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Gladewater is a city in Gregg and Upshur counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 6,441 at the 2010 census. U.S. Route 80 traverses the city.
The town is probably most famous as a base during Elvis Presley's early career, and also as the town in which Johnny Cash wrote "I Walk the Line". In the early 20th century, Gladewater was an oil boom town. Gladewater is known as the "Antique Capital of East Texas" with its Main Street downtown antique district.

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Friendly people low crime beautiful land

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The friendly of this age is the greeting to one another in passing, the respect this age group shows toward any person of any age.

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Gladewater is a small town where everyone knows everyone. It has a lot of elderly people that live in Gladewater. It is a bible belt area and most of the people attend one of the many churches in the town.

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It's a small town we try to help each other

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