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County Seat County Named for Jacksboro: Jack: Patrick Churchill Jack, attorney and early Texas colonist, and his brother William Houston Jack, both veterans of the Texas Revolution who founded the city and for whom the county is also named Jasper: Jasper: William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero Jayton: Kent: the Jay family, early ranchers in ...
Its county seat, named in turn as an anagram of Miguel Hidalgo, the inspirational figure behind the Mexican War of Independence: 7,144: 854 sq mi (2,212 km 2) Gonzales County: 177: Gonzales: 1836: One of the original 23 counties: Its county seat, named in turn for Coahuila y Tejas governor Rafael Gonzales: 19,930: 1,068 sq mi (2,766 km 2) Gray ...
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The town of Doña Ana, the county's first seat, which in turn was named for Doña Ana Robledo, a 17th-century woman known for her charitable giving Doniphan County: Kansas: A. W. Doniphan: Donley County: Texas: Stockton P. Donley, a frontier lawyer Dooly County: Georgia
U.S. county name etymologies (13 P) N. Lists of placenames of Native American origin (1 C, 29 P) ... List of Texas county seat name etymologies; U.
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...
County seats of the Counties in Texas Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. ... Pages in category "County seats in Texas ...
Montgomery County, Tennessee (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for John Montgomery, a local settler) Montgomery County, Texas (This county was named after the town of Montgomery, Texas which in turn was named after Montgomery County, Alabama.) Montgomery County, Virginia - Richard Montgomery