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CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF TEXAS
All Incorporated and Unincorporated Places With Information
On Population, Location of Post Offices and Banks,
Number of Business Establishments, Counties
In Which Located
'(Revised to June 1, 1949.)
All centers of population in Texas, from crossroads communities to metropolitan places.
are listed on following pages. The total number of such places is approximately 3,600. The
number has gradually decreased in recent years, as improved roads have tended to centralize
commercial, educational, religious and social activities.
The following information is given for each place:
Incorporated places, which were incorporated in 1940 at lime of taking of the last decen-
nial census of population, are given in lightface capitals, e.g., "ABBOTT."
Incorporated places, which have been incorporated since the taking of the last decen-
nial census of population in 1940. are given in boldface, capital-and-lower-case letters, e.g..
"Agua Dulce."
Unincorporated places, which have not hitherto been incorporated, are given in lightface
letters, e.g., "Aberdeen."
Unincorporated places, which were incorporated in 1940 at time of taking of census.
but have since aban oned corporate status, are given in lightface letters with the double
dagger, e.g., "tRieseL ."
Post offices, i.e., all places having post offices, are marked with an asterisk, e.g..
"*Acala." This includes all first, second, third and fourth class post offices and independent
rural stations, but not branches of city post-office systems.
Banking towns, including all places with national, state or private banking Institutions.
are marked with dagger, e.g.. "tAnahuac."
Number of business establishments is indicated by number immediately following name
of county in which place is located, e.g., "Ackerly, Dawson, 18." This means that Ackerly
in Dawson County has eighteen establishments rated by Dun & Bradstreet.
Location is indicated by name of county immediately following name of city or town.
Population is given in right-hand column. The figure of the United States census of
1940 is given in this column for all places that were incorporated in 1940 when last census
was taken. For places that were not incorporated in 1940, an unofficial estimate is given in
this column. For those incorporated places that have grown rapidly since 1940 an unofficial
estimate for 1949 is given in parentheses immediately under the name of the city or town.
These estimates were made as follows: (1) Percentage of increase of school population, 1940
to 1949, was calculated, allowing for extensions of boundaries. The local estimate, based
usually on percentage of increase in utilities connections, was taken. The 1949 estimate
given in the table below is usually about halfway between the two estimates. This is done
for the reason: (1) The school-population-increase figure is usually too low because current
scholastic figures reflect the low birth rate of the depression years. (2) Increase in utility
rates reflects too high an increase in population because of the rising standard of convenience
in utility services. (Note.-While the editor of the Texas Almanac has tried to be con-
servative in these estimates, he has given the claims of local chambers of commerce, city
officials and others the benefit of the doubt. The census of 1950 possibly will show the
compromise figures used in list below to be too high rather than too low.)A
Town and County- Pop.
*ABBOTT, Hill, 15........300
Abell City, Pecos, 1 ... 25
Aberdeen, Collingsworth, 2 25
Aberfoyle, Hunt, 3...... .25
*tABERNATHY. Hale-
Lubbock, 34..............847
StABILENE, Taylor, 940.26,612
(1949 est., 38,000, including
suburbs, 48,000.)
Abram, Hidalgo, 1...........25
*Acala, Budth, 4 ..... .90
SAce, Polk 1 ........ 25
'Ackerly. bawson, 18 .. . 600
'Acme, Hardeman, 6. ..300
Acton, Hood, 4 ...........75
Acuff, Lubbock, 2........50
'Aeworth, Red River, 1 .. ..20
Adams Store, Panola. 2 50
'Adamsville, Lampasas. 5 150
"Addicks, Harris, 4. 120
Addlelou, Red River, 2 50
*Addison, Dallas, 4 . 225
Add Ran, Hopkins, 1.. .25
SAdkins, Bexar, 4.. . 100
Admiral, Callahan, 1...... ..25
Adobe Walls, Hutchinson .15
'Adrian, Oldham, 6... 200
*Afton, Dickens, 5 .. .150
*Agua Dulce, Nueces, 23 500
SAgua Nueva, Jim Hogg, 2 . .50
SAgulares, Webb, 1 .... . 25
SAiken, Floyd, 4 .... ...110
Air, Mason, 2.......... 50
SfALAMO. Hidalgo, 38 1,944
(1949 urban area, 3 ,ln ,Town and County- Pop
Alamo Alto, El Paso, 1. ....25
ALAMO HEIGHTS, Bexar
(San Antonio suburb)...5,700
(1949 est., 12,000.)
*Alanreed. Gray, 11.........300
*ALBA. Wood. 22...... ..675
tALBANY, Shackelford,
110 ................. . 2,230
*Albert, Gillespie, .... ..50
Aldine, Harris, 2...........40
'Aledo. Parker, 20 ..... 400
Aleman, Hamilton, 1.. ....25
*Alexander, Erath, 2.. .50
Aley, Henderson, 2.. . .50
'Alfred. Jim Wells, 1... .20
*Algerita. San Saba, 1 . ..25
Algoa, Galveston, 3...... 100
"TALICE, Jim Wells, 450. 7,792
(1949 est., 14.000.)
*Alef, Harris, 6........ 150
*Allamore, Hudspeth, 3 ...75
'Allen, Collin, 13......... 400
Allenfarm, Brazos, 3......75
Allen's Chapel, Fannln. 1 . .50
*Alleyton, Colorado, 3 .. 125
*Allison, Wheeler, 8 .......200
*Allred, Yoakum, 4 ... . 150
*Alma, Ellis, 6....... ..200
*Almeda, Harris, 15. .. 350
Alpha, Dallas. 2...........50
tALPINE, Brewster, 160..3,866
(1949 est., 6.000.)
Alsa, Van Zandt, 1...........25
'Altair, Colorado, 3..........75
*Alta Loma, Galveston, 15...300
tALTO. Cherokee, 75. . ..2.141
Altoga. ('Collin. 2..... .. 7
108Town and County- Pop.
* ALVARADO, Johnson,
70 .. .. . .... ...... ,324
'ALVIN, Brazoria, 130...3,087
* tALVORD, Wise, 30 ..... 821
*TAMARILLO, Potter-
Randall, 2,100..........51.686
(1949 est., 70,000; including
suburbs, 80,000.)
Ambrose, Grayson, 3..... 60
*Ames, Coryell, 1........ .25
Ames, Liberty, 3............60
'tAMHERST, Lamb, 35.....749
Ammannsville, Fayette, 4... .100
Amy, Delta, 1.............25
*tAnahuac, Chambers, 40..1,500
"Anarene, Archer, 1........ 2n
Ander, Goliad, 2...........5. 50
" tAnderson, Grimes, 17.....400
*Andice, Williamson, 6......150
'tANDREWS, Andrews, 70. 611
(1949 est., 2,600.)
"tANGLETON, Brazoria,
80 ......... ....... . 1.763
(1949 est., 3,500.)
*Angus, Navarro, 1... 25
" ?ANNA, Collin, 21....... 509
Annetta, Parker, 1...... ...25
"ANNONA, Red River, 15...446
" TANSON, Jones, 125..... 2,338
(1949 est., 4,100.)
"Antelope, Jack. 7........ 166
SAnthony, El Paso.......... 20
ANTON, Hockley, 45 ... 548
'Appleby, Naeogdoches, 12..250
"Apple Springs, Trinity, 20..400
"Aquilla, Hill, 10... .... 251
'.rah. Scurry. 1.... ..30
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