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Atlas sheet. 
Modisett; post village in Angelina County. 
Moffat; post village in Bell County Temple. 
Mohegan; post village in Hunt County. 
Mollie; post village in Red River County. 
Monahans; post village in Ward County. 
Monaville; post village in Waller County. 
Monica; post village in Van Zandt County. 
Monkstown; post village in Fannin County. 
Monroe; post village in Rusk County. 
Monserate; post village in Lavaca County. 
Montague; a north central county, with an area of 976 square 
miles. The population was 24,800; the county seat, Mon- 
tague. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 45 / . 
The mean annual rainfall is 35 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 63°. The county is traversed by the Mis- 
souri, Kansas and Texas, the Chicago, Rock Island and 
Texas, and the Fort Worth and Denver City railways. 
Montag-ue; county seat of Montague County; population, 579. 
Montalba; post village in Anderson County. 
Mont Belvieu; post village in Chambers County. 
Montell; creek, a right-hand branch of East Nueces River, 
tributary to Nueces River Nueces. 
Montell; post village in Uvalde County Nueces. 
Monterey; post village in Angelina County. 
Montero; post village in McLennan County. 
Montfort; post village in Navarro County. 
Montgomery; a southeastern county, with an area of 1,066 
• square miles. The population was 17,067; the county seat, 
Conroe. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8° 10 / . 
The mean annual rainfall is 50 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 68°. The county is traversed by the Gulf, 
Colorado and Santa Fe, the International and Great North- 
ern, and the Houston, East and West Texas railroads. 
Montgomery; post village in Montgomery County. 
Monthalia; post village in Gonzales County. 
Monticello; post village in Titus County. 
Montopolis; village on Colorado River, in Travis County Austin. 
Montvale; village on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, 
in Lampasas County Lampasas. 
Montvale; post village in Coleman County. 
Monument; peak in Fisher County Roby. 
Moody; post village on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail- 
way, in McLennan County; population, 432 (1890) Temple. 
Mooney; lake, small intermittent lake in Gonzales County... Flatonia. 
Moore ; a county situated in the Panhandle, with an area of 885 
square miles. The population was 209; the county seat, 
Dumas. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 11° 15'. 
The mean annual rainfall is 18 inches, and the mean annual 
temperature 57°. 
Moore; creek, a small right-hand branch of Mercer Creek, 
tributary to Little River Brownwood. 
Moore; post village in Frio County. 
Moores; peak in Llano County Llano. 
