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Atlas sheet. 
Booth; post village in Fort Bend County. 
Boquillas; post village in Brewster County. 
Boracho; peak in Jeff Davis County; elevation, 5,661 feet Valentine. 
Borden; a northwestern county, withanareaof 892 square miles 
and an average elevation of 3,500 feet. The population was 
776; the county seat, Gail. The mean magnetic declination 
in 1900 was 8° 40'. The mean annual rainfall is 19 inches 
and the mean annual temperature 60°. The county has no 
railroads. 
Borden; creek, small intermittant branch of Colorado Biver.. Flatonia. 
Borden; post village in Colorado County. 
Borega; creek, a small tributary to Frio Biver in southern 
Texas. 
Boren; post village in Panola County. 
Borracho; village on Rio Grande in Presidio County /. -. Ruidosa. 
Bosque; a north central county, with an area of 972 square 
miles. The population was 17,390; the county seat, Merid- 
ian. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 30'. 
The mean annual rainfall is 40 inches and the mean annual 
temperature 66°. The county is traversed by the Texas 
Central and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroads. 
'Stephen ville. 
Bosque; river, a right-hand branch of Brazos River. 
Meridian. 
Hamilton. 
Waco. 
Bosqueville; post village in McLennan County. 
Boston; the county seat of Bowie County. 
Boswell; post village in Walker County. 
Bottom; village in Bell County. 
Bovina; post village in Parmer County. 
Bowie; a northeastern county, with an area of 907 square miles. 
The population was 26,676; the county seat, Boston. The 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 7°. The mean 
annual rainfall is 50 inches and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 64°. The county is traversed by the Texas and Pacific 
and the St. Louis Southwestern railways. 
Bowie; mountain in Llano County Llano. 
Bowie; town in Montague County. Population, 2,600. 
Bowling-; post village in Freestone County. 
Bowser; post village in San Saba County. 
Boxelder; post village in Red River County. 
Boxwood; post village in Upshur County. 
Boyce; post village in Ellis County. 
Boyd; post village in Wise County. 
Boy ds ; cove in Coryell County . Lampasas. 
Boydston; post village in Donley County. 
Boz; post village in Ellis County. 
Brachfield; post village in Rusk County. 
Bracken; post village in Comal County. 
Brackett; town in Kinney County; population, 1,649 (1890).. Brackett, 
Bracks; canyon in Presidio County San Carlos. 
Brad; post village in Palo Pinto County. 
