112 A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. [bull.224. 
Atlas sheet. 
Mercers gap; post village in Comanche County. 
Mereta; post village in Tom Green County. 
Meridian; city on Bosque River; population, 923 Meridian. 
Meridian; creek, a right-hand branch of Bosque River Meridian. 
Meridian; mountain in Edwards County Nueces. 
Merit; post village in Hunt County. 
Merkel; post village on the Texas and Pacific Railway, in 
Taylor County ; population, 353 (1890) Sweetwater. 
Merle; post village in Burleson County. 
Merrilltown; village in Travis County. 
Merriman: village on Colony Creek, in Eastland County Eastland. 
Merrivale; village in Bosque County. 
Mertens; post village in Hill County. 
Mesa: post village in Grimes County. 
Mesa de Anguila; broken table-land near Rio Grande in 
Brewster C< unity Terlingua. 
Mesquite: branch, a small left-hand tributary to West Fork of 
Trinity River Fort Worth. 
Mesquite: creek, a right-hand branch of Brazos River Granbury. 
Mesquite; creek, aTright-hand branch of Little River Burnet. 
Mesquite: creek, a small Left-hand branch of Leon River, tribu- 
tary to Little River Hamilton. 
Mesquite; creek, a small left-hand branch of Threadgill Creek, | Kerrville. 
tributary t<> Leon River. iMason. 
Mesquite; post village on the Texas and Pacific Railway, in 
Dallas County; population, 406 Dallas. 
Metcalf : gap in Palo Pinto County . . Palo Pinto. 
Mettina; post village in Falls County. 
Mexia: city in Limestone County; population, 2,393. 
Meyersville; post village in Dewitt County. 
Miami; county seat of Roberts County. 
Mickey; post village in Floyd County. 
Mid: post village in Haskell County. 
Middle: creek, a small right-hand branch of Smith Palo Pinto 
Creek, tributary to Brazos River Stephenville. 
Middle; creek, a small right-hand tributary to Brazos River .. Palo Pinto. 
Middle; fork, a small left-hand branch of South Fork of Cham- 
bers Creek, tributary to Trinity River Cleburne. 
Middle; valley in Schleicher County Fort McKavett. 
Middle Bosque; creek, a right-hand branch of South Bosque 
Piver, tributary to Bosque River Wac< >. 
Middle Mustang; creek, a right-hand branch of Mustang 
Creek, tributary to Colorado River Ballinger. 
Middle Noland; creek, ahead branch of Nolands River Granbury. 
Middleton; post village in Leon County. 
Middlewater; post village in Hartley County. 
Midland; a southwestern county, with an area of l»7i' s.piare 
miles. The population was 1.741 ; the county seat, Midland. 
The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 10° 40 / . The 
mean annual rainfall is 18 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 60°. The county is traversed by the Texas 
and Pacific Railway. • 
Midland; county seat of Midland County; population, 7'2'2 
(1890). 
