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| | Handbook of Texas Online: COLEMAN COUNTY |
 | | The county is bordered on the south by the Colorado River, on the north by Taylor and Callahan counties, on the west by Runnels County, and on the east by Brown County. |
 | | The fauna of the county includes such reptiles as yellow mud turtles, Texas map turtles, Western cottonmouth snakes, hognose snakes, Western diamond-backed rattlesnakes, coachwhips, horned toads, and the eastern tree lizard; birds such as turkeys, screech owls, wood ducks, turkey vultures, and red-tailed hawks; and such mammals as white-tailed deer, fl-tailed jackrabbits, opossums, and ringtails. |
 | | The population of the county declined to 12,458 by 1960. |
| www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/hcc15.html (2034 words) |
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