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Atlas sheet. 
Davis; mountains, a range of mountains in Jeff Davis County.. {_. , _ 
& J iFort Davis. 
Davis; post village in Lamar County. 
Davy; post village in Dewitt County. 
Dawson; a northwestern county, with an area of 900 square 
miles. The population was 37. The mean magnetic decli- 
nation in 1900 was 10° 45 / . The mean annual rainfall is 18 
inches, and the mean annual temperature 60°. 
Dawson; creek, small branch of Terlingua Creek Terlingua. 
Dawson; village of Navarro County; population, 365 (1890). 
Day; post village in Grayson County. 
Dayton; post village in Liberty County. 
Deadhorse; creek, a small right-hand branch of South Fork of 
Leon River, tributary to Little River Eastland. 
Deadhorse; small right-hand branch of Hackberry Creek, 
tributary to Brazos River Waco. 
Deadman; creek, a right-hand branch of Clear Fork of Brazos f Abilene. 
River. lAnson. 
Dead Mans; hole, a valley in Hays County Blanco. 
Deadwood; post village in Panola County. 
Deaf Smith.; a Panhandle county, with an area of 1,477 square 
miles. The population was 843; the county seat, Hereford. 
The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 11° 30 / . The 
mean annual rainfall is 15 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 55°. The county is traversed by the Pecos and 
Northern Texas, a branch of the Atchison, Topeka and 
Santa Fe Railway. 
Deanville; post village in Burleson County. 
Deaton; village in Polk County. 
Deatsville ; village in Travis County Austin. 
Deberry; post village in Panola County. 
Decatur; county seat of Wise County; population, 1,562. 
Decker; creek, a right-hand branch of Gilliland Creek, tribu- 
tary to Colorado River Austin. 
Decker; post village in Nolan County. 
De Cordova; bend in Brazos River, in Hunt and Johnson 
counties Granbury. 
Decros; point of sand bar at the entrance to Matagorda Bay. 
Decoy; post village in Nacogdoches County. 
Deep; creek, a right-hand tributary of Clear Fork of Brazos 
River Albany. 
Deep; creek, a right-hand intermittent branch of Colorado 
River Brady. 
Deepwater; post village in Harris County. 
Deer; creek, a head branch of Frio River. 
Deer; creek, a left-hand branch of Colorado River Burnet. 
Deer; creek, a left-hand branch of Village Creek, tributary to 
West Fork of Trinity River Fort Worth. 
Deer; creek, a right-hand tributary of Brazos River Temple. 
Deer; creek, a right-hand tributary of San Saba River Mason. 
Deerpark; post village in Harris County. 
Dekalb; town in Bowie County; population, 420 (1890). 
Delaware; river, a small right-hand branch of Pecos River in 
west Texas. 
