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Atlas sheet. 
Lavaca; a southeastern county, with an area of 992 square miles. 
The population was 28,121; the county seat, Hallettsville. 
The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 25'. The 
mean annual rainfall is 40 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 68°. The county is traversed by the San 
Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. 
Lavaca; arm of Matagorda Bay, extending inland. 
Lavaca; river, flows into Matagorda Bay. 
Lavada; post village in Franklin County. 
Lavender; post village in Limestone County. 
Lavernia; post village in Wilson County. 
Lavon; post village in Collin County. 
Lawn; post village in Taylor County. 
Lawrence; post village in Kaufman County. 
Laws; post village in Franklin County. 
Lawson; post village in Dallas County. 
Lawsonville ; post village in Rusk County. 
Lay; post village in Angelina County. 
League City; post village in Galveston County. 
Leag-ueville; post village in Henderson County. 
Leah; post village in Tyler County. 
Leakey; post village in Edwards County. 
Leander; post village on the Houston and Texas Central Rail- 
road, in Williamson County Georgetown. 
Leary; post village in Bowie County. 
Leavitt; post village in Haskell County. 
Lebanon; post village in Collin County. 
Ledbetter; post village in Fayette County. 
Ledford; village in Caldwell County. 
Lee; a southeastern county, with an area of 666 square miles." 
The population was 14,595; the county seat, Giddings. The 
mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 20 / . The mean Taylor. 
annual rainfall 42 inches, and the mean annual tempera- [Bastrop. 
ture 68°. The county is traversed by the San Antonio and 
Aransas Pass and the Houston and Texas Central railroads. 
Lee; gap along the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, in 
Lampasas County .' "Lampasas. 
Leesburg-; post village in Camp County. 
Lees Mill; post village in Newton County. 
Leesville; post village in Gonzales County. 
Leforest; post village in Garza County. 
Lefors; post village in Gray County. 
Legg-ett; post village in Polk County. 
Leg-ion ; creek, a small right-hand intermittent branch of Sandy 
Creek, tributary to Colorado River Llano. 
Lehman; village in Bastrop County. 
Leig-h; post village in Harrison County. 
Lela; post village in Wheeler County. 
Leland; post village in Ellis County. 
Lemit; post village in Shelby County. 
Lemonville; post village in Orange County. 
Lenoir ; village in Jones County „ „ Anson. 
Lenora; post village in Harris County. 
