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Atlas sheet. 
James; river, a right-hand branch of Leon River Mason. 
James; river, a right-hand branch of Llano River heading inrKerrville. 
East and West Forks. \Mason. 
Jameson; peaks in Eastland County - Stephenville. 
Jameson; post village in Grayson County. 
Jamestown; post village in Smith County. 
Japaney; creek, a left-hand branch of Frio River. 
Jap.onica; post village on Guadalupe River in Kerr County... Kerrville. 
Jardin; post village in Hunt County. 
Jarvis; village in Liberty County. 
Jasmine; post village in Victoria County. 
Jasper; a southeastern county, with an area of 977 square miles. 
The population was 7,138; the county seat, Jasper. The 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 7° 10'. The mean 
annual rainfall is 55 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 69°. The county is traversed by the Gulf, Beaumont 
and Kansas City Railway. 
Jasper; county seat of Jasper County. 
Java; post village in Cherokee County. 
Jaybart; post village in Cass County. 
Jaynes; post village in McLennan County. 
Jeannette; post village in Jack County. 
Jeddo; post village in Bastrop County; population, 559 (1890). 
Jeff Davis; a western county, with an area of 1,922 square 
miles. The population was 1,150; the county seat, Fort 
Davis. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 10°. 45'. 
The mean annual rainfall is 14 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 60°. The county is traversed by the Southern 
Pacific Railroad. 
Jefferson; a southeastern county, with an area of 1,109 square 
miles. The population was 14,239; the county seat, Beau- 
mont. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 7° 15 / . 
The mean annual rainfall is 55 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 70°. The county is traversed by the Southern 
Pacific, the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City, the Gulf and 
Interstate of Texas, the Port Arthur Route, and the Texas 
and New Orleans railroads. 
Jefferson; county seat of Marion County; population, 2,850. 
Jeffry; post village in Hutchinson County. 
Jellico; village in Tarrant County. 
Jennings; post village in Lamar County. 
Jericho; post village in Donley County. 
Jessie; post village in Hill County. . . 
Jester; post village in Navarro County. 
Jetie; village in Bowie County. 
Jewell; post village in Eastland County Eastland. 
Jewett; post village in Leon County; population, 363 (1890). 
Jim; bay, a right-hand branch of Red River in northeast 
Texas. 
Jimmy; creek, tributary to Little River Brown wood. 
Jim Nail; branch, a left-hand branch of Leon River, tributary 
to Little River Eastland. 
Jim Ned; creek, a large right-hand branch of Pecan Bayou . . i Abllene - 
IColeman. 
