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The City of La Feria is located in Southern Texas' Cameron County, less than 20 miles away from the borders of US and Mexico. From a small collection of households in the last decades of 1800s, the area grew into a small community and was established in 1915. In the recent 2000 census, it was recorded that the city is home to more than 6,000 residents, and predominantly carries strong Hispanic or [...]
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The City of La Homa is a special census-designated community found in the borders of the metropolitan area of the urban triumvirate, McAllen, Edinburg and Mission. The City of La Homa is part of Southern Texas' Hidalgo county, one of the Texas counties located a few miles away from the political boundaries separating the United States and Mexico. Because of this it is not surprising to say that th [...]
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The City of La Marque or Lamarque is located within the metropolitan area of Houston-Sugarland- Baytown in Texas' Galveston county. The City is also called Buttermilk Station and Highlands, the former because the city served as a buttermilk stop of soldiers during the Civil War, and the latter because it is situated near the Highland Creek. Beginning from just two families in the 1860s, the ar [...]
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La Porte is a city located in Texas' Houston-Sugaland-Baytown metropolis in Harris County. The City was established in 1892 as a real estate project, and from there began to grow into a huge community. In the 1920s, La Porte's Sylvan Beach and Bay Ridge become very popular in Texas, making the town one of the tourist destinations in Harris County. In the 1950s, the La Porte-Baytown tunnel was open [...]
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La Rue and Poynor are two separate unincorporated communities in the southeast of Texas' Henderson County. Since they basically have the same culture and history, and are both located on U.S. Highway 175, it became a convention to regard them as one. Poynor was named after D.H. Poynor, one of the surveyors of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. The small community became what is now Poynor because [...]
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Sure Lasara is very small and it does not have an economy that can wage a financial war but that does not mean that it is not a good place to visit for plain amusement and real estate pursuits. What probably is the smallest city in William County is not to be taken for granted in terms of providing convenience and satisfaction to its residents. There are a lot of factors that if considered, can ma [...]
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Ten miles south of Beaumont, in central Jefferson County is Labelle. Like Lasara, most people do not consider this city at all whenever they are looking for a place to visit in Texas or real estate pieces. Well, although Labelle does not have an economy that can put to shame Dallas' or Galveston's and abundant natural sights that can outshine Corpus Christi Bay, it still is worthy to take a look [...]
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The Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base that is located in the United States of America's state of Texas. Found within the area of the city of San Antonio, the Lackland Air Force Base got its name from the Brigadier General Frank Lackland. Fully equipped with the United States Air Force equipment, the Lackland Air Foce Base's operations are handled by the Air Education and Tr [...]
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Lake Dallas is one of the cities that make up the entire county of Denton in Texas, United States. The city of Lake Dallas in Texas was developed to serve as a resort community along the shores of the beautiful Lewisville Lake. Located in the southeastern part of Denton County, the city of Lake Dallas is found just about ten miles south from the main area of Denton.
The city of Lake Dallas was [...]
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Lake Jackson is an American city in Brazoria County in Texas, United States. According to the 2006 census, the city has reached a population of 27,614.
For its name, the city was called after oxbow lake which was also called Lake Jackson on the outskirts of the town. But the link doesnÂ’t end there. While the city was named after the lake, the lake in turn was named after a family name who o [...]
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Lakeway is an American city in Travis County in Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 8,002 and then 8,852 in the 2005 census. Lake Travis runs along the outskirts of the city.
The city of Lakeway is located around 26 km (16 miles) west of Austin. It has a total area of 15.7 km2 (6.1 square miles), 4.45% of it water and the rest of it is land.
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The county seat of Dawson County, Texas, Lamesa happens to be one of those places that you can't help but associate with the Wild West; this is perhaps because much of what keeps this community going is their abundance in cotton and cattle. The cattle ranches and cotton fields very easily make Lamesa, Texas exactly the kind of place that you would picture Texas to typically be. Some people claim [...]
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Part of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area, Lampasas, Texas is known as the county seat of the Texas county of the same name. The territory of this city is home to seven mineral springs that evidently define Lampasas as one of the most beautiful places that one could hope to live in. Is it any wonder, then, that Lampasas, Texas is the home to the Spring Ho Festival, which [...]
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Lancaster is a home city located in Southwest Dallas County. All home cities are allowed to make rules and conduct action in their city provided that they do not violate and offend any rules of the federal state.
Lancaster was originally settled by people because of it being a trading post in the 1850s. Since then, the town has evolved with major rail systems, easy access to a general aviation [...]
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The city of Laredo has a very interesting charm and flavor, owing to its location near the Rio Grande and its proximity to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. In fact, it is considered a gateway city and has close ties with Rio Grande, as evidenced by its culture of flying seven flags, the seventh flag being the flag of the Republic of Rio Grande—the six others are the six flags of Texas.
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Found in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Area, Leagues City, Texas is one of the cities of Galveston County, though a small part of it is supposedly part of Harris County. That being said, League City is perhaps best known in-state as a sort of a water resort capital, as many water side resorts seem to be found in this particular city. It is said that many people who are based in Hou [...]
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Leander, Texas, like a number of cities in its state, is considered to be part of two counties: Travis County and Williamson County. Some people say that Leander is one of those true blue communities that is to say, Leander is more of an actually community-type city than a city that is made notable for attractions that could be found in its limits, even if the city is growing as we speak. The [...]
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Known as part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area, Leon Valley, Texas is a city of a little over ten thousand residents, most of whom are said to be managers and supervisors in occupation meaning that Leon Valley can be seen by some as a kind of middle class town. Leon Valley is in Bexor County, Texas, and some people still recall that this relatively young city it was developed some [...]
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The county seat of Hockley County, Levelland, Texas is part of the Lubbock-Levelland Combined Statistical Area. Also home to the South Plains College, Levelland is probably most famous for the fact that back in 1957, a rash of UFO sightings were reported by various people including the town fire chief and the town sheriff. Up until today, there are debates on the validity of these UFO sightings, [...]
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Lewisville is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area on top of being a Denton County city. It was one of the smaller communities of the area until some time in the latter part of the twentieth century, during which the population of the area began to boom this, some say, is thanks to the fact that the Lewisville Dam was constructed which was later followed by the construction of the Dallas- [...]
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The county seat of a United States county of the same name, Liberty, Texas is the third oldest city in the American state of Texas on top of being part of the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Area. The settlement was originally named Villa de la Santissima Trinidad de la Libertad (roughly translated as Villa of the Sainted Trinity of Liberty ), though it was later shortened to Liberty [...]
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Somewhere in Lamb County, Texas is a city called Littlefield. Littlefield is, in fact a relatively little city with a total territory area of six square miles and a community that consists of just over six thousand residents at the last count, Littlefield, Texas is undoubtedly modest in size compared to most cities. Even the livelihood in Littlefield is considered humble they generally grow cott [...]
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Live Oak, Texas is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is one of the cities found in the Texan county of Bexar. At the moment, there are only about twelve and a half thousand residents living in the city which has been nicknamed The Gateway to San Antonio based on where it is located. These days, people see Live Oak as a quiet, nature-oriented suburb-type community, desp [...]
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Livingston-New Willard, Texas is a city of the Texas county of Polk, which in turn is known for having been named for the eleventh president of the United States of America. Livingston-New Willard is considered to be a small city despite the fact that a fairly recent census numbered the residents to more than forty thousand in number while the total land area measures at almost seven hundred and [...]
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The county seat of Caldwell County, Lockhart, Texas is known as the Barbecue Capital of Texas , which to some is a proud title indeed. Originally called Plum Creek, Lockhart was renamed for the first person (apparently) to set foot in Caldwell County Byrd Lockhart. That being said, Lockhart, Texas is said to be one of those communities that is comfortable because it has seen it all. It survive [...]
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Longview is an American city in Harrison and Gregg Counties in Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, Longview has a population of 73,345 and then 77,793 according to a 2006 estimate. ThatÂ’s quite a big growth in just six years.
Most of the city lies in Gregg County with only a small portion of it cutting into the western part of Harrison County. Longview serves as county seat to Greg [...]
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Lubbock is a city in Texas, United States. It is situated along the northwestern part of Texas, is the home city of Texas Tech University, and the county seat of Lubbock County.
The 2000 US census estimates the population at 199,524 and then again in 2006 at 212,169. The population of the entire Lubbock County is at 254,862. In 2000, Lubbock city is considered to be the 90th largest city in the [...]
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Lufkin is an American city in Angelina County in Texas, United States. It is the county seat of Angelina County and situated around in East Texas. According to the 2000 census, the population has reached 32,709, making the Lufkin 76th largest city in the state of Texas.
The history of Lufkin centers around two individuals.
The city of Lufkin was named after Abraham P. Lufkin who was a mercha [...]
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Lumberton is an American city in Hardin County in Texas, United States. Lumberton is part of Beaumont-Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area and houses the Village Creek State Park. As of the 2000 census, the population in the city has reached 8,731.
The city of Lumberton lies in a landlocked area. According to the US Census Bureau, Lumberton occupies an area of 24.3 km2 (9.4 square miles) a [...]
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