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Handbook of Texas Online - Winfield
(Winfield)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Winnsboro
(Winnsboro)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Winona
(Winona)
format this article to print WINONA, TEXAS. Winona is at the intersection of Farm Road 16 and State Highway 155, three miles north of Owentown in northeastern Smith Coun ty. The area, part of the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Woden
(Woden)
format this article to print WODEN, TEXAS. Woden is on State Highway 226 eight miles southeast of Nacogdoches in northern Nacogdoches County. The area was settled in the 1830s by immigrants from ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Wood County
(Wood County)
format this article to print WOOD COUNTY. Wood County (D-21) is in northeastern Texas between Interstate highways 20 and 30. Quitman, the county seat, is eighty miles ast of Dallas and thirty ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Woodlake
(Woodlake)
format this article to print WOODLAKE, TEXAS (Trinity County). Woodlake is on U.S. Highway 287 four miles southeast of Groveton in southeastern Trinity County. The area was settled around the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Woodlawn
(Woodlawn)
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Handbook of Texas Online - Woodville
(Woodville)
format this article to print WOODVILLE, TEXAS (Tyler County). Woodville is on U.S. highways 190, 69, and 287 and the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, near the geographica l center of Tyler ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Zavalla
(Zavalla)
format this article to print ZAVALLA, TEXAS. Zavalla, originally called Zavalla Prairie, is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and State Highway 63, twenty-five miles so utheast of Lufkin in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online : Angelina County
(Angelina County)
format this article to print ANGELINA COUNTY. Angelina County (G-22) is on U.S. Highways 59 and 68 northeast of Houston in the East Texas Timberlands region of northeast Texas. Lufkin, the county ...
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Handbook of Texas Online : Bivins
(Bivins)
format this article to print BIVINS, TEXAS. Bivins is on State Highway 43 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad seven miles southwest of Atlanta in southern Cass County. It had its origins in two ...
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Handbook of Texas Online : Bowie County
(Bowie County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : Bullard
(Bullard)
format this article to print BULLARD, TEXAS. Bullard, also known as Etna and Hewsville, is on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm roads 2493, 2137, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online : Camp County
(Camp County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : Cass County
(Cass County)
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Handbook of Texas Online : Cherokee County
(Cherokee County)
format this article to print CHEROKEE COUNTY. Cherokee County is located in central East Texas, bordered on the north by Smith County, on the east by Rusk and Nacogdoche s counties, on the south ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Ace
(Ace)
format this article to print ACE, TEXAS. Ace is on Farm Road 2610 seventy-five miles northeast of Houston in south central Polk County. In 1830 Samuel C. Hiroms established a community called ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Alba
(Alba)
format this article to print ALBA, TEXAS. Alba, also known as Simpkins Prairie and Albia, is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm Road 17, south of Lake Fork Reservoir and ten miles ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Alto
(Alto)
format this article to print ALTO, TEXAS. Alto, also known as Branchtown, is an incorporated community at the junction of U.S. Highway 69, State highways 21 and 249, and Farm roads 752 and 1911, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Ames
(Ames)
format this article to print AMES, TEXAS (Liberty County). Ames is at the junction of Farm Road 1909 and U.S. Highway 90, forty-two miles west of Beaumont in south centra l Liberty County. Once ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Apple Springs
(Apple Springs)
format this article to print APPLE SPRINGS, TEXAS. Apple Springs, also known as May Apple Springs, is at the junction of State Highway 94 and Farm roads 357 and 2501, fi fteen miles northeast of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Atlanta
(Atlanta)
format this article to print ATLANTA, TEXAS (Cass County). Atlanta, at the junction of U.S. Highway 59, State highways 43 and 77, and Farm roads 96, 249, 251, 995, 1159, 1841, 2327, and 2791, ten ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Avinger
(Avinger)
format this article to print AVINGER, TEXAS. Avinger is on the Louisiana and Arkansas railway at the junction of State highways 49 and 155, eight miles southeast of Hughes Springs in southwestern ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Batson
(Batson)
format this article to print BATSON, TEXAS. Batson is on State Highway 105 and Farm Road 770 in southwestern Hardin County. It had a post office from 1891 to 1898 called Otto, for settler R. Otto ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Beckville
(Beckville)
format this article to print BECKVILLE, TEXAS. Beckville, at the junction of State Highway 149 and Farm roads 124 and 959, eight miles northeast of Carthage in northea stern Panola County, was ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Big Sandy
(Big Sandy)
format this article to print BIG SANDY, TEXAS. Big Sandy, also known as Big Sandy Switch, at the junction of State Highway 155, U.S. Highway 80, and Farm Road 2911, fourtee n miles southwest of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Bloomburg
(Bloomburg)
format this article to print BLOOMBURG, TEXAS. Bloomburg is on the Kansas City Southern Railway six miles east of Atlanta and less than a half mile from the Arkansas state line in northeastern ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Bon Wier
(Bon Wier)
format this article to print BON WIER, TEXAS. Bon Wier is at the junction of Farm roads 1416 and 363 and U.S. Highway 190, in eastern Newton County. The town was established in 1905 as a station ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Broaddus
(Broaddus)
format this article to print BROADDUS, TEXAS. Broaddus is at the intersection of Farm roads 1277 and 83 and State Highway 147, seventeen miles southwest of San Augustine in southwestern San ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Bronson
(Bronson)
format this article to print BRONSON, TEXAS. Bronson is at the junction of State Highway 184 and U.S. Highway 96, nine miles west of Hemphill in western Sabine County. It is served by the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Brookeland
(Brookeland)
format this article to print BROOKELAND, TEXAS. Brookeland is on U.S. Highway 96 thirteen miles south of Bronson in southwestern Sabine County. The town was named for John C. Brooke, who served as ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Buna
(Buna)
format this article to print BUNA, TEXAS. Buna is at the junction of Farm roads 253 and 1004, U.S. Highway 96, and State Highway 62, thirty-six miles north of Beaumont in south central Jasper ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Burkeville
(Burkeville)
format this article to print BURKEVILLE, TEXAS. Burkeville is at the intersection of State highways 87 and 63, seventy miles northeast of Beaumont in northeast Newton County. John Burke, for ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Caddo Lake
(Caddo Lake)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Call
(Call)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Camilla
(Camilla)
format this article to print CAMILLA, TEXAS. Camilla is at the intersection of Farm roads 222, 3128, and 3278, seventy miles north of Houston in eastern San Jacinto Coun ty. The community was ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Caney Creek
(Walker County)
format this article to print CANEY CREEK (Walker County). Caney Creek, a spring-fed perennial stream, rises five miles east of Huntsville in east central Walker County (at 30°42' N, 95°26' W) and ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Carthage
(Carthage)
format this article to print CARTHAGE, TEXAS. Carthage is at the intersection of U.S. highways 59 and 79, forty-two miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana, near the center of Panola County. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Cason
(Cason)
format this article to print CASON, TEXAS. Cason is on State Highway 11 and the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, five miles west of Daingerfield in southwestern Morris Co unty. The town grew up ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Center
(Center)
format this article to print CENTER, TEXAS (Limestone County). Center is at the intersection of State Highway 164 and Farm Road 1953, seven miles west of Groesbeck in eastern Limestone County. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Centralia
(Centralia)
format this article to print CENTRALIA, TEXAS. Centralia is on Farm Road 357 fifteen miles northeast of Groveton in northeastern Trinity County. The area was settled aro und the time of the Civil ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Chester
(Chester)
format this article to print CHESTER, TEXAS. Chester is near the junction of U.S. Highway 287 and Farm Road 1745, thirteen miles northwest of Woodville in extreme northw estern Tyler County. The ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Chireno
(Chireno)
format this article to print CHIRENO, TEXAS. Chireno is on State Highway 21 sixteen miles west of San Augustine and eighteen miles southeast of Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches County. Spanish pioneers ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Clarksville City
(Clarksville City)
format this article to print CLARKSVILLE CITY, TEXAS. Clarksville City is on U.S Highway 80 between Gladewater and White Oak in northeast Gregg County. The first settlers arrived in the area ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Clayton
(Clayton)
format this article to print CLAYTON, TEXAS. Clayton, at the junction of State Highway 315 and Farm Road 1970, sixteen miles southwest of Carthage in southwestern Panola County, was first settled ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Coldspring
(Coldspring)
format this article to print COLDSPRING, TEXAS. Coldspring is at the junction of State Highway 150 and Farm roads 1514, 946, and 2025, sixty-five miles north of Houston in central San Jacinto ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Colmesneil
(Colmesneil)
format this article to print COLMESNEIL, TEXAS. Colmesneil is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm Road 256, nine miles north of Woodville in north central Tyler County. The town, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Conroe
(Conroe)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Cookville
(Cookville)
format this article to print COOKVILLE, TEXAS. Cookville is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, seven miles northeast of Mou nt Pleasant in eastern Titus ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Corrigan
(Corrigan)
format this article to print CORRIGAN, TEXAS (Polk County). Corrigan is at the junction of U.S. highways 59 and 287 and Farm roads 352 and 942, about 100 miles north of Houston in north central ...
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