20 A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. [bull. 224. 
Atlas sheet. 
Arbor; post village in Houston County. 
Arcadia; post village in Galveston County. 
Archer; county in north central Texas, with an area of 960 
square miles and an altitude ranging from 1,000 to 1,200 
feet. The population was 2,508; the county seat, Archer. 
The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 05'. The 
mean annual rainfall is 30 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 63°. The county is rolling, and is traversed 
by the Wichita Valley Railway. 
Archer; county seat of Archer County. 
Areola; post village in Fort Bend County. 
Ardath; village in Collin County. 
Arden; post village in Irion County. 
Arenosa; creek, a right-hand intermittent branch of Chacon 
Creek, tributary to Nueces River Brackett. 
Arenosa; creek, a small tributary of Matagorda Bay. 
Aretsia; village in McLennan County. 
Argo; post village in Titus County. 
Argyle; post village in Denton County. 
Ariola; post village in Hardin County. 
Arion; village in Liberty County. 
Arispe; village on Texas and Pacific Railway; elevation, 4,371 
feet Sierra Blanca. 
Arleston; post village in Panola County. 
Arlie ; post village in Childress County. 
Arlington; town of Tarrant County, on Texas and Pacific 
Railway; population, 1,079. 
Armour; post village in Limestone County. 
Armstrong; county situated on the eastern edge of the Llano 
Escatado, in the Panhandle, with an area of 870 square 
miles. The population was 1,205; the county seat, Claude. 
The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 11°. The mean 
annual rainfall is 22 inches, and mean annual temperature 
58°. The county is traversed by the Fort Worth and Den- 
ver City Railway. 
Aimstrong; creek, left-hand branch of Leon River, heading 
in East and West forks . . . . Stephenville. 
Armstrong; village on Armstrong Creek in Erath County Stephenville. 
Arneckeville; post village in Dewitt County. 
Arnett; post village in Coryell County. 
Arney; post village in Castro County. 
Arnim; post village in Wharton County. 
Arnold; village in Collin County. 
Arnold; village in Dallas County, on Texas and Pacific Railway. 
Arp; post village in Smith County. 
Arroyo; post village in Cameron County. 
Arroyo Primero; small intermittent branch of Fresco Creek. Terlingua. 
Arroyo Secundo; small intermittent branch of Fresco Creek. Terlingua. 
Artesia; post village in Lasalle County. 
Arthur; post village in Lamar County. 
Asbury; post village in Upshur County. 
Asander; post village in Titus County. 
Ash; creek, a left-hand branch of Calamity Creek, tributary 
to Rio Grande Alpine. 
