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  2. List of Texas county seat name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    An enlargeable map of the 254 counties of the State of Texas. The following is a list of Texas county seat name etymologies, taken from the Handbook of Texas. A separate list of Texas county name etymologies, covering Texas counties instead of its county seats, is also available.

  3. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.

  4. List of places named for Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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    Columbus Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Columbus Street , Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Interstate 10 in California , U.S. was designated and signed as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway from 1976 to 2022

  5. Category:County seats in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "County seats in Texas" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 253 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Columbus, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Colorado County in southeastern Texas, United States. The population was 3,699 as of the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is located on the Colorado River .

  7. Schleicher County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    In 1882, Christopher Columbus Doty became the first permanent citizen of Schleicher County. [8] The Texas Legislature established Schleicher County in April 1887 from Crockett County, and named it in honor of Gustav Schleicher. [5] By 1890, the population was 155, of whom 134 were listed as White, four were Black, and 17 were American Indian. [5]

  8. Today in History: Christopher Columbus reaches the New World

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    On this day in 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.The Italian explorer first found a Bahamian island, thinking he had reached East Asia. That same day, his ...

  9. Colorado County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Colorado County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,557. [1] [2] Its county seat is Columbus. [3] It is named for the Colorado River of Texas. The county was founded in 1836 and organized the next year. [4] [5]