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Handbook of Texas Online: Ferris
(Ferris)
format this article to print FERRIS, TEXAS. Ferris is on Interstate Highway 45, U.S. Highway 75, and Farm roads 660, 664, and 983 fifteen miles northeast of Waxahachie in northeastern Ellis ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Flat
(Flat)
format this article to print FLAT, TEXAS. Flat is at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Farm Road 931, ten miles southeast of Gatesville in southeastern Coryell ounty. The name Mesquite Flat ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Flatonia
(Flatonia)
format this article to print FLATONIA, TEXAS. Flatonia is on Interstate Highway 10, U.S. Highway 90, and the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad twelve miles west of Schulenburg in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Flower Mound
(Flower Mound)
format this article to print FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS. Flower Mound, south of Denton and northwest of Dallas in south central Denton County, is a residential suburban communit y of 20,000 acres on the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Flynn
(Flynn)
format this article to print FLYNN, TEXAS. Flynn is on Farm roads 977 and 39, twelve miles southwest of Centerville in Leon County. When the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway arrived in the area ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Forest Hill
(Forest Hill)
format this article to print FOREST HILL, TEXAS (Tarrant County). Forest Hill is at the intersection of Interstate Highway 20/820 and State Highway 496, eight miles southeast of Fort Worth in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Forestburg
(Forestburg)
format this article to print FORESTBURG, TEXAS. Forestburg is at the intersection of Farm roads 455, 1655, 922, and 677, some fifteen miles southeast of Montague in sout heastern Montague ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Forney
(Forney)
format this article to print FORNEY, TEXAS. Forney is on U.S. Highway 80, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Buffalo Creek, and Mustang Creek, twenty-three miles east of Dallas in northwestern Kaufman ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Forreston
(Forreston)
format this article to print FORRESTON, TEXAS. Forreston is on U.S. Highway 77 and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas tracks eight miles south of Waxahachie in south central Ellis County. At first the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Franklin
(Franklin)
format this article to print FRANKLIN, TEXAS (Robertson County). Franklin, the county seat of Robertson County, is on U.S. Highway 79 and the Missouri Pacific line near the geographical center ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Frankston
(Frankston)
format this article to print FRANKSTON, TEXAS. Frankston is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 175 and State Highway 155, near Lake Palestine and within a twenty-five-mile radius of Tyler, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Frisco
(Frisco)
format this article to print FRISCO, TEXAS. Frisco is on State Highway 289 and Farm Road 720 twelve miles north of Dallas in west central Collin County. It was originally named Emerson, after ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Frost
(Frost)
format this article to print FROST, TEXAS. Frost, at the junction of State Highway 22 and Farm Road 667, twenty miles west of Corsicana in northwestern Navarro County, was established in 1881, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Fruitvale
(Fruitvale)
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Handbook of Texas Online: Garwood
(Garwood)
format this article to print GARWOOD, TEXAS. Garwood is on State Highway 71 and Farm Road 950 in southern Colorado County. In 1896 Marcus H. Townsend, W. T. Burford, and T. A. Hill built the Red ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Godley
(Godley)
format this article to print GODLEY, TEXAS. Godley is on State Highway 171, Farm roads 2331 and 917, and the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad nine miles northwest of Cleburne ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Gordonville
(Gordonville)
format this article to print GORDONVILLE, TEXAS. Gordonville is on Farm Road 901 and the shores of Lake Texoma twelve miles north of Whitesboro in the northwest corner of Grayson County. It was a ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Granbury
(Granbury)
format this article to print GRANBURY, TEXAS. Granbury, county seat of Hood County, lies thirty-six miles southwest of Fort Worth on the shore of Lake Granbury on U.S. Hi ghway 377. In 1854 "Uncle ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Grand Saline
(Grand Saline)
format this article to print GRAND SALINE, TEXAS. Grand Saline is on U.S. Highway 80 and State Highway 110, fifteen miles northeast of Canton in northeastern Van Zandt Co unty. It is known, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Grandview
(Grandview)
format this article to print GRANDVIEW, TEXAS. Grandview is at the junction of U.S. Highway 81 and Interstate Highway 35W, twelve miles southeast of Cleburne in sout heastern Johnson County. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Grayson County
(Grayson County)
format this article to print GRAYSON COUNTY. Grayson County, in north central Texas, is bordered by the Red River and by Fannin, Collin, Denton, and Cooke counties. The county seat, Sherman, which ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Groesbeck
(Groesbeck)
format this article to print GROESBECK, TEXAS. Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County, is at the intersection of State highways 14 and 164, six miles south of Fort Parker State Recreation ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Gunter (Grayson County)
(Gunter)
format this article to print GUNTER, TEXAS (Grayson County). Gunter is at the intersection of State Highway 289 and Farm Road 121, twelve miles southwest of Sherman in s outh central Grayson ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Gustine
(Gustine)
format this article to print GUSTINE, TEXAS. Gustine, in southeastern Comanche County, was settled about 1873 by H. H. Blankenship and M. B. Odell. The first settlement, which was called Old ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Hallettsville
(Hallettsville)
format this article to print HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS. Hallettsville, the county seat of Lavaca County, is on the Lavaca River at the intersection of U.S. Highway 77 and alternate U.S. Highway 90A, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Harwood
(Harwood)
format this article to print HARWOOD, TEXAS. Harwood, on the Southern Pacific Railroad and U.S. Highway 90 one mile north of Interstate Highway 10 in northern Gonzales C ounty, was founded in 1874 ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Heath
(Heath)
format this article to print HEATH, TEXAS. Heath is on Farm Road 740 seven miles south of Rockwall in southwestern Rockwall County. It was named for John O. Heath, who in 1846 became one of the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Hebron
(Hebron)
format this article to print HEBRON, TEXAS (Denton County). Hebron, twenty-one miles southeast of Denton in southeast Denton County, was founded in the vicinity of the old Bridges Settlement of ...
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Handbook Of Texas Online: Heidenheimer
(Heidenheimer)
format this article to print HEIDENHEIMER, TEXAS. Heidenheimer is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line five miles southeast of Temple in eastern Bell County. It gre w up around a railway ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Hunt County
(Hunt County)
format this article to print HUNT COUNTY. Hunt County is located in northeastern Texas. Greenville, the county seat and largest town, is fifty-one miles northeast of Da llas on Interstate ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Hutchins
(Hutchins)
format this article to print HUTCHINS, TEXAS. Hutchins is at the southern Dallas city limit and Interstate Highway 45, nine miles south of downtown Dallas in southern Da llas County. Settlement at ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Independence
(Independence)
format this article to print INDEPENDENCE, TEXAS (Washington County). Independence is at the intersection of Farm roads 390 and 50, twelve miles northeast of Brenham in northeast Washington ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Industry
(Industry)
format this article to print INDUSTRY, TEXAS. Industry, on State Highway 159 in northwest Austin County, was the first permanent German settlement in Texas. Its first res idents were Johann ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Iola
(Iola)
format this article to print IOLA, TEXAS. Iola, on Farm Road 39 and the Burlington-Rock Island Railway, at the headwaters of Ragan Creek in northwest Grimes County, is believed have been named for ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Irene
(Irene)
format this article to print IRENE, TEXAS. Irene is on Farm roads 308 and 1946 just north of Navarro Mills Reservoir and twelve miles southeast of Hillsboro in southeast ern Hill County. Settlers ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Irving
(Irving)
format this article to print IRVING, TEXAS. Irving is on State Highway 183 and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, twelve miles west of Dallas in west central Dallas County. It began ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Italy
(Italy)
format this article to print ITALY, TEXAS. Italy is at the junction of U.S. Highway 77 and State Highway 34, on the Blackland Prairie forty-five miles south of Dalla s in southwest Ellis County. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Itasca
(Itasca)
format this article to print ITASCA, TEXAS. Itasca is on Interstate 35 West at the edge of the Blackland Prairie in the northeast corner of Hill County. The elevation of the town is 702 feet above ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Ivanhoe
(Ivanhoe)
format this article to print IVANHOE, TEXAS. Ivanhoe is ten miles north of Bonham in north central Fannin County. W. A. Carter's History of Fannin County, Texas (18 85) reports that one could ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Jewett
(Jewett)
format this article to print JEWETT, TEXAS. Jewett is on State Highway 79, Farm Road 39, and the Missouri Pacific line near its intersection with that of the Burlington Northern, some twelve miles ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Jonesboro
(Jonesboro)
format this article to print JONESBORO, TEXAS. Jonesboro, first known as Jones Mill, is at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Farm Road 1602, nineteen miles northw est of Gatesville on the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Joshua
(Joshua)
format this article to print JOSHUA, TEXAS. Joshua is at the intersection of State Highway 174 and Farm Road 917, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad seven mile s southeast of Burleson ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Justin
(Justin)
format this article to print JUSTIN, TEXAS. Justin is at the intersection of Farm roads 407 and 156, five miles northwest of Grapevine Lakeqv in southwestern Denton County. The area was originally ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Kingsbury
(Kingsbury)
format this article to print KINGSBURY, TEXAS. Kingsbury is on U.S. Highway 90 ten miles northeast of Seguin in northeastern Guadalupe County. Sam Neel, an agent for English settlers, built a home ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Kosse
(Kosse)
format this article to print KOSSE, TEXAS. Kosse is on State highways 14 and 7 near the Falls county line in southwestern Limestone County. Settlers made homes by nearby Duck Creek in the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Ladonia
(Ladonia)
format this article to print LADONIA, TEXAS. Ladonia is on State highways 34 and 50, Farm roads 2456 and 64, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway sixteen miles s outheast of Bonham in the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Lake Worth
(Lake Worth)
format this article to print LAKE WORTH VILLAGE, TEXAS. Lake Worth Village, previously called Indian Oaks, is an incorporated residential community near the banks of Lake Worth on the outskirts of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Lavon
(Lavon)
format this article to print LAVON, TEXAS. Lavon is on State Highway 78 two miles east of Lavon Lake in southeastern Collin County. The rich soils of the Blackland Prair ie and the water ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Leonard
(Leonard)
format this article to print LEONARD, TEXAS. Leonard, on U.S. Highway 69 and State Highway 78 in southwestern Fannin County, is near the center of a tract of land that, on February 8, 1845, Anson ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Liberty Hill
(Liberty Hill)
format this article to print LIBERTY HILL, TEXAS (Williamson County). Liberty Hill is on State Highway 29 in the Hill Country qv fifteen miles west of Georgetown and thirty-three miles northwest ...
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