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1823:Washington
1679:Schleicher
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1498:Montgomery
1262:Jeff Davis
1237:Hutchinson
959:Deaf Smith
531:"THC-NRHP"
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320:U.S. state
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231:Italianate
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162:30°18′48″N
1848:Wilbarger
1800:Van Zandt
1795:Val Verde
1762:Tom Green
1722:Stonewall
1705:Somervell
1634:Robertson
1616:Red River
1541:Ochiltree
1448:McCulloch
1438:Matagorda
1383:Limestone
1275:Jim Wells
1267:Jefferson
1189:Henderson
1126:Guadalupe
1091:Glasscock
1086:Gillespie
1076:Galveston
1063:Freestone
1053:Fort Bend
939:Culberson
860:Childress
708:Armstrong
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537:14 August
512:21 August
334:in 1964.
213:Architect
1805:Victoria
1719:Sterling
1715:Stephens
1674:San Saba
1639:Rockwall
1591:Presidio
1493:Montague
1488:Mitchell
1458:McMullen
1453:McLennan
1443:Maverick
1393:Live Oak
1388:Lipscomb
1358:Lampasas
1345:La Salle
1271:Jim Hogg
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1146:Hansford
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1843:Wichita
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787:Briscoe
731:Bastrop
726:Bandera
698:Aransas
688:Andrews
373:History
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355:El Paso
318:in the
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1891:Zapata
1882:Yoakum
1863:Wilson
1815:Waller
1810:Walker
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1782:Upshur
1767:Travis
1739:Taylor
1726:Sutton
1692:Shelby
1683:Scurry
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