62 A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. [bull. 224. 
Atlas sheet. 
East Houston; post village in Harris County. 
Eastland; a north central county, with an area of 947 square" 
miles. The population was 17,971; the county seat, East- Stephen ville. 
land. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 9°. The Eastland, 
mean annual rainfall is 30 inches, and the mean annual (Albany, 
temperature 65°. The county is traversed by the Texas and Breckenridge. 
Pacific, and the Texas Central railroads. 
Eastland; county seat of Eastland County. 
East Mountain; creek, a small branch of Red River Gainesville. 
Easton; post village in Rusk County. 
East Poor; hollow, a valley in Schleicher County Fort McKavett. 
East Sanches; creek, a small left-hand branch of Sanches 
Creek, tributary to Brazos River Weatherford. 
Eaton; post village in Robertson County. 
Ebony; village in Mills County. 
Echo; post village in Jack County. 
Ector; a southwestern county, with an area of 976 square miles. 
The population was 381; the county seat, Odessa. The 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 10° 20 / . The mean 
annual rainfall is 16 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 60°. The county is traversed by the Texas and Pacific 
Railway. 
Ector; post village in Fannin County. 
Eddy; village on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, in 
McLennan County Temple. 
Eden; post village in Concho County Eden. 
Edgar; post village in Dewitt County. 
Edge; post village in Brazos County. 
Edgewater; post village in Galveston County. 
Edgewood; post village in Van Zandt County. 
Edge-worth; post village in Bell county. 
Edhube; post village in Fannin County. 
Edith; post village in Coke County. 
Edna; county seat of Jackson County; population, 537 (1890). 
Edom; post village in Van Zandt County. 
Edwards; a southwestern county, with an area of 2,408 square 
miles. The population was 3,108; the county seat, Rock 
Springs. The mean magnetic declination is 9°. The mean 
annual rainfall is 20 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 65°. . 
Edwards; branch, a small left-hand branch of Hubbard Creek, 
tributary to Clear Fork of Brazos River Albany. 
Edwards Water Hole; village in Uvalde County Brackett. 
Egan; post village on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, 
in Johnson County Cleburne. 
Egypt; post village in Wharton County. 
Eight Mile; water hole, a reservoir in Leona River in Uvalde 
County „ . Uvalde. 
Elam; post village in Dallas County Dallas. 
Elandel; post village in Caldwell County. 
Elba; creek, a small branch of Mineral Creek, a tributary of 
Red River Denison, 
Elbert; post village in Throckmorton County. 
Elcampo; post village in Wharton County. 
