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| | Handbook of Texas Online: CRYSTAL CITY, TX |
 | | Crystal City, the county seat of Zavala County, is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 83, Farm roads 393, 16, 1433, 65, and 582, and the Missouri Pacific Railroad, one mile north of the Dimmit county line in south central Zavala County. |
 | | Crystal City was incorporated in 1910, when it had an estimated 530 inhabitants, and by 1914 the community had a bank, three general stores, and the weekly Chronicle. |
 | | In 1990 Crystal City's 8,263 residents represented almost 70 percent of the county population. |
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