Texas Almanac, 1947-1948 Page: 461
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COUNTIES AND CITIES OF TEXAS
Clarendon (2,431), county seat, main commer-
cial and shipping point, has cotton gins, chick
hatchery Clarendon Junior College Hedley (637)
has gins, compress
*DUVAL COUNTY
In the Brush Country at juncture of Coastal
and Rio Grande Plains Rolling to hilly topogra-
phy, coered with mesq uite, huisache, cenizo, cat-
claw, prickly pear and other small plants Some
spaces of open grass lands. Created from Lihe
Oak,. Starr and Nueces Counties 1858, organized
1876 Named for Capt. B H. Duval, massacred
with Fannin's men at Goliad Alt 250-500 ft,
ann rainfall 24.10 in., mean ann temp 72 2
Growing season, 289 days
Resources Soils black, red, gray, chocolate
Little timber except mesquite and small oak Oil
production 14,188,268 bbls, natural gas, sulphur,
salt. A leading oil-producmng county
Crops. 2,655 bales cotton, 1,355,482 lbs pea-
nuts, corn, grain sorghums, citrus, tomatoes and
other fruit and truck. Pastures increased 75 per
cent in ten years
Livestock: Beef cattle and dairying main indus-
tries, dairymen increased from thirty commercial
producers in 1933 to 400 at present Also horses,
ogs, sheep Primarily a live stock country
Excellent deer, quail, mourning dove hunting
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Population .. 20,565 Cropland (a) 50,908
Pop sq mi... 11 3 Bank dep .$1,975,000
Tax value . $27,075,425 Retail sales . $6,792,000
Total value..$67,688,562 Auto reg. ... 3,270
San Diego (2,674), county seat, marketing and
commercial center serving oil, salt, livestock in-
dustries. Benavides (3,081) in oil, cotton, livestock
area. Freer (2,346) built up in oil fields in north-
western part.
*EASTLAND COUNTY
Rolling topography, hilly in parts, eastern and
central part in West Cross Timbers, western part
on West Texas Prairies. North and South Leon
Rivers flow through county Created 1858 from
Bosque, Travis and Coryell Counties, organized
1873, named for W M. Eastland, Texas patriot
who took part in Battle of Mier. Alt. 1,100-1,500uo OIFIN
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ft , ann rainfall 27 51 in , mean ann temp -3 2
Growing season, g peanut county, 26,403,614ys
lbs Grain sorghums, corn, oats and other feed-
estuffs Fruit, truck and pecandy loam, black sale Nedy
commercial crop is hairy vetch seed
ivestock Beef cattlch alluvils Mesuie, hogsak, blackjackryg, sheepdar
pcand goats, elm Oil production 736,307 bbls 2,061,770 lbs
Mohair, wool, poultry pand brick from local clay, deposits
coLake Clisco one of Texas' popular bathing, fish
ng, recreation leading peanut concrete sw2603.61mmmg
lbs Grain sorghums, corn, oats and other feed-
stuffs Fruit, truck and pecans for local sale Ne-ts
pool, state fish hatchery vetch seed
Livestock Beef cattle, hogs dairying, sheep
Pop.and goats, poultry Milk production 2,06 . $12,561,770 lbs00
Tax value ..519,241,130 Retail sales.,512,870,000
Total value . $25,654,840 Auto reg. .. 8,576
Eastland (5,000), county seat, retail and pe-
troleum centerwool, poultryhas novelty plant and potteres,
casLghead gasoli ne ofplant, garment factory Ranger, fish
ing(5,500) reretaial l censpots Huge council refte swimming
t iepool, state fish hatcheryment and traer fac-
tories, peanut processing, cotton gmns, home of
Area sq mi .. 955 InCscome (7,000) has lroad$22,692,00
shopuls, hatcheries, poultry dressing, flour mill,484
Pop. sq mi... 31 8 Bank dep . $12,561,000
Tax value ..$19,241,130 Retail sales..$12,870,000
Total value . $25,654,840 Auto reg. .. 8,576
Eastland (5,000), county seat, retail and pe-
troleum center, has novelty plant and potteries.
casinghead gasoline plant, automoble seat planet,
(5,500) retail and oil center has oil refineries, oil
brick and tile and pottery plants and trailer faproc-
tories, peanut processing, cotton gins, home of
Ranger Junior College Cisco (7,000) has railroad
shops, hatcheries, poultry dressing, flour mill,
glmte manufacturing factory, broom factories.
casinghead gasoline plant. automobile seat plant,
brick and tile and pottery plants. peanut proc-
essing Home of Cisco Junior College Rising Star
(1,198) retail community with concrete block
manufacturing Gorman (1,157) is peanut market-
ing and processing center with good hospital
*ECTOR COUNTY
Level to rolling topography at junction of South
Plains and Edwards Plateau Part prairie grass-
lands, some small mesquite and shin oak Sand
dunes in southwest part. Created 1887 from Tom
Green County, organized 1891, named for Matthen
Duncan Ector, member Texas Legislature, Confed-
erate officer, prominent Texas attorney during
Cnil War era and Justice of Court of Appeals
when it was created in 1875 Alt 2,500-3,000 ft
ann rainfall 16.39 in , mean ann temp b3
Growing season, 216 days
Resources Sandy loam soils predominate Oil
production 33,533,766 bbls , one of leading oil-
producing counties, natural gas Great deposit of
potash ore (polyhalitel underlies county, sediment
of ancient Permian Sea.
Crops Very little production Grain sorghums
truck crops for local use.
Livestock. Beef cattle for market main source
agricultural income. Some horses, hogs, sheep
Meteor crater near Odessa second in size in
United States to Diablo Canyon crater of Arizona
Area sq. mi... 907 Income ... $28,600,000
Population... 36.000 Cropland (a). 1,410
Pop sq mi... 41 8 Bank dep ...$11,961.000
Tax value ...$24,980,380 Retail sales..$16,576,000
Total value. $58,093,906 Auto reg ... 11,231
Odessa (30,000), county seat, petroleum and
livestock center, retail and shipping point, popu-
lation increase of 200 per cent since 1940 census.
"tFor explanation of all signs, symbols, abbre-
viations and sources, map and text, see p. 436.
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