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Handbook of Texas Online: Lindsay
(Lindsay)
format this article to print LINDSAY, TEXAS. Lindsay is on U.S. Highway 82 six miles west of Gainesville in north central Cooke County. When it was established as a switching station on the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Lipan
(Lipan)
format this article to print LIPAN, TEXAS. Lipan is at the intersection of Farm roads 4 and 1189, sixteen miles northwest of Granbury in the northwestern corner of Hood County. Though settlers ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Little River Academy
(Little River-Academy)
format this article to print LITTLE RIVER ACADEMY, TEXAS. Little River Academy is on the Little River and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line at the intersection of State Highway 95 and Farm Road ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Lone Oak
(Lone Oak)
format this article to print LONE OAK, TEXAS (Hunt County). Lone Oak is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm roads 513 and 1567, ten miles southeast of Greenv ille in southeastern Hunt ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Lott
(Lott)
format this article to print LOTT, TEXAS (Falls County). Lott is on U.S. Highway 77 nine miles northwest of Rosebud in west central Falls County. The Texas Townsite Company bought the land in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Lyons
(Lyons)
format this article to print LYONS, TEXAS (Burleson County). Lyons is on State Highway 36 two miles from Lake Somerville in south central Burleson County. When the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Malone
(Malone)
format this article to print MALONE, TEXAS. Malone is on State Highway 171 and Farm Road 308, fifteen miles southeast of Hillsboro in southeastern Hill County. Alonzo Dru Walling, a pioneer ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Marlin
(Marlin)
format this article to print MARLIN, TEXAS. Marlin, the county seat of Falls County, is at the intersection of State highways 6 and 7, four miles east of the Brazos River near the center of the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Marquez
(Marquez)
format this article to print MARQUEZ, TEXAS. Marquez is on the Missouri Pacific Railroad at the intersection of U.S. Highway 79 and State Highway 7, sixteen miles west o Centerville in western ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Martindale
(Martindale)
format this article to print MARTINDALE, TEXAS. Martindale is ten miles west of Lockhart in western Caldwell County. It was established in 1855 by Mrs. Nancy Martindale, who moved to Texas from ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Meridian
(Meridian)
format this article to print MERIDIAN, TEXAS. Meridian, the county seat of Bosque County, is on the North Bosque River, the Santa Fe rail line, and State highways 6, 22, 144, and 174, forty-seven ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Milano
(Milano)
format this article to print MILANO, TEXAS. Milano is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 79 and State Highway 36, twelve miles southeast of Cameron in southeastern Mila m County. The ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Mount Calm
(Mount Calm)
format this article to print MOUNT CALM, TEXAS. Mount Calm is on State Highway 31 and Farm Road 339 twenty-five miles south of Hillsboro in extreme south central Hill County. Settlement occurred ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Murchison
(Murchison)
format this article to print MURCHISON, TEXAS. Murchison is at the juncture of Farm roads 1616 and 773, nine miles northeast of Athens in northeastern Henderson County. It was known as Lindsey ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: New Berlin
(New Berlin)
format this article to print NEW BERLIN, TEXAS. New Berlin is on Farm Road 2538 eleven miles southwest of Seguin in southwestern Guadalupe County. Many of the early settl ers were German ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: North Zulch
(North Zulch)
format this article to print NORTH ZULCH, TEXAS. North Zulch is at the intersection of State Highway 21 and U.S. Highway 190, six miles from the Navasota River and thirteen miles west of ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Oak Grove
(Oak Grove)
format this article to print OAK GROVE, TEXAS (Kaufman County). Oak Grove encompasses a strip one-half mile wide and three miles long on Farm Road 1388 just south of Kaufman in central Kaufman ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Oakwood
(Oakwood)
format this article to print OAKWOOD, TEXAS. Oakwood is on State Highway 79 three miles west of the Trinity River in the northeastern corner of Leon County. It was established as a ten-mile ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Oglesby
(Oglesby)
format this article to print OGLESBY, TEXAS. Oglesby is at the intersection of Farm Road 1996 and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas, thirteen miles east of Gatesville in eastern Coryell ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Ovilla
(Ovilla)
return to handbook view OVILLA, TEXAS. Ovilla, on upper Red Oak Creek in northern Ellis County, is the oldest town in the county. It began in 1844 as a fortified settlement and grew as settlers ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Palmer
(Palmer)
format this article to print PALMER, TEXAS. Palmer is on Interstate Highway 45 and U.S. Highway 75, twelve miles northeast of Waxahachie in northeastern Ellis County. It was settled after the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Paradise
(Paradise)
format this article to print PARADISE, TEXAS. Paradise is on State Highway 114 six miles southwest of Decatur in southwestern Wise County. Settlement at the site began in the early 1870s, when ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Pattonville
(Pattonville)
format this article to print PATTONVILLE, TEXAS. Pattonville, a farming community at the junction of U.S. Highway 271 and Farm Road 196, ten miles southeast of Paris in southeastern Lamar ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Peaster
(Peaster)
format this article to print PEASTER, TEXAS. Peaster is on Farm Road 920 nine miles northwest of Weatherford in northwestern Parker County. Settlement began in the 1870s when Georgia native H. H. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Pecan Gap
(Pecan Gap)
format this article to print PECAN GAP, TEXAS. Pecan Gap is at the junction of Farm roads 64 and 128, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in extreme northwester n Delta County. The area, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Pendleton
(Pendleton)
format this article to print PENDLETON, TEXAS (Bell County). Pendleton is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Farm Road 1237, six miles northwest of Temple in northern Bell County. A ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Penelope
(Penelope)
format this article to print PENELOPE, TEXAS. Penelope is on Farm Road 308 fifteen miles south of Hillsboro in south central Hill County. It was settled in the earl y 1890s, when the Seley family ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Perry
(Perry)
format this article to print PERRY, TEXAS (Falls County). Perry is on State Highway 6 eight miles north of Marlin in northern Falls County. Settlement of the area began as early as 1852, but no ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Powderly
(Powderly)
format this article to print POWDERLY, TEXAS. Powderly is on U.S. Highway 271 eleven miles north of Paris in north central Lamar County. It was settled around the time o the Civil Warqv and was ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Poynor
(Poynor)
format this article to print POYNOR, TEXAS. Poynor (Poyner) is on U.S. Highway 175 overlooking the valley of Caddo Creek, eighteen miles from Athens in southeastern Henderson County. An Indian ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Prairie Lea
(Prairie Lea)
format this article to print PRAIRIE LEA, TEXAS. Prairie Lea, a community in southwestern Caldwell County near the San Marcos River ten miles southwest of Lockhart, was built on the 1820 land ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Proctor
(Proctor)
format this article to print PROCTOR, TEXAS. Proctor is on U.S. Highway 377 twelve miles northeast of Comanche in eastern Comanche County. Thomas O. Moore established it in 1872 when he came ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Reno
(Reno)
format this article to print RENO, TEXAS (Parker County). Reno is on Farm Road 1542 near Fort Worth eighteen miles northeast of Weatherford in the northwestern corner of Parker County. Settlement ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: RHOME
(Rhome)
format this article to print RHOME, TEXAS. Rhome is on U.S. Highway 287/81 twelve miles southeast of Decatur in southeastern Wise County. A community known as Prairie Po int, located at the ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Riesel
(Riesel)
format this article to print RIESEL, TEXAS. Riesel is at the intersection of Farm Road 1860 and State Highway 6, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad fourteen miles southeast of Waco in southeastern ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Rio Vista
(Rio Vista)
format this article to print RIO VISTA, TEXAS. Rio Vista is on Highway 174 seven miles south of Cleburne, twenty miles south of Fort Worth, and twenty-five miles southwest of Dallas in Johnson ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: River Oaks
(River Oaks)
format this article to print RIVER OAKS, TEXAS. River Oaks is an incorporated residential community on State Highway 183 within the western boundary of Fort Worth in west central Tarrant County. ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Robinson
(Robinson)
format this article to print ROBINSON, TEXAS (McLennan County). Robinson, on State Highway 77 six miles south of Waco in central McLennan County, came into existence after brothers John and Levi ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Rockne
(Rockne)
format this article to print ROCKNE, TEXAS. Rockne, twelve miles southwest of Bastrop in southwestern Bastrop County, has its origins in the Meuth community, established by Andrew Meuth in 1846 ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Rockwall
(Rockwall)
format this article to print ROCKWALL, TEXAS (Rockwall County). Rockwall, the county seat of Rockwall County, is at the intersection of State highways 66 and 205, near the shores of Lake Ray ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Rogers
(Rogers)
format this article to print ROGERS, TEXAS (Bell County). Rogers is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 190/State Highway 36 and Farm roads 437 and 2184, twelve miles southeast of Temple in ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Rosebud
(Rosebud)
format this article to print ROSEBUD, TEXAS. Rosebud is on State Highway 77 thirty-eight miles south of Waco in southwestern Falls County. It was developed by the Texas Townsite Company in 1889 ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Rosser
(Rosser)
format this article to print ROSSER, TEXAS. Rosser is just off State Highway 34 twelve miles southwest of Kaufman in southwestern Kaufman County. The area was settled be fore 1850 and was ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Royse City
(Royse City)
format this article to print ROYSE CITY, TEXAS. Royse City is on State Highway 66 five miles northeast of Rockwall in the northeastern corner of Rockwall County. It was named for G. B. Royse, ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Rye
(Rye)
format this article to print RYE, TEXAS. Rye is at the junction of Farm Road 787 and State Highway 146, sixty miles northwest of Beaumont in northeastern Liberty ounty. Though a few people had ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Sadler
(Sadler)
format this article to print SADLER, TEXAS. Sadler is on U.S. Highway 82, Farm Road 901, and the tracks of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line, twelve miles northwest of Sherman in west central ...
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Handbook Of Texas Online: Saginaw
(Saginaw)
format this article to print SAGINAW, TEXAS. Saginaw is a commercial and residential city on State Highway 496 ten miles northwest of Fort Worth in north central Tarrant County. The area was ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Saltillo
(Saltillo)
format this article to print SALTILLO, TEXAS. Saltillo is at the junction of U.S. Highway 67, Farm Road 900, and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, sixteen miles east of Sulphur Springs in far ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: San Felipe de Austin
(San Felipe)
format this article to print SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN, TEXAS. San Felipe de Austin, on the west bank of the Brazos River at the Old San Antonio Roadqv crossing, a site now on Interstate Highway 10 two ...
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Handbook Of Texas Online: Sansom Park Village
(Sansom Park)
format this article to print SANSOM PARK VILLAGE, TEXAS. Sansom Park Village is a residential community on State Highway 199 five miles west of Fort Worth in west ce ntral Tarrant County. It ...
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