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About Tool, TX

Tool is a small East Texas town of about 2,400 people, located 75 miles southeast of Dallas near Cedar Creek Lake. The main route from Dallas takes Interstate 20 east to Highway 155 south, about 90 minutes total. It's popular with Dallas-area weekend visitors for fishing and lake recreation. The town is named after an early settler, not the implement you'd expect.

Where is Tool, TX on the map?

Tool, TX is in United States, at 32.280, -96.172 - about 36 km south-east of Oak Grove, TX.

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The closest airport to Tool, TX is Dallas Love Field, 103 km (about 1 h 24 min by car).

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