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DALLAM COUNTY-County seat, Dalhart; area, 1,463 square miles; pop., 4,528; located in extreme northwest corner of the Panhandle, bordering Okla- homa and New Mexico; created, 1876; organized, 1891. Surface, generally level, broken along the south line by the Rito Blanco Canyon; soil alter- nates from a rich brown sandy loam to a hard land known as "tight" or mesquite land. Industries, live stock, principally, some farming and horticultural interests.
DALLAS COUNTY-County seat, Dallas; area, 900 square miles; pop., 275,000; located in north Texas, east of central; created, 1846 and organized the same year. Surface, mostly level, with rolling pariries in the northwestern portion, some rough lands along the streams; Trinity River crosses the county. Soil, sandy, sandy loam and black waxy, very productive. Industries, agricultural, dairying, live stock raising on farms, manufacturing in the city of Dallas. Products, cotton, corn, oats, wheat, forage, crops, dairy products, poultry products. Transportation, G. C. & S. Fe, St. L. S. W., C. R. I. & G., T. & B. V., M. K. & T., H. & T. C., T. & N. O., T. & P., I. & G. N., St. L. & S. Fe., Texas Traction Co., Northern Texas Traction Co., Southern Trac- tion Co. and Eastern Texas Traction Co., Rys. Dal- las county is a leader in construction of good roads,
concrete highways. Dallas is the second city in the state in population but commercially ranks first, being the greatest jobbing, distributing and manu- facturing center in the southwest. It leads as an educational center, being the home of many schools, colleges and universities. It is the site for the Texas State Fair, the greatest institution of its kind in the United States. Other towns in the county are, Lancaster, Hutchins, Garland, Richard- son, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Wilmer, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Kleberg, Grand Prairie and Irving.
DAWSON COUNTY-County seat, Lamesa; area, 900 square miles; pop., 4,309; situated on the plains; created, 1858; organized, 1905. Surface, generally level; soil, largely chocolate and sandy loam with clay foundation. Industry, stock raising, some farm- ing. Products, cattle, staple Panhandle crops, in- cluding cotton and fruits for home use. Transpor- tation, Pecos & Northern Texas Ry.
DEAF SMITH COUNTY-County seat, Hereford; area, 1,477 square miles; pop., 3,747; located in the Panhandle, bordering New Mexico; created, 1876; organized, 1890. Surface, a level plateau between 3,000 and 4,000 ft. altitude; soil, red and gray sandy loam, with black loam in the bottoms.
DELTA COUNTY-County seat, Cooper; area, 266 square miles; pop., 15,887; situated in northeast Texas; created, 1870. Surface is undulating, gen- erally high; soil, black loam, some sandy and gray land. Industries, diversified farming, dairying, poul- try and bee interests, some live stock growing. Products, cotton, corn, oats, alfalfa and other staples, peaches, dairy products, honey. Transportation, Tex- as Midland and the G. C. & S. Fe Rys. Other towns, Enloe, Pecan Gap, Horton, Lake Creek and Charleston.
DENTON COUNTY-County seat, Denton; area, 865 square miles; pop., 35,335; situated in north Texas, one county removed from the Red River, bordering Dallas and Tarrant counties on the south; created, 1846. Products, grains, especially, then cotton, fruits, vegetables, field crops, beef and dairy cattle, hogs, sheep, horses, mules. Denton is the site of the College of Industrial Arts and the North Texas Normal School. Transportation, T. & P., M. K. & T., G. C. & S. Fe, and the St. L. & S. F. Rys. Principal towns, Denton, Pilot Point, Lewis- ville, Sanger, Krum, Aubrey and Justin.
DEWITT COUNTY-County seat, Cuero; area, 880 square miles; pop., 27,971; situated in south- west Texas in the coastal plains; created and or- ganized, 1846. Surface, rolling; soil, dark sandy loam. The Guadalupe River flows across the coun- ty. Industries, truck and fruit farming, diversified farming, dairying, live stock breeding, poultry, es- pecially turkey, manufacturing. Products, sugar cane, cotton, corn, sorghum and other forage crops, fine stock, figs, peaches, turkeys and other fowl. Transportation, S. A. & A. P., and G. H. & S. A. Rys. Other towns, Yorktown, Nordheim, Thomas- ton, Hochheim and Meyersville.
DICKENS COUNTY-County seat, Dickens; area, 918 square miles; pop., 5,876; situated par- tially in the plains country; created, 1876; organ- ized, 1891. Surface, generally rolling; soils vary, red, dark and chocolate sandy loam predominating. Industries, stock raising, farming, some fruit grow- ing.
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DIMMIT COUNTY - County seat, Carrizo Springs; area, 1,164 square miles; pop., 5,296; sit- uated in southwest Texas; created, 1,858; organized, 1880. Surface, generally level; soil varies from red sandy loam to black waxy. Industries, live stock, some fruit and truck, poultry and bees. Products, cattle, bermuda onions, figs, grapes, ber- ries, honey. Transportation, Crystal City & Uvalde Ry. Other towns, Asherton, Bermuda, Big Wells, Brundage, Detonio, Las Vargas and Catarina.
DONLEY COUNTY -County seat, Clarendon; area, 878 square miles; pop., 8,035; situated in the Panhandle; created, 1876; organized, 1882. Surface, elevated plain which breaks off into small hills with valleys therewith, soil ranges from black waxy, chocolate, black sandy and red clay sand, to a spe- cial soil known as the Donley County loam, a dark soil which is mellow, deep and always moist. In- dustries, live stock, dairying, some farming.
DUNN COUNTY-County not organized; created, 1913 from Duval county, situated in southwest Tex- as. Surface, rolling and hilly. Live stock, farming and agriculture. Products, cattle, cotton, honey. Served by the Mexican National Ry.
DUVAL COUNTY-County seat, San Diego; area, 888 square miles; pop., 8,251; located in southwest Texas; created, 1858; organized, 1876. Surface, southeastern portion, in the Gulf plain; remainder of territory is rolling and hilly. Industries, stock raising, farming, agriculture. Products, cattle, horses, cotton, honey, corn and onions. Transporta- tion, Texas-Mexican Ry.
EASTLAND COUNTY-County seat, Eastland; area, 947 square miles; pop., 58,505; situated north of the central part of the state; created, 1858; or- ganized, 1873. Surface, varied, part being broken and mountainous, part is level and rolling; soil, prin- cipally black, rich loam and black sandy. Indus- tries, oil, live stock, farming, mining. Products, oil, live stock, cotton, feedstuff, apples, pears, plums, grapes, coal. Mineral resources, coal, brick clay. Transportation, T. & P. and the T. C. Rys. Other towns, Ranger, Cisco, Rising Star, Carbon and Gor- man.
ECTOR COUNTY-County seat, Odessa; area, 976 square miles; pop., 760; situated in west Texas; created, 1887; organized, 1891. Surface, level; soil, chiefly sandy loam. Industries, live stock, princi- pally, farming in a small way. Transportation, T. & P. Ry.
EDWARDS COUNTY-County seat, Rock Springs; area, 1,387 square miles; pop., 2,293; sit- uated in Southwest Texas, one county removed from the Rio Grande River; created, 1858; organized, 1881. Surface, rolling in northwest portion, south- ern half broken. Soil, black sticky in places, rock ground in others. Industry, stock raising. Products, goats, sheep. Mineral resources, silver, iron, sul- phur, coal and kaolin. No railroads.
ELLIS COUNTY-County seat, Waxahachie; area 1,066 square miles; pop., 55,700; situated in north central Texas; created, 1849; organized, 1850. Sur- face, generally level to rolling; soil, black waxy and black loam. Industries, farming, live stock. Products, cotton, alfalfa, corn, oats and other grains, feedstuff, fine horses, hogs and cattle, fruits and vegetables for home use. Transportation, H. & T. C., Texas Midland, T. & B. V., M. K. & T., G. C. &
S. Fe., I. & G. N., and the Dallas Southern Traction Co. Rys. Public highways up-to-date. Principal towns, Waxahachie, Ennis, Italy, Midlothian, Ferris, Palmer and Milford.
EL PASO COUNTY-County seat, El Paso; area, 5,573 square miles before Hudspeth county was made; pop., 135,000; situated in the extreme western part of Texas, it is bounded on the south by Old Mexico and on the north and west by New Mexico; created, 1850; organized, 1871. Surface, mountain- ous, broken by many canyons and valleys, and yet much level land also. Industries, stock raising, dairying, mining. Products, cattle, dairy products, finest grapes in the United States, peaches, plums, Pears and apricots. Transportation, G. H. & S. A., T. & P., El P. & S. W., A. T. & S. F., and the Mexi- can Central Lines, and an interurban between El Paso and Ysleta. Mineral resources, marble, gran- ite, copper, silver, lead, zinc, iron, gold, coal.
ERATH COUNTY-County seat, Stephenville; area, 1,110 square miles; pop., 28,385; situated in central Texas; created in 1865. Industries, live stock and diversified farming, mining. Products, fine horses, beef cattle, hogs, dairy animals. Transpor- tation, Ft. W. & R. G. (Frisco), T. C., and the Stephenville North and South (Cotton Belt) Rys. Mineral resources, coal, limestone, sandstone, brick clay. Public highways are gradually becoming im- proved. Principal towns, Stephenville, Dublin, Thurber, Bluffdale and Alexander.
FALLS COUNTY-County seat, Marlin; area, 844 square miles; pop., 36,217; situated in the cen- tral part of the state; created and organized, 1850. Surface, level, slightly undulating, few hills; soil, black waxy, gray sandy and deep alluvial. Indus- tries, farming, stock raising, fruit growing, api- culture. Products, cotton and alfalfa, swine, peaches, pears, apricots, figs and honey. Transportation, I. & G. N., H. & T. C., S. A. & A. P., and the M. K. & T. Rys. Excellent public highways. Marlin is famed for its mineral wells. Other towns, Rosebud, Lott, Chilton, Travis and Reagan.
FANNIN COUNTY-County seat, Bonham; area, 940 square miles; pop., 48,186; situated in north Texas, bordering the Red River; created, 1837; or- ganized, 1838. Surface, high and rolling; soil, black waxy, reddish brown alluvial. Industries, farming, fruit growing, stock raising. Products, small grain, corn, cotton, alfalfa, and forage crops, fruits, vege- tables, fine stock. Transportation, T. & P., M. K. & T., St. L. S. W., and the G. C. & S. Fe Rys. Towns, Bonham, Honey Grove, Ladonia, Leonard, Trenton, Dodd City, Savoy and Ravenna.
FAYETTE COUNTY-County seat, LaGrange; area, 992 square miles; pop., 29,965; situated in south central Texas; created in 1837, organized in 1838. One-half of the surface area is rolling prairie; soil, black loam, black lime, chocolate loam, sandy loam, stiff black waxy, gray sandy with some gravel. Industries, stock farming, diversified farming, dairying, poultry interests. Products, fine stock, cotton, corn, all forms of truck, pears, plums, figs, berries, poultry. Transportation, M. K. & T., G. H. & S. A., S. A. & A. P., and the H. & T. C. Rys. Mineral resources, lignite and valuable clays. Towns, LaGrange, Schulenberg, Flatonia, Fayetteville, Car- mine, Ledbetter, Winchester and Ellinger.
FISHER COUNTY-County seat, Roby; area, 836
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square miles; pop., 11,009; situated in central west Texas; directly west of Dallas and Ft. Worth; created, 1876; organized, 1886. Surface, partly roll- ing, partly level with a few mountains in northern portion, drained by the Brazos River. Soil, red sandy, alluvial, and sandy loam. Industries, stock raising, farming.
FLOYD COUNTY-County seat, Floydada; area, 1,036 square miles; pop., 9,758; situated in the Tex- as plains, created 1876, organized 1890. Surface, slightly rolling; soil, sandy loam. Leading indus- tries, stock raising, farming. Products, cattle, wheat, feedstuff, cotton, grains, fruit for home use. Transportation, P. & N. T. Ry. Good roads.
FOARD COUNTY-County seat, Crowell; area, 636 square miles; pop., 4,747; situated in the lower Panhandle; created, 1891. Surface, level with some rolling and slightly broken; soil, one-third of the prairies sandy, remainder, clay and loam, very pro- ductive. Industries, live stock, farming, fruit grow- ing.
FORT BEND COUNTY-County seat, Richmond; area, 897 square miles; pop., 22,931; situated in the coast country; created 1837, organized same year. Surface, level; soil, alluvial, black hogwallow, and some sandy loam, all very fertile. Industries, live stock, farming, fruit growing, poultry and dairy interests. Products, live stock, rice, cotton, corn, sugar cane, figs, peaches, pears, citrus fruit. Trans- portation, G. H. & S. A., G. C. & S. F., S. A. & A. P., M. K. & T., I. & G. N., New York, Texas and Mexican & Sugarland Rys. Natural resources, gas, brick clay, pottery clay. Excellent public highways. Other towns, Rosenberg, Fulshear, Sugarland, Mis- souri City, Thompson, Needville, Beasley and Or- chard.
FRANKLIN COUNTY-County seat, Mt. Vernon; area, 325 square miles; pop., 9,304; situated in northeast Texas; created, 1875. Surface, mostly level; soil, varies from light sandy loam to black waxy. Industries, diversified farming, fruit and truck growing, some live stock.
FREESTONE COUNTY-County seat, Fairfield; area, 947 square miles; pop., 23,264; situated in east central Texas; created 1850, organized 1851. In- dustries, agricultural, horticultural and stock rais- ing. Products, oil, cotton, corn, peanuts, oats, gen- eral forage crops, peaches, plums, summer apples and berries, live stock. In 1921 a great oil field was discovered in Freestone county which is be- ing rapidly developed and Wortham is the center of these activities. Transportation, T. & B. V., H. & T. C., and the I. & G. N. Natural resources, gray and blue granite, soft sandstone, brick and fire clay. Good highways. Towns, Fairfield, Teague, Worth- am and Kirven.
FRIO COUNTY-County seat, Pearsall; area, 1,064 square miles; pop., 9,296; located in southwest Texas; created 1858, organized 1871, Surface, rolling; soil mostly sandy loam. Industries, live stock, truck and diversified farming. Products, cotton, melons, onions, honey, cattle. Transportation, I. & G. N. Ry. Other towns, Dilly and Moore.
GAINES COUNTY-County seat, Seminole; area, 1,590 square miles; pop., 1,018; situated in west Texas, south of the staked plains; created, 1876; organized, 1905. Surface, rolling; traversed by sev- eral draws; soil, mainly of upland sandy loam. In-
dustry, live stock chiefly, some farming and fruit growing. Products, corn, milo maize, kaffir corn, sorghum, other staple Panhandle crops, home fruits. Transportation, no railroads.
GALVESTON COUNTY-County seat, Galveston; area, 438 square miles; pop., 53,150; situated on the Gulf Coast, 80 miles southwest of the Louisiana border; created 1838, organized 1839. Surface, level; slight slope toward Galveston Bay and Gulf of Mexico; soil, deep sandy loam. Industries, truck farming, live stock raising, fruit growing, dairy and poultry business, dredging of road shell from Galveston Bay. Products, citrus fruit, figs, straw- berries, melons, cantaloupes, dairy products. Trans- portation, G. H. & S. A., G. H. & H., G. C. & S. F., I. & G. N., M. K. & T., T. & B. V., St. L. B. & M., Gulf & Interstate (Santa Fe) G. & W., Galves- ton-Houston Interurban and the Gulf Coast Rys. Its chief city and county seat, Galveston, is one of the great deep water ports of the U. S., ranking next to New York in importance of its commerce. It is the first exporting cotton market in the world and has high rank in the fish and oyster industry. Great strides in highway construction. Other towns of the county, Texas City, Port Bolivar, Dickinson, League City, Lamarque, Algoa, Arcadia, Hitchcock and Friendswood.
GARZA COUNTY-County seat, Post City; area, 821 square miles; pop., 4,253; situated in the foot- hills of the plains; created 1876, organized 1907. Surface, 50 per cent level, 40 per cent rolling, 10 per cent hilly; soils vary from a tight dark chocolate with a clay foundation to red catclaw sandy loam. Industries, stock raising, farming.
GILLESPIE COUNTY-County seat, Fredricks- burg; area, 1,140 square miles; pop., 10,015; lies in southwest Texas, west of Austin; created and or- ganized, 1848. Surface, equally divided between hilly, rolling and level land; soil on level land, prin- cipally black waxy, on uplands, gray sandy loam, in valley, black sandy loam. Industries, live stock raising leads, dairying following with farming rank- ing last.
GLASSCOCK COUNTY-County seat, Garden City; area, 952 square miles; pop., 555; situated at the foot of the plains; created, 1887; organized, 1893. Surface, mostly level, slightly broken in east- ern section; soil, sandy loam, dark, chocolate colored loam. Industries, grazing of cattle, some farming and fruit growing. Products, cattle, home fruit and vegetables. No railroads.
GOLIAD COUNTY-County seat, Goliad; area, 817 square miles; pop., 9,348; located in southwest Texas, one county removed from the Gulf; an orig- inal county of Texas, organized in 1837. Surface, slightly undulating; soil, black sandy loam, al- luvial, light sandy. Industries, live stock, farming, swine breeding.
GONZALES COUNTY- County seat, Gonzales; area, 1,079 square miles; pop., 28,438; a southwest Texas coast county; organized, 1837. Surface, gen- erally rolling; soil, dark, gray sandy loam, rich black land. Industries, diversified farming, live stock raising. Products, cotton, corn, cane, oats, potatoes, onions, melons, peaches, pears, plums, small fruit. Transportation, S. A. & A. P., and the G. H. & S. A. Rys. Natural resources, sandstone and kaolin, gas was discovered and is being developed. Lively in-
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terest in good roads. Other towns, Waelder, Har- wood, Slayden, Nixon, Smiley, Pierson and Cranz.
GRAY COUNTY-County seat, Lefors; area, 860 square miles; pop., 4,663; located in the northwest- ern part of the Panhandle; created, 1876; organized, 1902. Surface, in the north and west, level, with hills and fertile valleys in the south and east; soil varies from dark chocolate and sandy to dark and light sandy. Industries, diversified farming, live stock raising.
GRAYSON COUNTY-County seat, Sherman; area, 1,012 square miles; pop., 74,165; situated in north Texas, bordering the Red River, created and organized 1846. Surface, level; soil, black waxy, black and gray sandy loam. Industries, diversified farming, farm crops, fine horses, cattle, hogs, dairy products, cattle breeding, dairying, poultry. Prod- ucts, staple. Transportation, Texas Traction Co., M. K. & T., St. L. S. W., St. L. S. F., Denison & Pacific Suburban, Denison, Bonham, New Orleans, G. C. & S. F., H. & T. C., M. O. & G. and the T. & P. Rys. Natural resources, gas, with indications of oil. Lively interest in public highways. Other cities of the county, Denison, Whitewright, Van Alstyne, Whitesboro, Colmesneil, Howe, Bells, Potts- boro and Tioga.
GREGG COUNTY-County seat, Longview; area, 287 square miles; pop., 16,767; located in northeast Texas; created and organized, 1873. Industries, farming, fruit growing, lumbering, poultry and min- ing interests. Products, all kinds of east Texas fruits and truck for outside markets, hardwood and pine. Transportation, I. & G. N., T. & P., G. C. & S. F., Port Bolivar Iron Ore, and Brown's Lum- ber Rys. Mineral resources, lignite and iron, brick and potter clay, indications of oil and gas. Good roads. Other towns, Gladewater, Kilgore.
GRIMES COUNTY-County seat, Anderson; area, 770 square miles; pop., 23,101; located in south central Texas, created and organized, 1846. Sur- face, hilly in the western and central parts, rolling in the remainder with much level land; soil varies from black sandy to gray sandy. Industries, lum- bering, general farming, truck and fruit growing, live stock raising, dairying, poultry interests. Prod- ucts, oak and gum wood, hardwood, cotton and corn, potatoes, all kinds of truck, fine cattle. Transpor- tation, I. & G. N., G. C. & S. F., H. & T. C., and T. & B. V. Rys. Other towns, Navasota, Bedias, Shaird, Stoneham, Roans Prairie, Dobbin
GUADALUPE COUNTY-County seat, Seguin; area, 717 square miles; pop., 27,719; located in south central part of Texas, created and organized, 1846. Surface, level in the southern portion, hilly in the northern part; soil, black loam, sandy loam and white sand. Industries, diversified farming, live stock raising, truck growing. Products, cotton, oats, corn, watermelons, pecans, early truck, small fruit. Transportation, G. H. & S. A. Ry. Natural resources, brick clay, coal, traces of oil and gas. Interest in good roads. Other towns, Marion and Kingsbury.
HALE COUNTY-County seat, Plainview; area, 1,036 square miles; pop., 10,104; situated in the plains, created 1876, organized 1888. Surface, gen- erally level; soil, chocolate and sandy loam. Indus- tries, live stock, farming, horticulture. Products, maize, kaffir corn, millet, cotton, corn, wheat, oats, sorghum, fruits, vegetables, apples. Transportation,
P. & N. T. Ry. Naturally good roads. Other towns, Hale Center, Abernathy, Petersburg, Running Water, Ellen and Norfleet.
HALL COUNTY-County seat, Memphis; area, 868 square miles; pop., 11,137; situated in the south- eastern part of the Panhandle, created 1876, organ- ized 1890. Surface rolling, with hills occasionally; soils vary from black sandy to red sandy loam. In- dustries diversified farming, fruit growing, live stock industry.
HAMILTON COUNTY-County seat, Hamilton; area, 858 square miles; pop., 14,676; situated in north central Texas, west of Waco; created and or- ganized 1858. Surface, rolling; soil, black waxy and chocolate varieties mixed with sand. Industries, diversified farming, fruit growing, live stock. Prod- ucts, cotton, corn, wheat, oats, other field crops, peaches, plums, pears, apricots, forage crops, cattle, horses, sheep. Transportation, St. L. S. W., Steph- enville North and South Texas, T. C. Rys. Other towns, Hico, Carlton, Pottsville and Fairy.
HANSFORD COUNTY-County seat, Hansford; area, 860 square miles; pop., 1,354; situated in the north tier of counties of the Panhandle; created, 1876; organized, 1889. Surface, level except along streams; soil, black sandy loam. Industry, cattle raising, general farming, fruit growing, poultry in- dustry. Products, Panhandle staples, wheat, peaches, apples, plums, grapes, cherries. No railroads.
HARDEMAN COUNTY-County seat, Quanah; area, 532 square miles; pop., 12,487; situated in northwest Texas bordering the Panhandle proper with Oklahoma on the north; created 1858, organized 1894. Surface level except the extreme south line, mountainous; soil, sandy loam underlaid with gyp- sum, with considerable black land in the valleys. Industries, agriculture and stock raising.
HARDIN COUNTY-County seat, Kountze; area, 844 square miles; pop., 15,983; located in southeast Texas; one county removed from the Gulf; created and organized 1868. Surface, generally level, some hills in the eastern portion. Soil, light sandy loam, black waxy. Industries, lumbering, live stock rais- ing, truck farming, oil. Products, lumber, hardwood and pine, cattle, oil, various early truck. Transpor- tation, G. C. & S. F., T. & N. O., Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Rys. Good roads. Other towns, Silsbee, Saratoga, Batson, Honey Island, Village.
HARRIS COUNTY-County seat, Houston; area, 1,761 square miles; pop., 285,000; situated in the coastal plains, bordering Galveston Bay on the south, one of the original counties of the state, or- ganized 1837. Surface, level, gently rolling, tra- versed by numerous creeks and bayous. Industries, lumber, rice, farming, live stock, oil. Products, pine and various timbers, rice, dairy products, all kind of south Texas early truck and fruit, oil. Transpor- tation, G. H. & S. A., T. & N. O., H. & T. C., H. E. & W. T., G. H. & H., M. K. & T., I. & G. N., T. & B. V., St. L. B. & M., St. L. & W., S. A. & A. P. and the Galveston-Houston Interurban Rys. Natural re- sources, one of Texas' leading oil fields, brick clay. This county is a leader in paved public highways. Houston is the third city in size in Texas, is a lead- er in commercial activity and is an educational cen- ter, being the home of the Rice Institute, one of the highest type universities on the American con- tinent. Other cities and towns of this county, Hock-
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ley, Westfield, Lynchburg, Harrisburg, Magnolia Park, Katy, Webster and Genoa.
HARRISON COUNTY-County seat, Marshall; area, 873 square miles; pop., 43,565; situated in northeast Texas, bordering Louisiana; created 1839, organized 1842. Surface, eastern portion, rolling, well drained, western section somewhat broken. In- dustries, diversified farming, fruit growing. Prod- ucts, peaches, plums, apples, pears, berries, pecans, native hickory nuts, cotton, potatoes, truck, fine cat- tle along with the farming. Transportation, T. & P., M. K. & T., M. & E.T. Rys. Iron, lignite deposits, sandstone, brick clay and glass sand and natural gas for home use among natural resources. Good roads. Other towns, Hallsville, Harleton, Waskom.
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