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Atlas sheet 
Bell; a central county, with an area of 1,091 square miles and 
an average altitude of 500 feet. Population, 45,535; the 
county seat, Belton. The mean magnetic declination in 
1900 was 8° 45'. The mean annual rainfall is 40 inches, 
the mean annual temperature 67°. The county is rolling, 
and is traversed by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas and 
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railways. 
Bell; branch, a right-hand branch of Cottonwood Creek, tribu- 
tary to the West Fork of Trinity River Fort Worth. 
Bell; branch, a small right-hand branch of Great Creek, tribu- 
tary to Bosque River Stephenville. 
Bell; mountain in Gillespie County Fredericksburg. 
Bellevue; post village in Clay County. 
Bells; town in Grayson County; population, 474. 
Bellville; town in Austin County; population, 807 (1890). 
Belmena; post village in Milam County. 
Belmont; post village in Gonzales County. 
Belott; post village in Houston County. 
Belton; county seat of Bell County, on the Missouri Pacific 
and the Texas and Pacific railroads'; population, 3,700 Temple. 
Ben ; branch of Peach Creek Flatonia. 
Benarnold; post village in Milam County. 
Benavides; town in Duval County; population, 1,424 (1890). 
Benbrook; village on Wood Branch in Tarrant County Fort Worth. 
Benchley; post village in Robertson County. 
Bend; post village on Colorado River in San Saba County San Saba. 
Ben Franklin; post village in Delta County. 
Benhur; post village in Limestone County. 
Benina; post village in San Augustine County. 
Benjamin; county seat of Knox County. 
Bennett; creek, aright-hand branch of Lampasas River, tribu-lSan Saba, 
tary to Little River. /Lampasas. 
Bennett; post village in Montgomery County. 
Bens Hole; creek, small branch of Terlingua Creek Terlingua. 
Benton; town of Atascosa County; population, 502 (1890). 
Benvanue; post village in Clay County. 
Ben "Wheeler; post village in Van Zandt County. 
Berclair; post village in Goliad County. 
Berea; village in Bell County. 
Bergheim; post village in Kendall County. 
Berkeley; creek, a left-hand branch of the Red River in the 
Panhandle. 
Berlin; post village in Erath County. 
Bernardo; post village in Colorado County. 
Berry; creek, a left-hand branch of Paluxy Creek, tributary to 
Brazos River Stephenville. 
Berry; creek, a left-hand branch of San Gabriel River Georgetown. 
Berry; knob, a hill in Johnson County Granbury. 
Berry ville; post village in Henderson County. 
Bertram; village on the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, 
in Burnet County Burnet. 
Best; village in Hays County. 
Bethel; post village in Anderson County. 
Bettie; town in Upshur County; population, 284 (1890). 
