Texas Almanac, 1945-1946 Page: 447
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COUNTIES AND CITIES OF TEXAS 447
ments of truck. Large area irrigated for rice
Livestock. Income averages 52,500 000 an-
nually. Beef cattle, hogs, mules, sheep and
goats for market. Dairinymg and poultry big in-
come sources.
Fort Bend County has rich historical back-
ground, is burial place of Deaf Smith, Mirabeau
B. Lamar, Jane Long
Area, sq mi. 867 Cropland (a) 155,735
Pop ....... 32,963 Bank dep .. $8,587,000
Pop. sq.mi.. 38 0 Mfg., 1939..
Tax val.... $33,213,735 Retail sales. $8,829,000
Tot. val.... $99,639,000, Auto reg .. 6,811
Income .... $17,396,000 Inc. tax ret. 2,144
Richmond (2,026), county seat, is main com-
mercial center; several industries Sugar Land
(1.500) has sugar refinery, oil emulsion factory,
fig-preserving factory. Rosenberg (3,457), min cen-
tral part, has brick and tile plant.
*FRANKLIN COUNTY
&. Rwe R Piney Woods of Northeast
. Texas, largely timbered,
drained by Sulphur Fork
HAGANSPORT ' of Red River. Created
From Titus County 1875,
I organized same year,
AK C named for Judge B C
IV Franklin, District Judge
of Republic of Texas,
who died 1873. Alt 450
I(ft., ann. rainfall 46 44
mMT. in., mean ann. temp. 65.
Resources Gray sandy
SLSW 4VERNO loams and gumbo soils in
" I north and west, deep sand
and red clay in south and
I east. Pine, oak, gum.,
ash, walnut in south antid
east support some lumber
8 production, also oak, bis
HOPEWELL' d'arc, black locust, pe-
PURLEY I can. Oil production
374,115,037 bbls , natural
* gas, iron, lignite, clays.
YPRESS CYPRESS Crops" Main crops are
sweet potatoes, peanuts,
corn, hay, grain sol-
* ghums, oats. Tomatoes,
/ Irish potatoes, beans, bell
SCROG- 4 peppers, other truck for
GINS a market, also some fruits,
particularly peaches Can-
0 2 4 e to ning general. Top county
in production of sorghum
MILES and cane syrup.
Livestock: Dairying main money source, with
75 per cent of farmers selling milk; now million-
dollar industry. Poultry increasing. Beef cat-
tle, hogs, horses, mules.
Area, sq.mi. 293 Cropland (a) 44,701
Pop ..... 8,378 Bank dep .. $1,210,000
Pop. sq m.. 28 6 Mtg, 1939 .
Tax val ... $5,573,690 Retail sales. $1,406,000
Tot. val.... $9,500,000 Auto reg. . 1,324
Income . . $2,703,000 Inc tax ret 198
Mount Vernon (1,443), county seat, main com-
mercial point, has cotton gins, poultry house,
one hospital. Annual dairy show in June.
*FREESTONE COUNTY
Level East Central Texas county, except mod-
erately rolling in eastern and southern parts
Bordered on northeast by Trinity River, it was
created from Limestone County 1850, organized
1851. Named for freestone rock which is found
in all parts of county. Alt. 450 ft., ann. rain-
fall 36 in., mean ann. temp. 66'.
Resources: Bottom lands, chocolate, dark allu-
vial soils and sandy soils, with dark loam on
prairies. Timber-pinpme, ash, mulberry, mesquite,
cedar, blackjack, gum, hickory, post oak, Il e
oak. Oil production 632,718 bbls., white pottery
clay, lignite.
Crops: Cotton (6,959 bales), corn, oats, sweet
and Irish potatoes, sorgo syrup, peanuts, grain
sorghums, hay. Wide variety truck for market,
including watermelons, cantaloupes, black-eyed
peas. Soil conservation practiced, canning gen-
eral, tractors on increase.
Area. sq.mi. 862 Cropland (a) 113,901
Pop ....... 21,138 Bank dep .. $3,999,000
Pop. sq.ml.. 24 5 Mfg.. 1939..
Tax val.... $10,699,820 Retail sales. $4,126,000
Tot. val.... $21,398,000 Auto reg. .. 2,576
Income .... $9,102,000 Inc. tax ret. 789STREETMANS -
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Freestone County.
Livestock One of top hog counties, more than
15,000 marketed annually Beef cattle, dairy-
ing, poultry bring fair to good income. Some
honey produced
Fairfield (1,047), county seat, retail market
in central part. Teague (3,157), in southwest.
principal market and shipping point, with rail-
road shops, cotton gins and compress, mattress
factory, chick hatchery Wortham (1,267) trade
center in west. Streetman (392).
*FRIO COUNTY
TOWN0 2 4 6 8 '0
MILES
Generally level to rolling prairie ana brush
country, on Rio Grande Plain of Southwest
Texas; drained by Frio, Leona, Hondo and San
Miguel Rivers. Created from Atascosa, Bexar
and Uvalde Counties 1858, organized 1871. Named
for Frio River. Alt. 500-800 ft., ann. rainfall
21 48 in., mean ann. temp. 70 8.
Resources: Fine sandy and loam soils predom-
inate. Mesquite for firewood. Oil production
360,504 bbls., silica, brick clay, sand and gravel
deposits.
Crops: Main crops peanuts, watermelons, corn,
gramin sorghums, cotton, Sudan, onion plants, cit-
rus, broomcorn, black-eyed peas. Wide variety
other truck, fruit. Cannning general. Peanut
acreage currently estimated at 30,000. Consid-
erable irrigation and soil conservation. Cotton
acreage reduced 75 per cent
Livestock: Substantial increase in dairying
Beef cattle, swine, poultry (including turkeys)
for market. Some large-scale ranching. One of
best honey producers in state, with crop blended
and packed.
*tFor explanation of all signs, symbols, abbre-
viations and sources, map and text, see p. 416.
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