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Medina is located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 16 and Farm to Market Road 337, 12 mi (19 km) northwest of Bandera [3] and 21 mi (34 km) south of Kerrville [5] in central Bandera County. Climate
Texas State Highway 6 passes through the center of Dublin as Blackjack Street, leading southeast 20 miles (32 km) to Hico and west 12 miles (19 km) to De Leon. Fort Worth is 80 miles (130 km) to the northeast, and Waco is 90 miles (140 km) to the southeast.
The Texas state legislature designated Mauriceville as the "Crawfish Capital of Texas" in 1983. [21] The previous year, the town's budding crawfish farming industry had been profiled by the New York Times. [22] The town holds an annual Crawfish Festival each April.
The first area settlers are known to be in the region as early as 1834. The town's name Spurger comes from a family of landowners who resided there initially. [citation needed] From 1859 a school was established there, and by 1881 a post office was opened.
Zapata is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Zapata County, Texas, United States. [3] The population was 5,383 at the 2020 census. [4] As an unincorporated community, Zapata has no municipal government, but like all 254 Texas counties has four elected county commissioners chosen by single-member districts and a countywide elected administrative judge.
Mason is a city in, and the county seat of, Mason County, Texas, United States. [4] The city is an agricultural community on Comanche Creek southwest of Mason Mountain, on the Edwards Plateau and part of the Llano Uplift .
Willow City is an unincorporated community in Gillespie County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas , the community has an estimated population of 75 in 2000. [ 3 ] The 1905 Willow City School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas on May 6, 2005.
Joaquin (/ hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / whah-KEEN; Spanish: Joaquín) is a city in northeastern Shelby County, Texas, United States.Founded in 1885, it was named after Joaquin Morris, grandson of the original land owner, Benjamin Franklin Morris.