{"id":40658,"count":1,"description":"Waskom is a city in Harrison County, Texas, United States. It lies about 20 miles (32\u00a0km) east of the county seat, Marshall, on U.S. Route 80. To the east is Shreveport, Louisiana. The population was 2,068 at the 2000 census with a United States Census Bureau 2005 population estimate of 2,129 citizens.\nWaskom is located at 32\u00b028\u203242\u2033N 94\u00b03\u203250\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff32.47833\u00b0N 94.06389\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 32.47833; -94.06389 (32.478416, -94.063769).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3\u00a0km), all land.\nWaskom was established in 1850 as a midway point of an east-west (Dallas to Shreveport) cattle and cotton economic travelway to the Red River in Louisiana, some 20 miles (32\u00a0km) east. In 1872, it became a main railroad station between Dallas and Shreveport to the west and east respectively and Texarkana to the north. A major railway still travels through Waskom. Today, Waskom sits on I-20 that connects the Carolinas to southwest Texas and Mexico.\nAs of the census...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/waskom\/","name":"Waskom","slug":"waskom","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/40658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=40658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}