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	List of Texas county seat name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crockett, Texas: Crockett is named for Davy Crockett, a former Tennessee congressman and defender of the Alamo.
		Edinburg, Texas: Edinburg is named for Edinburgh, Scotland.
		Tulia, Texas: Tulia is named for its proximity to Tule Creek.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Texas_county_seat_name_etymologies (2113 words)

	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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Texas_county_name_etymologies (5213 words)

	Texas - ExplodingProduce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Texas is so large in its east-west expanse that El Paso, in the western corner of the state, is closer to San Diego, California than to Beaumont, near the Louisiana state line; Beaumont, in turn is closer to Jacksonville, Florida than it is to El Paso.
		It is mostly sedimentary rocks, with east Texas underlain by a Cretaceous and younger sequence of sediments, the trace of ancient shorelines east and south until the active continental margin of the Gulf of Mexico is met.
		Texas does not have townships; areas within a county are either "incorporated" (i.e., part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services) or "unincorporated" (i.e., not part of a city, in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance).
	www.explodingproduce.com /wiki/index.php/Texas (6941 words)

	Texas Directory Service Website - Texas01.com
		Texas was admitted to the Union via a 'Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States' on March 1, 1845.
		Each county is run by a commissioners court consisting of four elected commissioners (one from each of four precincts drawn based on population) and a county judge elected from all the voters of the county.
		Counties do not have "home rule" authority; whatever powers are not specifically granted by the state are not permitted (as an example, most counties have no authority to require property owners to maintain their lands free of weeds and trash).
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	Texas - Wikipedia Light!
		Texas does not have civil townships; areas within a county are either "incorporated" (i.e., part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services) or "unincorporated" (i.e., not part of a city, in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance).
		In 2004, the University of Texas at Austin, which is the largest institution in the UT System and in the state of Texas, maintained an enrollment of 50,377 students.
		Texas Home School Coalition FAQ There are no minimum number of days in a year, or hours in a day, that must be met, and achievement tests are not required for home school graduating seniors.
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	Texas
		Texas today is a state thoroughly steeped in tradition, yet equally embracing of new social and technological developments.
		Texas is the only state to have three cities with populations exceeding 1 million (California has two; no other state has more than one)--Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, which are also among the 10 largest cities of the United States.
		Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions, such as Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. Anderson Cancer Center.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/te/Texas.htm (4507 words)

	Texas Trivia and Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The major stumbling block of annexation, besides war with Mexico (Mexican-American War), was the fact that Texas was a slave state and potentially would tip the balance between free and slave states due to its huge size.
		Texas today is a state thouroughly steeped in tradition, yet equally embracing of new social and technolgoical developments.
		The University of Texas System, established by the Texas Constitution in 1876, consisted of nine academic universities, six health institutions, and UT System administration in 2004.
	www.apieceoftexas.com /ttg.aspx (3719 words)

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