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  2. Big Thicket - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmills near Diboll, Texas in 1907 William Goodrich Jones (1860–1950), "the father of Texas forestry" was a bank president and civic leader in Temple, Texas. He had some exposure to good forestry practices in Germany and understood the commercial benefits of well-managed forests and he was appalled with what ...

  3. Joaquin, Texas - Wikipedia

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    FIPS code. 48-37684 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2410143 [2] Joaquin (/ hwɑːˈkiːn / whah-KEEN, Spanish pronunciation: [xwaˈkin]) 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. Its population was 734 at the 2020 census.

  4. International Boundary Marker - Wikipedia

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    Designated TSAL. May 15, 2003. The International Boundary Marker, also known as the Republic of Texas Granite Marker, is a boundary marker located on the Louisiana - Texas border near the junction of Texas FM 31 and Louisiana Highway 765, southeast of Deadwood, Texas. The marker was created in 1840 and placed in 1841 to mark the international ...

  5. Chisos Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Chisos Mountains, also known as the Chisos, are a mountain range located in the Big Bend area of the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, United States. [1] The mountain system covers 40 square miles (104 square km) and is contained entirely within the boundaries of Big Bend National Park, making it the only mountain range in the United States fully contained within a national park.

  6. Vidor, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Vidor (/ ˈvaɪdər / VY-dər) is a city in western Orange County, Texas, United States. A city of Southeast Texas, it lies at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Farm to Market Road 105, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Beaumont. The town is mainly a bedroom community for the nearby refining complexes in Beaumont and Port Arthur and is part of the ...

  7. Lumberton, Texas - Wikipedia

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    GNIS feature ID. 2410897 [2] Website. cityoflumberton.com. Lumberton is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,554 at the 2020 census, [4] up from 11,943 at the 2010 census. Lumberton is the home of Village Creek State Park. The city is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area.

  8. Cleveland, Texas - Wikipedia

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    281/346/713/832. FIPS code. 48-15436 [ 4 ] GNIS feature ID. 2409482 [ 2 ] Website. www.clevelandtexas.com. Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area and Liberty County. The population was 7,471 at the 2020 census.

  9. Geography of Texas - Wikipedia

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    268,581 sq mi (695,620 km 2) Coastline. 367 mi (591 km) Highest point. Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) Lowest point. Gulf of Mexico, sea level. The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [ 1 ] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the ...