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County Seat County Named for Caldwell: Burleson: Mathew Caldwell, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texas Revolution: Cameron: Milam: Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution: Canadian: Hemphill: Its location on the Canadian River: Canton: Van Zandt: Old Canton, Texas, in neighboring Smith ...
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 ...
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
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...
U.S. county name etymologies (13 P) N. Lists of placenames of Native American origin (1 C, 29 P) ... List of Texas county seat name etymologies; U.
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said U.S.-owned border wall materials, which were available for sale, were pulled from an Arizona auction at the government's request. The Lonestar State had shown ...
County seats of the Counties in Texas Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. ... Pages in category "County seats in Texas ...