24 A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. [bull. 224. 
Atlas sheet. 
Battle; post village in McLennan County. 
Battleground; creek, a small left-hand branch of Brushy 
Creek, tributary to San Gabriel River Taylor. 
Baurs; post village in Harris County. 
Bawmann; creek, small branch of San Fernando Creek Llano. 
Bay City; county seat of Matagorda County. 
Baylor; a north central county, with an area of 957 square 
miles and an average altitude of 1,500 feet. The population 
is 3,052; the county seat, Seymour. The mean magnetic 
declination in 1900 was 8° 40'. The mean annual rainfall 
is 28 inches and the mean annual temperature 63°. The 
county is rolling and is traversed by the Wichita Valley 
Railway. 
Bay view; post village in Galveston County. 
Bazette; post village in Navarro County. 
Bead; mountain in Coleman County Ballinger. 
Bead Mountain; creek, a small right-hand branch of Home 
Creek, tributary to Colorado River Ballinger. 
Bear; creek, a left-hand branch of Llano River Mason. 
Bear; creek, a left-hand branch of South Palo Pinto River, and f Eastland, 
tributary of Brazos River. I Palo Pinto. 
Bear; creek, a left-hand branch of North Fork, tributary to 
Guadalupe River Kerrville. 
Bear; creek, a left-hand branch of Brazos River \ ' e urne - 
I Waco. 
Bear; creek, a left-hand branch of Onion Creek, tributary to 
Colorado River Austin. 
Bear; creek, a right-hand branch of North Fork of San Gabriel/Burnet, 
River. (.Georgetown. 
Bear; creek, a right-hand branch of Trinity River Dallas. 
Bear; creek, a right-hand branch of Pedernales River Fredericksburg. 
Bear; creek, a right-hand branch of Leon River Hamilton. 
Bear; creek, a right-hand tributary of Clear Fork of Brazos 
River Albany. 
Bear; creek, small left-hand branch of Brazos River / aco " 
{Cleburne. 
Bear; creek, a right-hand branch of Clear Fork of Trinity 
River : Weatherford. 
Bear; creek, small branch of Sabana River /Eastland. 
IBaird. 
Bear; creek, small intermittent branch of Peach Creek Flatonia. 
Bear; gulch, small intermittent branch of Sandy Fork of 
Peach Creek Flatonia. 
Bear Creek; post village on Clear Fork of Trinity River, in 
Tarrant County W eatherford. 
Bearhead; creek, small branch of Red River Gainesville. 
Bears Foot; creek, a small left-hand branch of Colorado River Ballinger. 
Bear Springs; branch of Lang Creek, a small tributary of 
Llano River Llano. 
Beasley; post village in Fort Bend County. 
Beatrice; post village in Frio County. 
Beattie; post village in Comanche County. 
Beaukiss; post village in Williamson County ; Bastrop. 
