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Atlas sheet. 
Ash.; creek, a right-hand branch of West Fork of Trinity River. Weatherford. 
Ash; post village in Houston County. 
Ashby; post village in Matagorda County. 
Ashland; post village in Upshur County. 
Ashworth; post village in Kaufman County. 
Askew; post village in Hopkins County. 
Aspermont; post village in Stonewall Countv; population, 205 
(1890). 
Asphalt; mountain in Uvalde County Brackett. 
Atascosa; a southern county, with an area of 1,182 square 
miles and an altitude of 500 feet. The population was 7, 143; 
the county seat, Pleasanton. The mean magnetic declina- 
tion in 1900 was 8° 30 / . The mean annual rainfall is 30 
inches, and mean annual temperature 70°. The county is 
rolling and not traversed by railroads. 
Atascosa; post village in Bexar County. 
Atascosa; river, a branch of Frio River in southern Texas. 
Ater; post village in Coryell County. 
Athens; the county seat of Henderson County; population, 
1,035 (1890). 
Atherton; village in Lampasas County. 
Atlanta; town in Cass County; population, 1,301. 
Atlas; post village in Lamar County. 
Atoka; post village in Coleman County Abilene. 
Attayac; bayou, a left-hand branch of Angelina River. 
Attoyac; post village in Nacogdoches County. 
Atwell; post village in Callahan County. 
Atwood; post village in Archer County. 
Aubrey; post village in Denton County. 
Auburn; post village in Ellis County Cleburne. 
Audelia; post village in Dallas County. 
Audra; post village in Taylor County. 
Audubon; post village in Wise County. 
Augusta; post village in Houston County. 
Aurora; town in Wise County; population, 372 (1890). 
Austin; a southeastern county, with an area of 712 square 
miles and an altitude of about 250 feet. The population was 
20,676; the county seat, Bellville. The mean magnetic 
declination in 1900 was 8° 35'. The mean annual rainfall 
is 45 inches, and the mean annual temperature 68°. The 
county is rolling and traversed by the Gulf, Colorado and 
Santa Fe, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the San 
Antonio and Aransas Pass railways. 
Austin; county seat of Travis County, and State capital; popula- 
tion, 22,258 Austin. 
Authon; village in Parker County Weatherford. 
Avalon; post village in Ellis County. 
Avaton; village in Harrison County. 
Avery; post village in Red River County. 
Avinger; post village in Cass County. 
Avoca; post village in Jones County. 
Avondale; post village in Tarrant County. 
Axtell; post village in McLennan County. 
