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Spanish missions within the boundaries of what is now the U.S. state of Texas. The Spanish Missions in Texas comprise the many Catholic outposts established in New Spain by Dominican, Jesuit, and Franciscan orders to spread their doctrine among Native Americans and to give Spain a toehold in the frontier land.
Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Year 2000 population was 10. [181] Girvin: Pecos [182] Glenrio: Deaf Smith: Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Year 2000 population was 10. [183] Goforth: Hays [184] Gold, Texas: Gillespie
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns , or census-designated places .
Texas population density map. As of May 2024, the 1,225 Texas municipalities [3] [a] include 971 cities, 231 towns, and 23 villages. These designations are determined by United States Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation. [4]
When the city of Mission, Texas, was founded in 1908, it was named in honor of La Lomita. [1] The chapel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964, [ 9 ] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [ 10 ]
The Templars briefly owned the entire island of Cyprus in 1191–1192, preceding the establishment of the Kingdom of Cyprus; Gastria Castle, 1210–1279 [5]; Kolossi Castle, 1306–1313 [2]
Los Adaes was the capital of Tejas (Texas) on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1721 to 1773. It included a Franciscan mission , San Miguel de Cuéllar de los Adaes, [ 3 ] and a presidio , Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of the Pillar of the Adaes).
Lists of monasteries cover monasteries, buildings or complexes of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). The lists are organized by country or territory, by denomination, by order and by form.