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Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is one of the oldest universities in Texas and was one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River. The university is located in the central part of the state of Texas, an... hour and a half south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and an hour and a half north of Austin, the state capital. Its main 800 plus acre campus is located to the east of the historic area of downtown Waco and the major freeway I-35 on the banks of the Brazos river. Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1841, 35 delegates to the Union Baptist Association meeting voted to adopt the suggestion of Reverend William Milton Tryon and R.E.B. Baylor to establish a Baptist university in Texas, then a self-declared republic still claimed by Mexico. Baylor, a Texas district judge and onetime U.S. Congressman and soldier from Alabama, became the school's namesake. In the fall of 1844, the Texas Baptist Education Society petitioned the Congress of the Republic of Texas to charter a Baptist university.
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Opp is a city in Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 6,607. Opp is located at 31°16′59″N 86°15′17″W / 31.28306°N 86.25472°W / 31.28306; -86.25472 . According to the U.S. Census Bureau,... the city has a total area of 18.0 square miles , of which, 17.1 square miles of it is land and 0.9 square miles of it is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,607 people, 2,753 households, and 1,905 families residing in the city. The population density was 385.2 people per square mile . There were 3,187 housing units at an average density of 185.8 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 83.21% White, 15.71% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.44% from two or more races. 0.68% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,753 households out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 28.
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