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Community Profile & Information

Welcome to Saginaw, Texas! Saginaw is recognized for its small town feel with big city conveniences and its top rated
public school system The City of Saginaw and its business community provide our citizens and visitors with contemporary
and established amenities to shop, work, play and a place we call home. We encourage you to see why Saginaw is the
best place to raise your family, expand your business, and to call home!

Community…it’s the neighborhood you live in, the business district where you shop, the park your kids play in, the
services available when you need a helping hand, and the place you call home. Community is made up of people, clubs,
service organizations and institutions such as schools and your Saginaw City government. Your City services include
everything from parks & recreation and libraries to fire protection and police activities.

Saginaw's citizens enjoy a balance of urban amenities and a small town quality of life. It's a community rich in heritage
and traditional family values. The City of Saginaw operates under a Texas Home Rule charter, which provides for a
Council Manager form of government with an elected mayor and a six-member city council. Day-to-day operations are
overseen by a City Manager. With a pro-business attitude, the city representatives have looked to the future in designing
the city's infrastructure.

After working hours, residents can retreat to any of the city's seven parks, some of which include playground equipment for
the physically challenged. Recreational opportunities include a recreation center, the aquatic center, tennis courts,
volleyball and basketball courts, jogging trails, picnic areas and a community center. These recreational amenities provide
places for families to gather outdoors and enjoy the comfortable Sun Belt climate. The public library and senior citizen
center offer a wealth of information and recreational activities.

For more information about our dynamic City, check out our web site at www.saginawtx.org .

History of Saginaw

In 1848, David Thurmond and his family from Virginia first settled the City of Saginaw. In 1882, Jarvis J. Green from Michigan
named the city Saginaw after a city in his home state. The first public school was started in 1893. In the later half of the
1800's, Saginaw was forever changed when the railroad decided to make Saginaw the last stop on their south-bound
routes to Fort Worth. Saginaw prospered as the transportation dependent industry, such as grain storage and milling
facilities, moved in to be near the railroad. Saginaw remains home to the largest grain storage facility in the world! Burrus
Mills, now Cargill, Inc., was the launching pad for the western swing band "The Lightcrust Dough Boys".

The post office was established in 1933. The City was incorporated in 1949 with John Kennedy as the first Mayor. In 1966,
with a population of 1,740, the citizens voted to build a new City Hall. In 1983, the City Hall was moved to its current location
on West McLeroy Boulevard. On January 16, 1988, the citizens voted to adopt a Home Rule Charter. The City is Home Rule
with a Council-Manager form of government.

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