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(Aransas Pass)
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Bryan, Lewis Randolph, Jr.
(Quintana)
format this article to print BRYAN, LEWIS RANDOLPH, JR. (1892-1959). Lewis Randolph Bryan, Jr., was born in Quintana, Texas, on August 17, 1892, the son of Martha Jane (Shepard) and Lewis Randolph ...
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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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Galveston and Texas History Center
(Galveston)
Galveston and Texas History Center Rosenberg Library Rosenberg Library GTHC Home Mission Rules Repro Policy Genealogy History Research Requests Hours Donations Contact Mission Statement Rules ...
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Handbook of Texas - Olmito
(Olmito)
format this article to print OLMITO, TEXAS. Olmito is off U.S. highways 77 and 83 two miles northwest of Brownsville in southern Cameron County. The Olmito post office op ened in 1905. A station ...
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Handbook of Texas Online
(Port Lavaca)
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Handbook of Texas Online
(Matagorda)
format this article to print MATAGORDA, TEXAS. Matagorda is near the Colorado River mouth and East Matagorda and Matagorda bays, on State Highway 60 and the Atchison, To peka and Santa Fe line in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Fort Bend County
(Fort Bend County)
format this article to print FORT BEND COUNTY. Fort Bend County (K-21) is in the coastal plains of southeastern Texas. Richmond, the county seat, at 29°35' north latitude and 95°45' west ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Galveston County
(Galveston County)
format this article to print GALVESTON COUNTY. Galveston County (G-19) is located on the Gulf Coast of Texas eighty miles southwest of the Louisiana state line, east of Brazoria County, and west ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Guy
(Guy)
format this article to print GUY, TEXAS. Guy is at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Farm Road 1994, eighteen miles south of Richmond in Fort Bend County. The irst settler in the area was ...
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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 - Jackson County
(Jackson County)
format this article to print JACKSON COUNTY. Jackson County (N-19), on U.S. Highway 59 in the Coastal Prairies region southwest of Houston, borders both Lavaca Bay and Ca rancahua Bayqqv and is ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Jefferson County
(Jefferson County)
format this article to print JEFFERSON COUNTY. Jefferson County (G-13), on Interstate Highway 10 in the Coastal Plain or Gulf Prairie region of extreme southeastern Texas, is bounded by Orange ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Kenedy County
(Kenedy County)
format this article to print KENEDY COUNTY. Kenedy County (S-17), on U.S. Highway 77 south of Corpus Christi in the Rio Grande Plain region of South Texas, was named for pioneer rancher Mifflin ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Kleberg County
(Kleberg County)
format this article to print KLEBERG COUNTY. Kleberg County (R-17) is south of Corpus Christi on U.S. Highway 77 in the Rio Grande Plain region of South Texas. The county's center is at ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Matagorda County
(Matagorda County)
format this article to print MATAGORDA COUNTY. Matagorda County (G-24) is in the Coastal Prairie region of Texas, bounded on the north by Wharton County, on the east by B razoria County and the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Monroe City
(Chambers County)
format this article to print MONROE CITY, TEXAS. Monroe City is at the junction of Farm Road 1724 and State Highway 124, thirty-nine miles southwest of Beaumont in central Chambers County. The ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Morgans Point
(Morgans Point)
format this article to print MORGAN'S POINT, TEXAS. Morgan's Point, also known as Rightor's, Hunter's, and Clopper's Point, a resort and residential district, is twenty miles south of Houston at ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Nassau Bay
(Nassau Bay)
format this article to print NASSAU BAY, TEXAS. Nassau Bay is on Nassau Lake across Farm Road 528 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lyndon B. John son Space Centerqv in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Nederland
(Nederland)
format this article to print NEDERLAND, TEXAS. Nederland is on Farm roads 365 and 366, State Highway 347, and U.S. Highway 69/96/287, seven miles southeast of Beaumont in eastern Jefferson County. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Needville
(Needville)
format this article to print NEEDVILLE, TEXAS. Needville is at the intersection of Farm roads 1236 and 360 and State Highway 36, fourteen miles south of Richmond in south ern Fort Bend County. The ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Nome
(Nome)
format this article to print NOME, TEXAS. Nome is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 90, State Highway 326, and Farm Road 365, twenty miles west of Beaumont in northwestern Jefferson County. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Nueces County
(Nueces County)
format this article to print NUECES COUNTY. Nueces County (Q-17) is on the Gulf of Mexico southeast of San Antonio. It is bounded on the north by the Nueces River and on the east by the Laguna ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Nursery
(Nursery)
format this article to print NURSERY, TEXAS (Victoria County). Nursery, on U.S. Highway 87 ten miles northwest of Victoria in Victoria County, is named for the fact that horticulturist Gilbert ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Pinehurst
(Pinehurst)
format this article to print PINEHURST, TEXAS (Orange County). Pinehurst is on Interstate Highway 10 and State Highway 62/73, twenty miles east of Beaumont in central Orange County. John B. Lea ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Pinehurst
(Pinehurst)
format this article to print PINEHURST, TEXAS (Montgomery County). Pinehurst is at the intersection of Farm roads 149 and 1774 and State Highway 249, 4½ miles north of the Harris county line and ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Piney Point Village
(Piney Point Village)
format this article to print PINEY POINT VILLAGE, TEXAS. Piney Point Village, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line at the western edge of Houston in southwestern Harris County, was a station ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Port Aransas
(Port Aransas)
format this article to print PORT ALTO, TEXAS. Port Alto, on the west shore of Carancahua Bay in northeastern Calhoun County, was known as Persimmon Point before its subdivision in 1939. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Refugio County
(Refugio County)
format this article to print REFUGIO COUNTY. Refugio County (O-18) is on the lower Gulf Coast in the Coastal Prairies region, bounded on the south by San Patricio County, on the west by Bee and ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - San Patricio County
(San Patricio County)
format this article to print SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. San Patricio County (Q-17) is on the lower Gulf Coast in the Coastal Prairies region, bordered on the north by Bee County, on the northeast by ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Sheldon
(Sheldon)
format this article to print SHELDON, TEXAS. Sheldon is on U.S. Highway 90 and the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, east of Sheldon Reservoir and Wildlife Management Area seventeen miles ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Smith Point
(Chambers County)
format this article to print SMITH POINT, TEXAS. Smith (Smith's) Point overlooks East Bay and Trinity Bay on Farm Road 562, twenty miles from Galveston in southern Chamb ers County. Spanish troops ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Surfside Beach
(Surfside Beach)
format this article to print SURFSIDE BEACH, TEXAS. Surfside Beach, also known as Surfside and Follett's Island, at the mouth of the Brazos River on the Gulf of Mexico i n southeastern Brazoria ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Sweeny
(Sweeny)
format this article to print SWEENY, TEXAS. Sweeny, also known as Adamston, is on Farm roads 1459 and 524 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad twenty miles southwest of Angleton in west central ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Victoria County
(Victoria County)
format this article to print VICTORIA COUNTY. Victoria County (O-18) is located in southeastern Texas on the Coastal Plain qv about midway between the southern and eastern extremities of the Texas ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Wadsworth
(Wadsworth)
format this article to print WADSWORTH, TEXAS. Wadsworth is near the junction of State Highway 60 and Farm roads 521 and 2078 in south central Matagorda County. Ambrose A. Plotner and John W. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Wallisville
(Wallisville)
format this article to print WALLISVILLE, TEXAS. Wallisville is on Interstate Highway 10 and the east side of the Trinity River in northern Chambers County. The town served as the county seat from ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Webster
(Webster)
format this article to print WEBSTER, TEXAS (Harris County). Webster is on State Highway 3 and the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson railroad twenty miles south of Housto n and three miles west of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - West Columbia
(West Columbia)
format this article to print WEST COLUMBIA, TEXAS. West Columbia, an incorporated town on State highways 35 and 36 between the Brazos and San Bernard rivers in west central Brazoria County, was ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - West Orange
(West Orange)
format this article to print WEST ORANGE, TEXAS. West Orange is on Farm Road 1006 just southwest of Orange and thirty miles east of Beaumont in southeastern Orange County. The town plat for the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - West University Place
(West University Place)
format this article to print WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS. West University Place, an affluent incorporated suburb of metropolitan Houston in southwestern Harris County, reflects the impact of ...
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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 - Wharton
(Wharton)
format this article to print WHARTON, TEXAS. Wharton, the county seat of Wharton County, is on the east bank of the lower Colorado River, forty-five miles from the Gulf of Mexico. It was part of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Wharton County
(Wharton County)
format this article to print WHARTON COUNTY. Wharton County (G-16), named for brothers William H. and John A. Wharton, qqv is southwest of Houston on U.S. Highway 59 on the Coastal Plainqv of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Willacy County
(Willacy County)
format this article to print WILLACY COUNTY. Willacy County (T-17), in the Rio Grande valley qv of South Texas, is thirty miles north of Mexico; it is bordered by Kenedy, Hidalgo, and Cameron ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Winnie
(Winnie)
format this article to print WINNIE, TEXAS. Winnie, at the junction of State Highway 124 and Interstate Highway 10, twenty-five miles southwest of Beaumont in easter n Chambers County, was named ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Woodsboro
(Woodsboro)
format this article to print WOODSBORO, TEXAS. Woodsboro is in southwestern Refugio County five miles southwest of the city of Refugio at the intersection of U.S. Highwa y 77 and Farm Road 2441. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online : Aransas County
(Aransas County)
format this article to print ARANSAS COUNTY. Aransas County (P-18) is on the Gulf Coast northeast of Corpus Christi. The county, divided into three parts by Copano, St. C harles, and Aransas ...
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Handbook of Texas Online : Brazoria County
(Brazoria County)
format this article to print BRAZORIA COUNTY. Brazoria County, on the prairie of the Gulf Coast at the mouth of the Brazos River in Southeast Texas, is bordered by Matagor da, Fort Bend, Harris, ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hcb12.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Calhoun County
(Calhoun County)
format this article to print CALHOUN COUNTY. Calhoun County is located on the Gulf Coast between Houston and Corpus Christi. Approximately one-fourth of the county's 54 0-square-mile area is under ...
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