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Atlas sheet. 
Haley; branch, a right-hand branch of Nolands River, tribn-JCleburne. 
tary to Brazos River. jGranbury. 
Halifax; creek, a left-hand branch of Blanco River Austin. 
Hall; a county situated in the Panhandle, with an area of 868 
square miles. The population was 1,670; the county seat, 
Memphis. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 
10° 45'. The mean annual rainfall is 22 inches, and the 
mean annual temperature 58°. The county is traversed by 
the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. 
Halletsville ; county seat of Lavaca County; population, 1,457. 
Hallsburg; post village in McLennan County. 
Hallsville; post village in Harrison County. 
Halsell; post village in Clay County. 
Halsted; post village in Fayette County. 
Ham; post village in Henderson County. 
Hamby; post village in Taylor County. 
Hamilton; a central county, w T ith an area of 858 square miles." 
The population was 13,520; the county seat, Hamilton. The San Saba. 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 45'. The mean lLampasas. 
annual rainfall is 35 inches, and the mean annual tempera- Hamilton. 
ture 66°. The county is traversed by the Texas Central Meridian. 
Railroad. 
Hamilton; county seat of Hamilton County; population, 726 
(1890) Hamilton. 
Hamilton; creek, a right-hand branch of Colorado River Burnet. 
Hamilton; creek, a small right-hand branch of Pedernales 
River Blanco. 
Hamlet; post village in Angelina County. 
Hammond; post village in Robertson County. 
Hamon; post village in Gonzales County. 
Hampshire; post village in Jefferson County. 
Hampton; hollow, in Cook County Gainesville. 
Hampton; post village in Tyler County. 
Hancock; post village in Limestone County. 
Handley; post village in Tarrant County. 
Hanna; post village in Wise County. 
Hanna; valley on the Colorado River, Mills County San Saba. 
Hannibal; village in Erath County. 
Hanover; post village in Milam County. 
Hansford; a county situated in the Panhandle, with an area of 
860 square miles. The population was 167 ; the county seat, 
Hansford. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 11°. 
The mean annual rainfall is 22 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 57°. 
Hansford: county seat of Hansford County. 
Hanson; post village in Fort Bend County. 
Happy; post village in Swisher County. 
Harbin; post village in Erath County. 
Hardeman; a north-central county, with an area of 532 square 
miles. The population was 3,634; the county seat, Quanah. 
The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 10° 15 / . The 
mean annual rainfall is 25 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 60°. The county is traversed by the Fort 
Worth and Denver City Railway. 
