56 A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. [bull. 224. 
Atlas sheet. 
Delba; post village in Fannin County. 
De Leon; city on the Texas Central Railroad, in Comanche 
County ; population, 807 Eastland. 
Delfina; post village in Hidalgo County. 
Delhi; post village in Caldwell County. 
Delia; post village in Limestone County. 
Dell; post village in Bosque County. 
Delma; post village in Newton County. 
Delray; post village in Panola County. 
Delrio; post village and county seat of Valverde County. 
Delta; a northeastern county, with an area of 266 square miles. 
The population was 15,249; the county seat, Cooper. The 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 7° 30 / . The mean 
annual rainfall is 45 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 64°. The county is traversed by the Gulf, Colorado 
and Santa Fe, the Texas Midland, and the St. Louis South- 
western railroads. 
Delvalle; post village in Travis County Austin. 
Democrat; post village in Comanche County. 
Dempsy; village in Cass County. 
Denison; city in Grayson County; population, 11,807. 
Denman; post village in Van Zandt County. 
Denning"; post village in San Augustine County. 
Dennis; post village in Parker County. 
Denny; post village in Falls County. 
Denson Spring; post village in Anderson County. 
Dent; village in Hunt County. 
Denton; a north central county, with an area of 865 square^ 
miles. The population was 28,318; thecounty seat, Denton. 
The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 30 / . The Dallas, 
mean annual rainfall is 40 inches, and the mean annual >p or t Worth, 
temperature 64°. The county is traversed by the Gulf, 
Colorado and Santa Fe, the Texas and Pacific, and the Mis- 
souri, Kansas and Texas railways. 
Denton; county seat of Denton County; population, 4,187. 
Denton; creek, aright-hand branch of Elm Fork of Trinity rFort Worth. 
River. \Dallas. 
Denton; creek, small branch of Peach Creek Flatonia. 
Denver; post village in Montague County. 
Deport; town of Lamar County; population, 274 (1890). 
Derby; post village in Frio County. 
Derden; village in Hill County Cleburne. 
Dermott; post village in Scurry County. 
Desdemona; post village in Eastland County. 
Desert; post village in Collin County. 
Desoto; post village in Dallas County Dallas. 
Dessau; village in Travis County Austin. 
Detroit; town in Red River County; population, 604 (1890). 
Devers; post village in Liberty County. 
Devil; ridge, a mountain in El Paso County Sierra Blanco. 
Devil; river, a left-hand branch of the Rio Grande, mainly in 
Valverde County. 
Devils Courthouse; a peak in Tom Green County Hayrick. 
Pevine; post village in Medina County. 
