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Archer City is a city in Archer County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat of Archer County. The city lies at the junction of State Highway 79 and State Highway 25. It is located 25 miles south of Wichita Falls, Texas, and is part of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,834 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The city is named for Branch Tanner Archer, a commissioner for the Republic of Texas.〔(Branch T. Archer (1790-1856) ) - at the Lone Star Junction〕〔(Branch Tanner Archer ) - at the Naval Historical Center〕 Twelve miles west-northwest of the city lies a 1.5-mile antenna, the Lake Kickapoo Field Station, operated by the 20th Space Control Squadron, and part of the Air Force Space Surveillance System, used for observing objects passing over the United States. It is the primary anchor transmitter for the Space Command southern "fence" (or "Space Fence") network for monitoring the space defense system. It extends east-to-west across America at about the 33rd parallel north. The antenna has no public access and restricted entry.〔(US Naval Space Command Space Surveillance System ) - at the Federation of American Scientists〕〔(Eyeballing the Lake Kickapoo Space Surveillance Station ) - at Trust Us〕 ==Geography== Archer City is located at (33.594036, -98.626499). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archer City, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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