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This category in: Texas: Gulf Coast Region
Cloverleaf
(Cloverleaf)
format this article to print CLOVERLEAF, TEXAS. Cloverleaf, north of Interstate Highway 10 between Channelview and Jacinto City in east central Harris County, began as a railroad station on the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Harris County
(Harris County)
format this article to print HARRIS COUNTY. Harris County (G-11), originally Harrisburg County, is located on the upper Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas and is bounded by Wa ller County on the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Morgans Point
(Morgans Point)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Nassau Bay
(Nassau Bay)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Piney Point Village
(Piney Point Village)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Sheldon
(Sheldon)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Webster
(Webster)
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Handbook of Texas Online - West University Place
(West University Place)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Westfield
(Westfield)
return to handbook view WESTFIELD, TEXAS. Westfield is on Interstate 45 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad nineteen miles north of Houston. The site is part of the lumber and oil region of north ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Addicks
(Addicks)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Addicks Reservoir
(Addicks)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Aldine
(Aldine)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Alief
(Alief)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Barker
(Barker)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Barrett
(Barrett)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Baytown
(Baytown)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Beaumont Place
(Beaumont Place)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Bellaire
(Bellaire)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Bunker Hill Village
(Bunker Hill Village)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Channelview
(Channelview)
format this article to print CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS. Channelview (Channel View), an oil refinery suburb of metropolitan Houston, is at the site where the San Jacinto River fo rms Old River, south of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Crosby
(Crosby)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Deer Park
(Deer Park)
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Handbook of Texas Online: El Lago
(El Lago)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Hedwig Village
(Hedwig Village)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Jacinto City
(Jacinto City)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Jersey Village
(Jersey Village)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Klein, TX
(Klein)
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Handbook of Texas Online: North Houston
(North Houston)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Shoreacres
(Shoreacres)
return to handbook view SHOREACRES, TEXAS. Shoreacres is between State highways 146 and 501 at the northwestern edge of Galveston Bay in southeastern Harris County. The town, which developed just ...
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Katy Railroad Historical Society
(Katy)
MEMBERSHIP | BACK ISSUES | ARCHIVES | MAPS | LINKS | MODELERS | OFFICERS | F.A.Q. | CALENDAR The website for fans of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and
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Taylor Lake Village
(Taylor Lake Village)
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