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  2. List of Texas county seat name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Crosby, former commissioner of the Texas General Land Office Crowell: Foard: George T. Crowell, owner of the townsite Crystal City: Zavala: The clear artesian water of the area Cuero: DeWitt: Spanish word for "hide" or "leather:" cattle was (and still is) a major component of the local economy

  3. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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    One of several Texas pioneer families, although it is not certain which one 1,832: 914 sq mi (2,367 km 2) Atascosa County: 013: Jourdanton: 1856: Bexar County: The Spanish word for "boggy" 51,784: 1,232 sq mi (3,191 km 2) Austin County: 015: Bellville: 1836: One of the original 23 counties: Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), known as the Father ...

  4. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    San Saba River (Texas), named by governor of Spanish Texas Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos in 1732. He called it Río de San Sabá de las Nueces (San Saba River of the walnuts) San Sebastian River, a tidal channel which flows into Matanzas Bay, Florida; Santa Ana River, the largest river in Southern California, flows through Santa Ana

  5. Lower Rio Grande Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas or locally as the Valley, RGV, or the 956 is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [1]

  6. List of Texas communities with Hispanic majority populations ...

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    The following is a list of Texas cities, towns, and census-designated places in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Hispanic or Latino, according to data from the 2010 Census. [citation needed]

  7. List of municipalities in Texas - Wikipedia

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    A map of the United States of America with the state of Texas highlighted. Texas is a state located in the Southern United States. As of the 2020 census, [1] 29,145,505 (95.55%) of the 30,503,301 residents of Texas lived in a municipality in the 2023 estimate. [2]

  8. Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Texas (Spanish: República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a country in North America. [3] It existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Mexico , the Republic of the Rio Grande , and the United States .

  9. Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas population density map. The resident population of Texas was 29,145,505 in the 2020 census, a 15.9% increase since the 2010 census. [205] At the 2020 census, the apportioned population of Texas stood at 29,183,290. [206] The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population was 31,290,831 as of July 1, 2024, an increase of 7.4% since the 2020 ...