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  2. History of Mexican Americans in Texas - Wikipedia

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    When Spanish rule in Texas ended, Mexicans in Texas numbered 5,000. In 1850 over 14,000 Texas residents had Mexican origin. In 1911 an extremely bloody decade-long civil war broke out in Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to Texas, raising the Hispanic population from 72,000 in 1900 to 250,000 in 1920.

  3. List of governors of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas Constitution. Salary. $150,000 (2013) [1] Website. gov .texas .gov. The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described ...

  4. Portal:Texas/Selected article - Wikipedia

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    Portal:Texas/Selected article/3 . The Republic of Texas was a short-lived country in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1845.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico as a result of the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S. state of Texas, as well as parts of present-day New Mexico ...

  5. Freeport, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Freeport, Texas. /  28.95944°N 95.35694°W  / 28.95944; -95.35694. Freeport is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico. According to the 2020 census, the city population was 10,696, [5] down from 12,049 in 2010.

  6. Bell County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    11th, 31st. Website. www .bellcountytx .com. Bell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Belton. [1] As of the 2020 census, its population was 370,647. [2] [3] Bell County is part of the Killeen – Temple, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area . The county was founded in 1850 and is named ...

  7. Texas Almanac - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Almanac is a biennially published reference work providing information for the general public on the history of the US state of Texas and its people, government and politics, economics, natural resources, holidays, culture, education, recreation, the arts, and other topics. Detailed information on each of the state's 254 counties is ...

  8. Nueces County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    UTC−5 ( CDT) Congressional district. 27th. Website. www .co .nueces .tx .us. Nueces County ( / njuˈeɪsɪs / new-AY-siss) is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 353,178, [1] making it the 16th-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Corpus Christi. [2]

  9. Post, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Post is located on the edge of the caprock escarpment of the Llano Estacado, the southeastern edge of the Great Plains. It is at the crossroads of U.S. Routes 84 and 380 . The land belonged to John Bunyan Slaughter, as it was on his U Lazy S Ranch. [6] In 1906, Slaughter sold it to C. W. Post, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, who founded ...