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COUNTIES AND CITIES OF TEXAS
*ANDERSON COUNTY
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Wooded, rolling county min Central East Texas,
sloping to Trinity River on west and Neches on
east, and partly in East Texas Redlands. Created
from Houston County 1846, organized same year.
Named for Kenneth R Anderson, last Vice-Presi-
dent of Texas Republic. Alt. 400-525 ft , ann rain-
fall 40.73 in., mean ann. temp. 66. Growing
season, 261 days.
Resources: Soils range from sandy, light clays
to red and heavy clays in bottoms. Heavy growth
pine, sweet gum, oak, dogwood, ash, elm, hickory,
blackjack timber; commercial production. Oil pro-
duction 3,696,285 bbls., asphalt and natural gas.
Four oil fields, several recycling plants. Deposits
iron ore, lignite, salt, clays, chalk.
Crops: Fruats, vegetables for market. In 1946,
12,000 acres peanuts, 2,000 acres tomatoes, 761
bales of cotton, 3,000 acres green peas, 1,200 acres
sweet potatoes. Timber largest source ($1,378,000
in 1946) farm income. Forty per cent of farmers
share tenants.
Livestock: In 1946, 37,000 beef cattle, 9,000
dairy, 30,000 swine, 175,000 poultry. Turkey pro-
duction increased 1,000 to 12,000 last five years
Beef, milk, pork, eggs, poultry marketed. Marked
swing from crops to livestock; permanent pasture
program.
Year-round fishing in lakes and streams; dog-
wood trails in spring attract tourists; quail, dove,
squirrel, fox hunting. Old Fort Sam Houston and
community forest near Palestine.
Area sq. mi... 1,068 Income ......$20,120,000
Population... 37,092 Cropland (a). 74,010
Pop. sq mi... 34.7 Bank dep... $12,571,000
Tax value....$24,378,000 Retail sales..$11,982,000
Total value..$32,504,000 Auto reg..... 7,061
Palestine (14,500), county seat, has five main
highways, two railroads Industries include rail-
road offices and shops, glass bottle manufacturing,
garment factory, recycling, mattress factory, fur-
niture plant, cotton oil mill. Excellent schools,
hospitals. Frankston (1,216) is shipping and saw-
mill center. Elkhart (751) is truck shipping point,
lumber.
*ANDREWS COUNTY
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On South High Plains, bordering New Mexico,
generally level, partly grass prairie, partly shinoak Created 1876, organized 1910. named for
Richard Andrews, first soldier killed in Texas
Revolution. Alt. 3,000-3,500 ft , ann rainfall 15 61
in., mean ann. temp. 64. Growing season, 220
days.
Resources. Sandy soils in western half, red clay
in east. 011 production of 18,698,533 bbls. tripled
in two years, natural gas Salt, potash, sodium
compounds, red drilling mud at Shafter Lake.
Underground water for irrigation
Crops: Some corn, cotton and gram sorghums
produced. Vegetables for home consumption.
Livestock. Predominantly ranching economy;
16,427 cows and calves, mostly beef. Some hogs,
sheep and chickens.
County dotted by shallow lakes. Blue quail,
prairie chicken, antelope.
Area sq. mi... 1,504 Income .......$1,133,000
Population ... 1,277 Cropland (a).. 10,960
Pop. sq. ml... 0 8 Bank dep..... $696,000
Tax value... $17,257,181 Retail sales.. $620,000
Total value ..$28,761,968 Auto reg...... 1,142
Andrews (611), county seat, is shipping and
trade point for wide area. Independent school dis-
trict one of wealthiest in state. Supported by
petroleum and ranching.
. *ANGELINA COUNTY
Rolling, wooded terrain, East Texas. between
Neches and Angena Rivers Created from Nac-
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ogdoches County 1844, organized same year;
named for Angehina River, meaning "Little Angel"
In legend of early FranEcan missionaries. Alt. GE
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250-350 ft., ann. rainfall 45.93 m., mean. ann.
temp. 67.5. Growing season, 247 days.
Resources: Alluvial soils in bottoms, sandy clays
on uplands. Timber on 70 per cent of land, short-
leaf, longleaf pine, cypress, hickory, oak, mag-
nolia; cut commercially. Oil production 5,769
bbls., fuller's earth, natural gas, brick clay, lig-
nite, iron ore, abundant underground water.
Crops: Cotton 747 bales, 60,896 bu. corn, 240,-
513 lbs. peanuts, sweet and Irish potatoes, ribbon
cane and sorghum syrup, fruits and vegetables
sold. Third of farmlands converted to pastures.
Hybrid corn, Kobe lespedeza new crops.
Livestock: 19,799 cattle and calves, dairying big
industry, milk production 1,550,506 gals. Hogs,
poultry, honey.
Squirrel and deer hunting, small game and fish-
Ing in pine forests. Lies partly in Angelina and
Davy Crockett National Forests. Dogwood trail in
spring.
One of leading industrial counties of Texas;
forty-four firms employ 4,000 persons with pay
roll (1944) of $5,500,000. Value manufactured
products 1945 was $25,000,000.
Area sq. ml... 857 Income ......$18,940,000
Population... 32,201 Cropland (a). 18,953
Pop. s. m... 37 6 Bank dep ... $15,743,000
Tax va lue... .$13,815,060 Retail sales.. 11,876,000
Total value..534,537,650 Auto reg..... 8,321
Lufkln (13,300), county seat, is wholesale, man-
ufacturing, retail center. Industries include foun-
dries, creosoting plants, sawmills, $10,000,000
newsprint mill, first in South to use native pine,
mattress factory. Excellent schools, hospitals.
Texas Forest Products laboratory. Texas Forest
Festival m October. Herty, lumber and newsprint
industries. Dibol (1,400) lumber and trade center.
Keltys (1,000), large lumber industry. Huntington
(969) and Zavalla (450) lumberln~, agriculture
and retail trade.
*tFor explanation of all signs, symbols, abbre-
viations and sources, map and text, see p. 436.
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