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2. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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   Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the Republic of Texas and ceded by Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the ...

3. Texas land survey system - Wikipedia

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   "A league and a labor" (4,605.5 acres; 18.638 km 2) was a common first land grant [4] and consisted of a league of land away from the river plus one extra labor of good riparian (river-situated) land. A headright of this much land was granted to "all persons [heads of families] except Africans and their descendants and Indians living in Texas ...

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5. Terry County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Terry County lies in the oil-rich north Permian Basin, and the discovery of oil in 1940 quickly led to production. [8] By 1991 almost 363,143,000 barrels (57,735,100 m 3) of crude had been extracted from Terry County lands since 1940. [9] In 1991, Terry County was among the leading cotton counties in Texas. [8]

6. Hale County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Hale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 32,522. [1] Its county seat is Plainview. [2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1888. [3] It is named for Lt. John C. Hale, [4] a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto. Hale County comprises the Plainview, Texas micropolitan ...

7. Category:Texas counties - Wikipedia

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   B. Bailey County, Texas; Bandera County, Texas; Bastrop County, Texas; Baylor County, Texas; Bee County, Texas; Bell County, Texas; Bexar County, Texas; Blanco County ...

8. Texas panhandle - Wikipedia

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   The Handbook of Texas defines the southern border of Swisher County as the southern boundary of the Texas Panhandle region. Its land area is 25,823.89 sq mi (66,883.58 km 2), or nearly 10% of the state's total. The Texas Panhandle is slightly larger in size than the US state of West Virginia.

9. Sheridan, Texas - Wikipedia

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   The use of the land for farming declined steeply. Termination of rail service following World War II coincided with the improvement of U.S. Highway 90-A, and the town suffered little in consequence. In 1986 Sheridan had a population of 225 served by seventeen businesses and was noted for its cattle production, its oil and gas field, and the ...