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Atlas sheet. 
Houston; a southeastern county, with an area of 1,192 square 
miles. The population was 25,452; the county seat, Crock- 
ett. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 6° 50'. 
The mean annual rainfall is 50 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 67°. The county is traversed by the Interna- 
tional and Great Northern Railroad. 
Houston; city and county seat of Harris county; population, 
44,633. 
Houston Heights; town in Harris County; population, 800. 
Howard; a northwestern county, with an area of 888 square 
miles. The population was 2,528; the county seat, Big- 
spring. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 10° 30'. 
The mean annual rainfall is 19 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 60°. The county is traversed by the Texas and 
Pacific Railway. 
Howard; creek, a left-hand branch of Pecos River, in Crockett 
County. 
Howard; post village in Ellis County. 
Howard; village in Bell County Temple. 
Howe; town in Grayson County; population, 531. 
Howland; post village in Lamar County. 
Howth; post village in Waller County. 
Hoxie; post village in Williamson County. 
Hoy; spring in Bastrop County Flatonia. 
Hubbard; city in Hill County; population, 1,608. 
Hubbard; creek, a right-hand branch of Clear Fork of BrazosJ Albany. 
River. iBreckenridge. 
Huber; post village in Shelby County. 
Huckabay; post village in Erath County. 
Hud; post village in Scurry County. 
Hudson; creek, a small left-hand branch of San Saba River, 
tributary to the Colorado River Brady. 
Hudson; post village in Carson County. 
Hueco; group of mountains in western Texas. 
Hueco; mountains in El Paso County; elevation, 5,392 feet El Paso. 
Hueco; tanks in El Paso County El Paso. 
Huelster; post village in Jeff Davis County. 
Huelster ; village in Reeves County Fort Davis. 
Hufnns; post village in Cass County. 
Huffman; post village in Harris County. 
Huffsteader; creek, a left-hand branch of Brazos River Breckenridge. 
Huf smith; post village in Harris County. 
Hughes Springs; town in Cass County; population, 296 (1890). 
Hugo; post village in Hays county. 
Hulen; village in Galveston County. 
Hulsey; post village in Hopkins County. 
Hulltown; village on Texas Central Railroad, in Shackelford 
County Albany. 
Humble; post village in Harris County. 
Humphrey; post village in Hunt County. 
Humphris; village on Sancita Creek, in Presidio County Marfa. 
Hungerford; post village in Wharton County. 
