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Walnut; creek, a right-hand branch of Colorado River Austin. 
Walnut; creek, aright-hand branch of Sandy Creek, tributary fBlanco. 
to Colorado River. IBurnet. 
Walnut; creek, a right-hand branch of West Fork of Trinity 
River 1 Weatherford. 
Walnut; creek, a small right-hand branch of Threadgill Creek, JKerrville. 
tributary to Llano River. iMason. 
Walnut; creek, a small right-hand tributary to Brazos River. . Palo Pinto. 
Walnut ; spring in Hays County Blanco. 
Walnut; spring in Llano County . Llano. 
Walnut Springs; post village in Bosque County; population, 
682(1890). 
Waloope; creek, a left-hand branch of Salt Creek, tributary to 
Colorado River Eden. 
Walsh; post village in Gonzales County. 
Walton; post village in Van Zandt County. 
Wamba; post village in Bowie County. 
Waneta; post village in Houston County. 
Ward; a southwestern county, with an area of 858 square miles. 
The population was 1,451; the county seat, Barstow. The 
• mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 10° 45 / . The mean 
annual rainfall is 15 inches, and the mean annual tempera- 
ture 60°. The county is traversed by the Texas and Pacific 
Railway. 
Ward; spring in Brewster County Terlingua. 
Warda; post village in Fayette County. 
Waring-; post village in Kendall County. 
Warren; post village in Tyler County; population, 833 (1890). 
Warrenton; post village in Fayette County. 
Warring; creek, a right-hand branch of Leon River, tributary 
to Little River Hamilton. 
Wash.; branch, a small left-hand branch of Brazos River Palo Pinto. 
Washboard; creek, a right-hand intermittent branch of Cow- f Brown wood, 
house Creek, tributary to Little River. IHamilton. 
Washburn; post village in Armstrong County. 
Washington; a southeastern county, with an area of 568 square 
miles. The population was 32,931; the county seat, Bren- 
ham. The mean magnetic declination in 1900 was 8°. The 
mean annual rainfall is 45 inches, and the mean annual tem- 
perature 68°, The county is traversed by the Gulf, Colo- 
rado and Santa Fe and the Houston and Texas Central rail- 
roads. 
Washington; post "village in Washington County. 
Washita; river, a left-hand branch .of Red River heading in the 
Panhandle and flowing in a general southeast direction 
through Indian Territory to its mouth. 
Washout; mountain in Erath County * Stephenville. 
Waskom; post village in Harrison County. 
Watauga; post village in Tarrant County. 
Waterloo; post village in Williamson County. 
Watch; mountain in Llano County Llano. 
Waters; creek, a small right-hand branch of Llano River, 
tributary to Colorado River : Llano. 
Watervalley; post village in Tom Green County 
