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County Seat County Named for Fairfield: Freestone: Unknown. Falfurrias: Brooks: La Mota de Falfurrias, the grove of trees where Edward Lasater established a ranch Farwell: Parmer: John V. Farwell, a Chicago merchant and a principal in the Capitol Syndicate, which built the present Texas State Capitol and owned the gigantic XIT Ranch ...
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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Young County: Texas: The county is named for William Cocke Young, an early Texas settler and soldier. [26] Yuba County: California: Named after the Yuba River for the Native American village Yubu, Yupu or Juba near the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers, or for the quantities of wild grapes (uvas silvestres in Spanish) growing on its banks.
Culberson County: Texas: David Browning Culberson, a lawyer and soldier in the Civil War: Cullman County: Alabama: Colonel John G. Cullmann (1823–1895), founder of the county seat Culpeper County: Virginia: Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, colonial governor of Virginia, 1677–1683 Cumberland County: Illinois
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 .
Also includes List of Texas county name etymologies and List of Texas county name etymologies (K to Z). - Kenwarren 03:56, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC) KEEP! Now, I don't care if the information is incorporated into the individual county articles, but I DO care about deleting
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