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Czech Texans are residents of the state of Texas who are of Czech ancestry. Large scale Czech immigration to Texas began after the Revolutions of 1848 changed the political climate in Central Europe, and after a brief interruption during the U.S. Civil War, continued until the First World War. [1]
Hostyn, settled by Czech immigrants and named after Hostýn, a hill in Moravia. Moravia, settled by Czech immigrants and named after Moravia. Nechanitz, settled by Czech settlers and named after the town of Nechanice in Bohemia. Praha, ("Prague" in English) settled by Czech immigrants and named after Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
This is a list of municipalities of the Czech Republic which have status of a city, town or market town granted by law. As of 2024, there are 27 cities, 583 towns and 232 market towns in the Czech Republic. The population is shown in brackets and is current to 1 January 2024. [1]
Less concentrated groupings of foreign place names are Norwegian names throughout Minnesota, Czech names in southeast Texas, and Dutch names in the Hudson Valley of New York. The Hudson Valley locations are so named because the area was a Dutch colony before it became an English colony. But not all the immigrants concentrated so heavily.
A post office started service in 1884, and in 1896 a Czech Catholic school was established. Praha began a gradual decline after 1873, when the Southern Pacific Railroad laid tracks a mile north of town and Flatonia, a new town founded nearer the tracks, began to draw business away from Praha.
This is a partial list of Texas towns named for faraway places. Dozens more await glory in future columns, including at least one that will be devoted specifically to Spanish-language place names.
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This article is a list of sister cities in the United States state of Texas.Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities that partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states, and other sub-national entities.