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Palestine ( ) is a city in Anderson County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18,712.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Palestine city, Texas )〕 It is the county seat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Palestine was named for Palestine, Illinois, by Daniel Parker.〔Kelsey, Mavis P. and Dyal, Donald H. ''The Courthouses of Texas'' (2nd ed.). Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 2000, p31.〕 The largest employer is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which employs more than 3,900. Another 1,600 work at two Wal-Mart distribution centers. Other significant employers include a thriving medical and healthcare sector that tends to the large population of retirees. Palestine entered the news in February 2003, as one of the East Texas towns that received much of the debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, where seven astronauts were killed.〔(Astronaut Diary Survives Columbia Accident )〕 Palestine is also home to the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (renamed after the shuttle crash), which has flown 1,700 high-altitude balloons for universities and research agencies. ==History== In 1846, the Texas Legislature created Palestine to serve as seat for the newly established Anderson County. James R. Fulton, Johnston Shelton and William Bigelow were hired by the first Anderson County commissioners to survey the surrounding land and lay out a town site, consisting of a central courthouse square and the surrounding 24 blocks.〔(Original Platmap of the City of Palestine, TX ) Portal to Texas History〕 Antedating the town was a temporary trading post in operation since at least 1843. It grew significantly following the arrival of the railroad in the 1870s.〔("Palestine, Texas" ), found in the (Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities )〕 It had a population of over 10,000 by 1898. 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「Palestine, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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