Editing Sherman, Texas

{{Distinguish|Sherman County, Texas}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Sherman, Texas
| settlement_type                 = [[City]]
| motto                           = "Classic Town. Broad Horizon."
| image_skyline                   = Shermancourthouse1.jpg
| image_caption                   = [[Paul Neeley Brown|Paul Brown]] United States Courthouse in Sherman
| image_map                       = Grayson County Sherman.svg
| map_caption                     = Location of Sherman, Texas
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Grayson County, Texas|Grayson]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = [[Council-manager government|Council-Manager]]
| leader_title                    = [[City Council]]
| leader_title1                   = [[City Manager]]
| established_title               = Founded
| established_date                = 1846
<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 119.72
| area_land_km2                   = 119.52
| area_water_km2                  = 0.20
| area_total_sq_mi                = 46.22
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 46.15
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.08
| area_metro_km2                  = 2536
| area_metro_sq_mi                = 
| area_urban_km2                  = 99.7
| area_urban_sq_mi                = 
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 43645
| population_density_km2          = 365.18
| population_density_sq_mi        = 945.82
| population_metro                = 135543
| population_density_metro_km2    = 
| population_density_metro_sq_mi  = 140
| population_density_urban_km2    = 
| population_density_urban_sq_mi  = 1732.5
| population_urban                = 66,691<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html |title=Urban and Rural: List of 2020 Census Urban Areas |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref> (US: [[List of United States urban areas|418th]])
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| timezone                        = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset                      = &minus;6
| timezone_DST                    = CDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = &minus;5
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft                    = 686
| coordinates                     = {{coord|33|37|38|N|96|37|20|W|region:US-TX_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code                     = 75090-75092
| area_code                       = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 48-67496<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 2411888<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411888}}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|www.cityofsherman.com}}
}}

'''Sherman''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Grayson County, Texas]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The city's population in 2020 was 43,645.<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4867496| title=Census - Geographic Profile: Sherman city, Texas | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 13, 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It is one of the two principal cities in the [[Sherman–Denison metropolitan area|Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area]], and is the largest city in the [[Texoma]] region of North Texas and southern Oklahoma.

==History==
[[Image:Sherman, Texas in 1891.jpg|thumb|left|Sherman in 1891]]
Sherman was named after General [[Sidney Sherman]] (July 23, 1805 – August 1, 1873), a hero of the [[Texas Revolution]]. The community was designated as the county seat by the act of the Texas Legislature, which created Grayson County on March 17, 1846. In 1847, a post office began operation. Sherman was originally located at the center of the county, but in 1848, it was moved about {{convert|3|mi|0}} east to its current location. By 1850, Sherman had become an incorporated town under Texas law. It had also become a stop on the [[Butterfield Overland Mail]] route through Texas. By 1852, Sherman had a population of 300 and consisted of a public square with a log court house, several businesses, a district clerk's office, and a church along the east side of the square. In 1861, the first flour mill was built.

During the 1850s and 1860s, Sherman continued to develop and to participate in regional politics. Because many residents of North Texas had migrated from the [[Upper South]] and only a low percentage were slaveholders,  considerable [[Unionist (United States)|Unionist]] sentiment existed in the region. E. Junius Foster, the publisher of Sherman's antisecessionist [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] newspaper, the ''Patriot'', circulated a petition to establish North Texas as an independent free state. Following Confederate passage of a conscription law,  resistance arose to conscription in North Texas, especially as owners of many slaves were exempt.

Late in the Civil War, pro-Confederate guerrillas led by [[William Quantrill]] spent the winter of 1863-1864 in North Texas, with a camp in Sherman and two others in nearby Kentuckytown to the south and Fink to the north. Former guerrilla Jesse James also came to Sherman for his honeymoon. He was photographed seated on his horse in Sherman.

During the 1860s, secondary education developed in North Texas. The Sherman Male and Female High School began accepting students in 1866, under the patronage of the North Texas Methodist Conference. It became one of three private schools operating in Sherman. The school operated under several names, including the North Texas Female College and Conservatory of Music from 1892 to 1919 and Kidd-Key College and Conservatory, from 1919 to 1935.<ref>[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbk02 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Kidd-Key College"], (accessed March 18, 2007)</ref> It gradually lost [[Methodism|Methodist]] support, following the opening of [[Southern Methodist University]] in Dallas in 1915. In 1876, [[Austin College]], the oldest continuously operating college in Texas, was relocated to Sherman from [[Huntsville, Texas|Huntsville]]. The Sherman Female Institute, later called [[Mary Louise Nash|Mary Nash]] College,<ref>[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbm10 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Mary Nash College"], (accessed March 18, 2007)</ref> opened in 1877 under sponsorship of the [[Baptist Church]]. It continued to operate until 1901, when the campus was sold to Kidd-Key College. [[Carr–Burdette College]], a [[women's college]] affiliated with the [[Disciples of Christ]], operated from 1894 to 1929. Sherman also has a long history within the [[Jewish]] community. By 1873, Jews in the region regularly met for the [[High Holidays]].<ref>[http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/tx/sherman.html "Sherman/Denison, Texas"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616174818/http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/tx/sherman.html |date=2012-06-16 }}, found in the [http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/index.html Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities],</ref>

While  general depression and lawlessness occurred during the [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]], Sherman remained commercially active. During the 1870s, Sherman's population reached 6,000. In 1875, after  two fires destroyed many buildings east of the town square, a number of civic buildings were rebuilt using more permanent materials. This included a new Grayson County Courthouse built in 1876. In 1879, the Old Settlers' Association of North Texas formed and met near Sherman. The organization  incorporated in 1898 and purchased Old Settlers' Park in 1909.

On May 15, 1896, a [[May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence|tornado]] measuring F5 on the [[Fujita scale]] struck Sherman. The tornado had a damage path {{convert|400|yd}} wide and {{convert|28|mi}} long, killing 73 people and injuring 200. About 50 homes were destroyed, with 20 of them obliterated.

In 1901, the first electric "[[Interurban]]" railway in Texas, the Denison and Sherman Railway, was completed between Sherman and [[Denison, Texas|Denison]].<ref>[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqe12 Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Electric Interurban Railways"] (accessed March 31, 2007)</ref> The [[Northern Texas Traction Company|Texas Traction Company]] completed a {{convert|65|mi|adj=on}} interurban between Sherman and [[Dallas]] in 1908, and in 1911 purchased the Denison and Sherman Railway. Through the connections in Dallas and Denison, travel to the Texas destinations of [[Terrell, Texas|Terrell]], [[Corsicana, Texas|Corsicana]], [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Cleburne, Texas|Cleburne]], and [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], became possible, as well as to [[Durant, Oklahoma]], by interurban railways. One popular destination on the Interurban between Sherman and Denison was Wood Lake Park, a private [[amusement park]] at the time. By 1948, all interurban rail service in Texas had been discontinued.

===Sherman Riot of 1930===
{{main|Lynching of George Hughes}}
During the Sherman Riot of May 9, 1930,<ref name="Thompson" /> the Grayson County Courthouse was burned down by local citizens in an attempt to lynch George Hughes, an African American suspected of assaulting a white woman.<ref name="Bills 2015" /> During the riot, Hughes was locked in the vault at the courthouse and apparently died in the fire.<ref name="Bills 2007" /> Rescue work was hindered by saboteurs cutting the fire hoses. After rioters retrieved Hughes' body from the vault, it was dragged behind a car, hanged, and set afire. The black business section of Sherman was also burned down, and many African Americans fled. Texas Ranger [[Frank Hamer]] was in Sherman during this riot, and reported the situation to Texas Governor [[Dan Moody]].<ref>[http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/governors/personality/moody-hamer-1.html Statement of Frank Hamer] on May 13, 1930 (accessed March 6, 2007)</ref> Governor Moody sent [[Texas Army National Guard|National Guard]] troops to Sherman on May 9 and martial law was declared in Sherman for ten days.<ref name="Bills 2015" /> Fourteen men were later indicted, not for lynching, but for arson and rioting. In the end, only J.B. "Screw" McCasland was convicted and sentenced to prison for arson<ref name="Dallas-Morning-News 1931 Jun 5" /> and for rioting.<ref name="Fredricksburg-Standard 1931 Jul 3" /><ref name="Thompson"/>

==Geography==
Sherman is located slightly east of the center of Grayson County, between Denison to the north and [[Howe, Texas|Howe]] to the south. The city has a total area of {{convert|107.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|107.2|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.2|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 0.20%, is covered by water.<ref name="Census 2020" />

Sherman is {{convert|70|mi}} north of Dallas<ref>Google Maps</ref> and {{convert|31|mi}} southwest of Durant, Oklahoma. [[Gainesville, Texas|Gainesville]] is {{convert|32|mi}} to the west, and [[Bonham, Texas|Bonham]] is {{convert|26|mi}} to the east.

===Climate===
Sherman is part of the [[humid subtropical]] climate area.

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
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 | location    = Sherman, Texas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present)
 | Jan record high F  = 86
 | Feb record high F  = 91
 | Mar record high F  = 95
 | Apr record high F  = 97
 | May record high F  = 107
 | Jun record high F  = 110
 | Jul record high F  = 109
 | Aug record high F  = 113
 | Sep record high F  = 107
 | Oct record high F  = 100
 | Nov record high F  = 89
 | Dec record high F  = 88
 | year record high F = 
 | Jan high F = 52.6
 | Feb high F = 57.1
 | Mar high F = 65.2
 | Apr high F = 72.6
 | May high F = 80.0
 | Jun high F = 88.1
 | Jul high F = 92.5
 | Aug high F = 92.7
 | Sep high F = 85.4
 | Oct high F = 75.3
 | Nov high F = 63.3
 | Dec high F = 54.2
 | year high F = 73.2
 | Jan mean F = 43.2
 | Feb mean F = 47.1
 | Mar mean F = 55.1
 | Apr mean F = 62.7
 | May mean F = 70.8
 | Jun mean F = 78.9
 | Jul mean F = 83.0
 | Aug mean F = 82.8
 | Sep mean F = 75.8
 | Oct mean F = 65.2
 | Nov mean F = 53.7
 | Dec mean F = 45.1
 | year mean F = 63.6
 | Jan low F = 33.9
 | Feb low F = 37.2
 | Mar low F = 45.0
 | Apr low F = 52.8
 | May low F = 61.6
 | Jun low F = 69.8
 | Jul low F = 73.5
 | Aug low F = 73.0
 | Sep low F = 66.1
 | Oct low F = 55.1
 | Nov low F = 44.1
 | Dec low F = 36.1
 | year low F = 54.0
 | Jan record low F  = -2
 | Feb record low F  = -3
 | Mar record low F  = 7
 | Apr record low F  = 28
 | May record low F  = 35
 | Jun record low F  = 49
 | Jul record low F  = 53
 | Aug record low F  = 52
 | Sep record low F  = 36
 | Oct record low F  = 22
 | Nov record low F  = 13
 | Dec record low F  = -2
 | year record low F = 
 | precipitation colour   = green
 | Jan precipitation inch = 2.52
 | Feb precipitation inch = 2.76
 | Mar precipitation inch = 3.96
 | Apr precipitation inch = 3.87
 | May precipitation inch = 5.54
 | Jun precipitation inch = 4.54
 | Jul precipitation inch = 2.90
 | Aug precipitation inch = 2.88
 | Sep precipitation inch = 3.43
 | Oct precipitation inch = 4.77
 | Nov precipitation inch = 3.50
 | Dec precipitation inch = 3.62
 | year precipitation inch = 44.29
 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
 | Jan precipitation days  = 6.3
 | Feb precipitation days  = 6.5
 | Mar precipitation days  = 7.8
 | Apr precipitation days  = 6.9
 | May precipitation days  = 8.8
 | Jun precipitation days  = 7.0
 | Jul precipitation days  = 5.0
 | Aug precipitation days  = 5.3
 | Sep precipitation days  = 5.6
 | Oct precipitation days  = 6.7
 | Nov precipitation days  = 5.8
 | Dec precipitation days  = 6.9
 | year precipitation days = 78.6
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=fwd
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = November 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00418274&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = November 10, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 35
|1860= 613
|1870= 1439
|1880= 6093
|1890= 7335
|1900= 10243
|1910= 12412
|1920= 15031
|1930= 15713
|1940= 17156
|1950= 20150
|1960= 24988
|1970= 29061
|1980= 30413
|1990= 31601
|2000= 35082
|2010= 38521
|2020= 43645
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Sherman racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4867496&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|24,248
|55.56%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|4,473
|10.25%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|490
|1.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|1,387
|3.18%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|24
|0.05%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|134
|0.31%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|2,310
|5.29%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|10,579
|24.24%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''43,645'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 43,645 people, 15,687 households, and 10,097 families residing in the city.

==Economy==
In 2022, [[Texas Instruments]] broke ground to build an Integrated Circuit fab campus in Sherman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Instruments breaks ground in Sherman, commits to $30 billion and four chip plants |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2022/05/18/texas-instruments-breaks-ground-in-sherman-commits-to-30-billion-and-four-chip-plants/ |publisher=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217200509/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2022/05/18/texas-instruments-breaks-ground-in-sherman-commits-to-30-billion-and-four-chip-plants/ |archive-date=February 17, 2024 |date=May 18, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>  Beginning in the first quarter of 2025, Texas Instruments will begin operations at a new $30 billion, 3,000-job, 300-millimeter [[semiconductor]] [[Wafer (electronics)|wafer]] fabrication plant near Sherman's southern city limits. Around that same time, [[GlobalWafers]] will open a $5 billion, 1,500-job wafer factory nearby.

;Top employers
* [[Tyson Foods]]
* [[Texas Instruments]]
* [[II-VI Incorporated]]
* Grayson County
* City of Sherman
* Cooper B-Line Systems  
* [[Austin College]] 
* [[Emerson Electric|Fisher Controls/ Emerson Process Management]] 
* [[Kaiser Aluminum]] 
* Presco Products
* [[Progress Rail]] 
* Consolidated Containers
* Plyler Construction
* Starr Aircraft
* Offen Petroleum 
* GlobiTech 
* [[Sunny Delight Beverages]]

==Government==
Sherman operates under a [[council-manager]] form of local government, and is a [[home rule]] city under Texas state law. As of 2025, the city was led by City Manager Dr. Zachary Flores and Mayor Shawn Teamann.<ref>https://www.ci.sherman.tx.us/103/City-Council</ref>

The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates the Sherman District Parole Office in Sherman.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff2.htm Parole Division Region II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820012820/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff2.htm |date=2011-08-20 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Sherman July 2016 05 (Sherman High School).jpg|thumb|Sherman Middle School]]

===Public schools===
Most children in Sherman are zoned to the [[Sherman Independent School District]], which includes [[Sherman High School (Texas)|Sherman High School]]. Some parts are in [[Denison Independent School District]] or [[Howe Independent School District]].
A small minority of students are zoned to Joel Olivo Middle School

===Private schools===
A small percentage of children attend one of the three private schools in Sherman: Grayson Christian School, St. Mary's Catholic School, or Texoma Christian School.

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:AdminAC.JPG|thumb|right|Administration Building on the Austin College campus]][[Austin College]], a private, [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]], liberal arts college, relocated to Sherman in 1876. Founded in 1849, it is the oldest college or university in Texas operating under its original charter. [[Grayson College]], a [[community college]] based in neighboring Denison, operates a branch campus in Sherman.

===Libraries===
The Sherman Public Library serves the city of Sherman and all citizens. The library underwent a $2 million, floor-to-ceiling renovation in 2017, reopening to the public in August 2018.

==Media==
[[File:KXII Station.jpg|thumb|KXII television studio in Sherman]]

===Magazine===
* ''Texoma Living!'' magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texomaliving.com|title=Search every page of every issue published by Texoma Living! Magazine from 2006 to 2010.|work=Texoma Living! Online|access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref>

===Newspaper===
* ''[[The Herald Democrat]]''

===Radio stations===
* [[KLAK]] [[Adult Contemporary]] 97.5 K-LAKE FM
* [[KMAD-FM|KMAD]]  Mad Rock 102.5
* [[KMKT]]  Katy Country 93.1
* [[KQDR]]  Hot 107.3 FM
*  [https://www.kjimradio.com/ KJIM][[KJIM]]  The Memory Maker AM 1500 and FM 101.3 Sherman's Oldest and Newest Radio Station

===Television stations===

* [[KTEN]] Channel 10 – ([[NBC]])
* [[KTEN]] DT Channel 10.2 – ([[The CW]] Texoma)
* [[KTEN]] DT Channel 10.3 – ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
* [[KXII]] Channel 12 – ([[CBS]])
* [[KXII]] DT Channel 12.2 ([[MyNetworkTV|My]] Texoma)
* [[KXII]] DT Channel 12.3 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] Texoma)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Sherman July 2016 50 (City Hall).jpg|thumb|Sherman City Hall]]

===Transportation===
*[[Image:US 75.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|U.S. Highway 75]]      [[Oklahoma]] to Dallas
*[[Image:US 82.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 82 in Texas|U.S. Highway 82]]    east-west:  [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] to [[New Mexico]]
*[[Image:Texas 56.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 56|SH 56]]    east-west: [[Honey Grove, Texas|Honey Grove]] to Whitesboro
*[[Image:Texas 91.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 91|SH 91]]    north-south: [[Achille, Oklahoma]] to Sherman
*[[Image:Texas 11.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 11|SH 11]]    east-west:  [[Linden, Texas|Linden]] to Sherman
*[[Image:Texas FM 1417.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1417|FM 1417]]    north-south:  Denison to Sherman
*[[Image:Texas FM 691.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 691|FM 691]]    east-west:  Sherman to [[North Texas Regional Airport]]
*[[Image:Texas FM 131.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 131|FM 131]]    north-south:  Denison to Sherman
*[[Image:Texas FM 697.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 697|FM 697]]    east-west:  [[Whitewright, Texas|Whitewright]] to Sherman

Sherman is served by two [[U.S. Highways]]: [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|US 75]] ([[Sam Rayburn]] Freeway) and [[U.S. Route 82 in Texas|US 82]]. (The latter is locally designated as the [[Buck Owens]] Freeway after the famous musician who was born in Sherman.) It is also served by three [[Texas State Highway]]s, which extend beyond Grayson County: [[Texas State Highway 11|State Highway 11]], [[Texas State Highway 56|State Highway 56]], and [[Texas State Highway 91|State Highway 91]] (Texoma Parkway), one of the main commercial strips that connects Sherman and Denison, and also extends to [[Lake Texoma]].A new highway expansion  has been under construction for years, proving that people are extremely lazy 
[[File:Sherman Municipal Airport.jpg|thumb|Sherman Municipal Airport]]
General aviation service is provided by [[Sherman Municipal Airport]] and [[North Texas Regional Airport/Perrin Field]] in Denison.
[[File:Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center in Sherman, Texas.jpg|thumb|Wilson N. Jones Regional Medical Center in Sherman]]

TAPS Public Transit is the sole transit provider for Sherman, with curb-to-curb paratransit for all residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tapsbus.com|title=TAPS Public Transit|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref>

===Medical care===
The city of Sherman is served locally by [[Wilson N. Jones Regional Medical Center]], [[Texoma Medical Center]], and a [[Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas|Baylor Scott & White]] surgery center.

==Sports==
In 2023, organizers announced Sherman as the home of two new minor league sports franchises. A semi-professional baseball team called the Sherman Shadowcats began play in the Mid-American League during late spring of 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kxii.com/2023/12/11/name-shermans-new-minor-league-baseball-team-unveiled/ | title=Name of Sherman's new minor league baseball team unveiled | date=December 11, 2023 }}</ref> 
A [[USL League One]] soccer club, [[Texoma FC]], began play in the city during 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kxii.com/2023/05/30/professional-soccer-team-coming-texoma/ | title=Professional soccer team coming to Texoma | date=May 30, 2023 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Sherman, Texas}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[May 1896 tornado outbreak sequence]]
* [[Sherman, Texas bus accident]]
* [[Sherman, Texas minor league baseball teams]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Grayson County Frontier Village, ''The History of Grayson County Texas'', Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1979.
* Redshaw, Peggy A., "Sherman, Texas, and the 1918 Pandemic Flu," ''East Texas Historical Journal,'' 51 (Spring 2013), 67–85.
* [[E. R. Bills (author)]]. ''Black Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror''. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2015.

==External links==
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* [http://www.cityofsherman.com/ City of Sherman official website]
* [http://www.shermanchamber.us/ Sherman Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hds03 Sherman article in the ''Handbook of Texas'']

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