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As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 322 people, 126 households, and 86 families residing in the city. The population density was 77.6 inhabitants per square mile (30.0/km 2).
Van Zandt County is commonly known as the Free State of Van Zandt. The title was particularly prevalent through the Reconstruction Era, but is still in use today.Many versions of the county's history may account for this moniker, and historians, even within the county and throughout its existence, do not agree how exactly it became known as the Free State.
The Hebrew word Edom means "red", and the Hebrew Bible relates it to the name of its founder Esau, the elder son of the Hebrew patriarch Isaac, because he was born "red all over". [18] As a young adult, he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a portion of "red pottage". [ 19 ]
Edom is the name given to Esau and the nation descending from him in the Hebrew Bible. Edom may also refer to: Edom, Texas, a city in northeast Texas; Edom Hill, a peak in the Indio Hills in Riverside County, California; Thousand Palms, California, which was once called Edom
Uz has often been identified as either Aram in modern-day Syria (teal) or Edom in modern-day Jordan (yellow).. The land of Uz (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ־עוּץ – ʾereṣ-ʿŪṣ) is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, most prominently in the Book of Job, which begins, "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job".
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
The settlers who received their titles under Stephen's first contract, known today as the Old Three Hundred, made up the first organized, approved group of Anglo-American immigrants from the United States to Texas. The new land titles were located in an area where no Spanish or Mexican settlements had existed.
United States Army, First Battalion, First Infantry Regiment soldiers in Texas in 1861. The legal status of Texas is the standing of Texas as a political entity. While Texas has been part of various political entities throughout its history, including 10 years during 1836–1846 as the independent Republic of Texas, the current legal status is as a state of the United States of America.