Named For....
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City
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General of the Texas Revolution
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Houston
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Spanish feast day
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San Antonio
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Vice President of the US at the time
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Dallas
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"Father of Texas"
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Austin
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Hero of the Mexican-American War
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Fort Worth
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Mountain pass the city sits in
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El Paso
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Robert E. Lee's Virginia House
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Arlington
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Catholic feast day on which it was explored
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Corpus Christi
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City of the same name in Santander, Spain
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Laredo
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Soldier of the Texas Revolution
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Lubbock
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Sitting Attorney General at the time
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Garland
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The founders, wife's favorite author
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Irving
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Yellow wild flowers in the area
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Amarillo
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Expansive grasslands in the area
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Grand Prairie
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Commander of Fort Texas during the Mexican-American War
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Brownsville
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City of the same name in California
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Pasadena
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Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
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McKinney
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The nearby creek
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Mesquite
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Assistant GM of the railroad who owned the land
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Killeen
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Railway that ran through the area
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Frisco
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Early settler who donated the land the city is now on
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McAllen
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Native American tribe whose village was on the current site
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Waco
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The settlers previous city in Illinois
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Carrollton
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It's location midway between two railway stations
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Midland
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Captain of the Republic of Texas Army
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Denton
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It's important cattle counterpart in Kansas
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Abilene
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The founders wifes, maiden name
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Beaumont
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It's similarity to a Ukrainian area
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Odessa
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Large limestone rock in a nearby creek
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Round Rock
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Nature-filled alternative to Houston
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The Woodlands
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The Native American tribe, river, waterfall, and county that existed before the city
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Wichita Falls
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Contractor who built the Houston and Central Texas Railroad
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Richardson
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Man who bought the land and renamed it after himself
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Lewisville
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US President of the time who supported Texas annexation
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Tyler
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Abundance of Pear trees in the area
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Pearland
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University that calls this city home
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College Station
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The US post office rejected the original name of "Santa Angela"
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San Angelo
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Maine native who became Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas
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Allen
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Man who acquired the land in 1893
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League City
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Large sugar plantation the town was built on
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Sugar Land
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Its long, impressive views
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Longview
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La Lomita Mission the land came from
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Mission
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The land owner was born in a city of the same name in Scotland
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Edinburg
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Stephen F. Austins' nephew
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Bryan
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Tabbs Bay which the city sits on
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Baytown
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Sugarcane grower who purchased the land in 1909
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Pharr
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Chief Engineer of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway
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Temple
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The hopes it would attract settlers from the St. Louis area
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Missouri City
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The 50 foot, 12 acre hill that was covered in Indian Paintbrushes
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Flower Mound
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Nearby development in which the city hoped to be annexed
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North Richland Hills
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