecting to Dallas-Fort Worth 140 miles southeast and Amarillo 200 miles northwest. Most locals commute to Wichita Falls for work via the same highway. The town was named after a railroad executive's daughter and is the birthplace of baseball legend Cy Young, who won 511 games during his career from 1890 to 1911.
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Electra, TX is in United States, at 34.032, -98.920 - about 26 km west of Iowa Park, TX.
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The closest airport to Electra, TX is Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, 47 km (about 37 min by car).