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  List of Texas county name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archer County, Texas: Archer is named for Branch Tanner Archer, a commissioner for the Republic of Texas.
Oldham County, Texas: Oldham is named for Williamson Simpson Oldham, a Confederate legislator in Texas.
Runnels County, Texas: Runnels is named for Hiram George Runnels, the ninth governor of Mississippi and planter in Texas.
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 List of Texas county seat name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corsicana, Texas: Corsicana is named for the island of Corsica, the birthplace of the parents of José Antonio Navarro, the namesake of Navarro County, Texas (Corsicana's county).
Crockett, Texas: Crockett is named for Davy Crockett, a former Tennessee congressman and defender of the Alamo.
Tulia, Texas: Tulia is named for its proximity to Tule Creek.
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 List of Minnesota county name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Minnesota county name etymologies.
Pine County is named after the giant forests of Eastern White Pine and Red (Norway) Pine that flourish in the county.
Pipestone County is named after the red pipestone, or catlinite, rock that was used for pipes and effigies by Native Americans who lived in the area.
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 Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Texas has borders on the west with New Mexico, on the north with Oklahoma (across the Red River), and on the east with Louisiana (across the Sabine River) and with Arkansas.
Texas can claim that 'Six Flags' have flown over its soil: the Fleur-de-lis of France, and the national flags of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
Texas became the first, and to date, the only internationally recognized independent state directly admitted to the United States as a constituent state of the union.
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 Austin County, Texas: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Austin County is a county (county: A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) located in the state (state: The way something is with respect to its main attributes) of Texas (Texas: The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico).
Its county seat (county seat: The town or city that is the seat of government for a county) is Bellville (Bellville: bellville is a city located in austin county, texas....
In the county, the population is spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.80% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 List of Texas county name etymologies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cameron County, Texas: Cameron is named for Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution.
Cass County, Texas: Cass is named for Lewis Cass, a senator and future presidental candidate from Michigan who had favored the annexation of Texas to the United States.
Travis County, Texas: Travis is named for William Barret Travis, the commander of the doomed Texas forces at the Alamo.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Aransas County, Texas
Aransas County is a county located in the state of Texas.
In the county, the population is spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 27.10% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $30,702, and the median income for a family is $34,915.
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 Bailey County, Texas - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bailey is named for Peter James Bailey, a defender of the Alamo.
In the county, the population is spread out with 30.30% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 24.70% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $27,901, and the median income for a family is $32,898.
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 Texas - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Texas formed part of the Spanish colony of New Spain; see Spanish Texas for details.
Frontier Texas saw settlements of Germans, particularly in Fredericksburg and New Braunfels.
The three largest Protestant denominations in Texas are: Baptist (32% of the total state population), Methodist (9%), Pentecostal (3%).
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Armstrong County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Armstrong is named for one of several Texas pioneer families, although it is not certain which one.
In the county, the population is spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 6.10% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.20% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $38,194, and the median income for a family is $43,894.
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 Lists of U.S. county name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of Alaska borough and census area name etymologies
List of North Carolina county name etymologies--Under construction
List of people who have more than one county named for them in one U.S. state
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of Texas county seat name etymologies
This is a list of Texas county seat name etymologies.
Austin, Texas: Austin is named for Stephen Fuller Austin, who facilitated the Anglo American colonization of Texas and is known as the Father of Texas.
Burnet, Texas: Burnet is named for its location in Burnet County, Texas.
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 Encyclopedia: Torc
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The Persians of Iran (officially named Persia by West until 1935 while still referred to as Persia by some) are an Iranian people who speak Persian (locally named Fârsi by native speakers) and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well.
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 Encyclopedia article on Texas [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Template:Otheruses Template:US state Texas joined the United States of America as its 28th member state in 1845.
Texas News (http://www.HavenWorks.com/texas) - A collection of news clippings and links related to Texas.
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum (http://www.texasranger.org/)
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