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COUNTIES AND CITIES OF TEXAS
*COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY.
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Colorado
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MILES
In eastern Panhandle, bordering Oklahomi
Level, slightly rolling ex ith some rough commerce
places along st earns. Created from Young count ecommer
Land District and Bexar Territorv in 1876, tral section M
organized 1890 Named for James Collin bbls )eand grau
worth, first Chief Justice, Republic of Texas, put poses found r
signer Texas Declaiation of Independence Oei 1,000ars of
who fought at Battle of San Jacinto Differ- Rice principal
once in spelling of name of man and county 500 000 bushels
due to error in statute creating county.) Alt , 1940, large amc
1.800-2,600 ft. Annual rainfall, 23 in Mean stuffs. State's 1s
annual temp., 59, July temp., 82.1, Jan , county. Tomato
38 6. si eet potatoes,
Soil extremely varied, dark bron sandy shipped to outsid
loam, dark brown tight land, gray-bi oe n dicttn O ter 25,
gypsum, deep sandy. No native timber. Abun- Iirigation
dant supply underground water at average Beef cattle, ho
70 ft. industries .ith
Cotton (14,953 bales, 1940), corn principal Dairying, poultry
crops, wheat, oats, maize, kafir, sudan, fet- imp ement so
cropsfarmers
erita, hegar grown Seeral varieties fruit The Old Spans
and vegetables grown for home consumption southeast to not
Beef cattle and hogs, annual sales of x hich rnd fo l sancti
range between $1,500,000 and $2,000.000 are come yearly to
chief money products, although large amounts coaly
of cream, butter and eggs are shipped out a ailable.
Many farms are subirrigated. Poulty raising Area (sq mi )
increasing, P p .
The county has a good system of town and Pop sq mi...
Tot 'al..... S20,3
iural schools. Tax xal...... $12,2.
Area (sq mi.) 898 Crop land (a) 1)2 161 Income ..... $7 1
Pop .. 10,331 Val farms $12 , 31 (' 6 Columbus (2422
Pop sq mi... 11 5 Mfr cal .. 533:,1)0 ing history in de
Tot val ..... $10,530,017 Retail S .. $2,272 t0 tries include gra
Tax val ..... $6,318,010 Auto reg . 2,897 trie include gra
Income...... $4,487,000 Inc tax ret 86 Lake t2,124). by
same name, in eam
Wellington (3,308), county seat, principal ping point for
tiading and shipping point for section, has potatoes, dairy
cotton gins, hospitals, wholesale house, news- plant, wholesale
paper. Dodsonville (357) is market center in west, has cotton
southeastern part of county. creamery, chick
Other toxins are
*COLORADO COUNTY. cen, Alleyton
In South Central Texas, sixty miles from *CO
Gulf. Mostly level, few rises Colorado Riser Cent
bisects county north to south, with tiibu- In South Centr
taries provides excellent drainage. One of cones Escarpment
original counties, created in 1836, organized ted, northern, ee
following year Named for Colorado Ri.er ranges of high hi
Alt , 150-400 ft. Annual rainfall. 38.43 in. south Surface 75
Mean annual temp., 69.1; July temp., 83 7, per cent lexel Ian
Jan , 52 2. the county Cre
Soil black waxy, light sandy, alluvial with Gonzales Counties
deep black sandy loam in river bottoms Post *tFor explanation
oak, live oak, ash, elm, pine cover parts of xauons and sources427
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ALLEYTON
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ml production lumber in cen-
inerals include oil 10 638
el and sand for construction
mainly along Colorado Rixei
giaeel a e shipped annually
cash ciop production oer
nually 7 648 bales cotton
2unts potatoes corn feed-
ading Irish potato shipping
es, onions, melons, spinach
various fruits grown and
e markets, heaxy pecan pro-
000 acres crop land aie under
production major lie estock
annual sales of $2,500 000
raising increasing Range
1 conserve action practiced by
h Trail crosses county from
hAest o olorado County is a
uat y. hundreds of hunters
shoot deer. Good fishing
972 Crop land (a) 93.562
17t ,12 Val farms $10,178 72'2
183 Mfr xal .. s351.650
87,000 Retail S .. $4,166,000
32,200 Auto reg. 4,837
16,000 Inc tax ret. 333
) , county seat has interest-
velopment of Texas, indus-
el pits, lumber mill Eagle
3 000-acre natural lake of
stern part of county, is ship-
ice, cattle, cotton, grax el.
products, has meat-packing
houses. Weimar (1353) in
gins, cottonseed oil mill,
hatcher ies broom factoty
Rock Island, Garwood, GIld-
MAL COUNTY.
al Texas ti ae ersed by Bal-
Teri am is extremely x ar-
stern portions bi oken, with
its, level portion mostly in
5 per cent rolling, hilly, 25
d Guadalupe Rixer crosses
ated from Bexar, Travis.
1846 organized same -,-ear
of all signs, symbols, abbre-
map anti text, see p 407
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