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Atlas sheet. 
Cherokee — Continued. 
temperature 67°. The county is traversed by the Interna- 
tional and Great Northern and the St. Louis Southwestern 
railroads. 
Cherokee; creek, a right-hand branch of Colorado River < an ' a a * 
ILampasas. 
Cherry: canyon in Jeff Davis County \ _ ' .' 
IFort Davis. 
Cherry; creek, a small left-hand branch of West Nueces River. Nueces. 
Cherry; post village in Red River County. 
Cherry Spring-; post village in Gillespie County Kerrville. 
Cherry Spring-; creek, a head branch of Hickory Creek, tribu- 
tary to Llano River Llano. 
Chester; post village in Tyler County. 
Chesterville; post village in Colorado County. 
Chicago; post village in Dawson County 
Chico; town in Wise County; population, 323 (1890). 
Chicota; village in Lamar County; population, 321 (1890). 
Childress; a county situated in the Panhandle, with an area of 
660 square miles. The population was 2,138; the county 
seat, Childress. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 
was 10° 30'. The mean annual rainfall is 24 inches, and 
the mean annual temperature 60°. The county is traversed 
by the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. 
Childress; county seat of Childress County; population, 692. 
Waco. 
Chillicothe; post village in Hardeman County. 
Chilton; post village in Falls County Temple. 
Chimney; creek, a right-hand branch of Clear Fork of Brazos/ Anson. 
River. I Albany. 
Chimney; rock, in Presidio County; elevation, 3,000 feet Terlingua. 
China; creek, a small left-hand branch of San Saba River, trib- 
utary to the Colorado River San Saba. 
China; creek, a right-hand intermittent branch of Clear Fork 
of Brazos River Roby. 
China Spring; post village in McLennan County Waco. 
Chinati; mountain group in west Texas near the Rio Grande, /Rnidosa. 
in Presidio County. IShafter. 
Chinati; peak in Chinati Range of mountains; elevation, 7,730 
feet Shafter. 
Chireno; village in Nacogdoches County ; population, 276 (1890) . 
Chisholm; post village in Rockwall County. 
Chisos; a group of volcanic mountains in the bend of the Rio 
Grande River in western Texas. 
Chispa; creek, a long intermittent stream in the valley east of I q p " -, 
Tierra Vieja and Van Horn mountains. j ™ ? 
Chispa; mountain in El Paso County; elevation, 6,215 feet Chispa. 
Chispa; village on Southern Pacific Railroad in Jeff Davis 
County Chispa. 
Chita; post village in Trinity County. 
Choate ; post village in Karnes County. 
