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Atlas sheet. 
Brewster — Continued. 
annual rainfall is 15 inches, and the mean annual temper- 
ature 65°. The county is traversed by the Southern Pacific 
Railroad. 
Brewster; creek, a small right-hand branch of Stampede Creek, 
tributary to Leon River Temple. 
Brewster; creek, small intermittent branch of Bearhead Creek, 
a tributary of Red River Gainesville. 
Briar; branch, a right-hand branch of West Fork of Trinity 
River Weatherford. 
Briar; town in Wise County; population, 303 (1890). 
Briar; village in Tarrant County Weatherford. 
Brice; post village in Briscoe County. 
Bridgeport; town in Wise County; population, 900. 
Bridgevalley; village in Fayette County. 
Briggs; post village in Burnet County. 
Bright; post village in Navarro County. 
Brighton; post village in Nueces County. 
Brigman; village in Hill County. 
Brinker; post village in Hopkins County. 
Briscoe; a county situated in the Panhandle, with an area of 
850 square miles. The population was 1,253; the county 
seat, Silverton. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 
was 10° 45 / . The mean annual rainfall is 20 inches, and 
the mean annual temperature 58°. The county has no 
railroads. 
Bristol; town in Ellis County; population, 303 (1890). 
Britt; village in Leon County. 
Britton; post village in Ellis County. 
Broadway; post village in Lamar County. 
Brock; post village in Parker County Weatherford. 
Brockman; branch, a small left-hand branch of Elm Fork of 
Trinity River, in Dallas County Dallas. 
Brogada; post village in Reeves County Fort Davis. 
Bronson; post village in Sabine County. 
Bronte; post village in Coke County. 
Brookeland; post village in Sabine County. 
Brookesmith; post village in Brown County. 
Brookhaven; post village in Bell County. 
Brooks; post village in Coleman County. 
Brookshire; post village in Waller County. 
Brookston; town in Lamar County; population, 237 (1890). 
Broomtown; post village in Austin County. 
Brown; a central county, with an area of 911 square miles. The 
population was 16,019; the county seat, Brownwood. The 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 9° 15 / . The mean 
annual rainfall is 30 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 65°. The county is traversed by the Fort Worth and 
Rio Grande and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railways. 
Brown; creek, a left-hand branch of Pecan Bayou, tributary jSan Saba, 
to Colorado River. \Brownwood. 
Browndell; post village in Jasper County. 
Brownings; post village in Smith County. 
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