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THE TEXAS ALMANAC. 325
16,000, Alt, 550 ft; *rainfall, 35 in. Situ-
ated in South Central Texas.
This county has the characteristic sandy
and sandy loam soils in the uplands and
black loam and alluvials in the lowlands
that are found in the postoak belt. Cotton
and corn are the chief crops and fruits and
vegetables do well, but there is no produc-
tion for outside markets The chief live
stock industries are cattle and hog rais-
ing, and there are some sheep Many of
the farmers keep dairy herds, and there
is a considerable shipment of cream from
the county. Postoak, live oak, ash, elm
and blackjack timbers are found, and
there are some extensive pecan groves
along the stream. There is no lumber pro-
duction, however
The three branches of the Southern
Pacific Railroad serve the county. Theie
are about sixty-five miles of gravel roads
and about eighty miles were under con-
struction in the early part of 1928.
Giddings, the county seat, is a town of
about 2,200 population, situated at the
intersection of three branches of the
Southern Pacific. Other trade centers are
Lexington, Lincoln, Dime Box, Northrup
and Tanglewood.
LEON-*Created and organized. 1846;
area, 1,101 sq mi.; Pop., 1920. 18,286; *1927,
20,000, Alt , 400 ft; *rainfall, 38 In Sit-
uated in East Central Texas.
This county is in the postoak belt in
the western part, and extends into the pine
belt in the east. The uplands are sandy,
but there is much alluvial bottom land,
the county being bound on the east by the
Trinity and the west by the Navasota and
traversed by many tributaries of these
streams. Cotton is the chief clop, and
there is some production of corn and hay.
In the past there has not been much at-
tention paid to the production of fruit and
vegetables, but much of the land is espe-
cially well adapted to truck growing.
Sugar cane grows especially well in the
bottoms, and there is some production of
syrup. There is a beef cattle industry de-
pending to a large extent on the range.
Swine are also run on the open range, fat-
tening on acorns.
There are three or four small sawmills
operating in the county There are about
200,000,000 feet of merchantable hard-
wood, and a small amount of pine. A good
deal of the hardwood, especially the ash,
has already been utilized.
The roads in the county have been
gradedand drained and in 1927 there was
voted a bond issue of $1,125,000, which
with State and Federal aid will surface
the Dallas, Canadian and Denver and
Farrier highways which traverse the
county The county is served by the Mis-
souri Pacific, Southern Pacific and the
Trinity & Brazos Valley. Centerville, a
town of 500 population, is the county
seat. It is without railroad connections.
Other towns are Oakwood, Buffalo and
Jewett in the northern part of the county,
Marquez in the west central part and
Normangee in the southern part.
This county's railroads all lie along the
northern and western borders. There is a
great area of' very valuable land in the
central and eastern parts that would de-
velop if transportation facilities were
available.
LIBERTY-* Created and organized,
1836; area, 1,160 sq. mi.; Pop., 1920, 14,637;*1927, 20,500; Alt, 0 to 50 ft.; *rainfall, 50
in. Situated in Southeast Texas.
The surface is part of the compaiat vely
level wooded plain lying in the coastal re-
gion, although one county removed from
the coast line. The uplands are sandy
soils with clay subsoil. In the bottoms
along the streams there are rich allivials
The southern half of the county is largely
open, grass covered prairie, except along
the streams. The northern half extends
into the pine timber belt. The Trinity
River traverses the county and from this
stream and its tributaries water is taken
for the irrigation of many rice fields The
annual value of the rice crop is about
$500,000. Aside from rice, much cotton,
corn, sugar cane, sweet potatoes and mis-
cellaneous truck crops are grown There
is a rapidly developing fig industry with
some orange groves, and there is a con-
siderable production of peaches and plums.
There is a large movement to market of
truck crops. The county has excellent
cattle range with a beef producing indus-
try. For many years their e has been a
large lumbering industry in this county,
and there are now eight or nine mill,
with an annual output of about 1.200,000
board-feet
There are approximately 100,000 acres
of cut-over and 100,000 acres of second
growth, with a very small amount of vir-
gin timber, both long and shortleaf pine,
gum and a variety of oak of commercial
value.
There are about thirty-thi ee miles of
concrete road along the Old Spanish Trail.
and approximately forty miles of graveled
surface in addition along the highways of
this county A $2,000,000 bond issue was
being planned late in 1927. For a number
of years this has been one of the chief pro-
ducing oil counties of Texas, including the
Hull, Myrtle Ridge and Southern Liberty
fields.
Liberty is the county seat, and one of
the oldest towns in Texas It has a pop-
ulation of about 2,000 and is situated on
the Southern Pacific, on the east bank of
the Trinity. Hull, an oil field center.
Cleveland, situated at the intersection of
a large lumbering business: Daisetta and
Dayton, are other important towns.
LIMESTONE-*Created and organized,
1846; area, 974 sq. mi.; Pop., 1920, 33.283,
*1927, 39,300; Alt., 550 ft., *rainfall, 36
in. Situated in East Central Texas
This county lies on the dividing line be-
tween the black-land belt of Central Texas
and the sandy lands of the eastern part of
the State. The rolling black prairies of
the western part of the county are best
adapted to production of cotton, wheat,
oats and similar staple crops In the
eastern part of the county, cotton is
grown and there is also an increasing pro-
duction of a variety of fruits and vege-
tables, this part of the county being espe-
cially adopted to truck farming. The
Navasota River runs through the south-
eastern part of the county. Along this and
other streams there is a growth of ash,
hickory, oak, elm, pecan and other tim-
ber, and there is a good deal of upland
postoak in the eastern part of the county.
In the center of the county are the pic-
turesque Tehuacana hills.
Limestone County is one of the leading
*See page 338 for explanatory notes and references
to additional information on counties and cities.
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