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Soon after Texas became a U.S. state, the Texas Legislature authorized a seven-member commission to find a permanent site for the Milam County seat. [7] The commission purchased a 60-acre tract of Daniel Monroe's headright on the Little River in 1846 and named the new community Cameron after Ewen Cameron, a Scottish highlander prominent in the Texas Revolution and a member of the Mier ...
Cameron County, officially the County of Cameron, is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 421,017. [1] [2] Its county seat is Brownsville. [3] The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, [4] a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition.
Texas does not have townships; areas within a county are either incorporated or unincorporated. Incorporated areas are part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services. Unincorporated areas are not part of a city; in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance.
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Santa Rosa is located in northwestern Cameron County at (26.256651, –97.826673 It is 6 miles (10 km) west of Combes and 7 miles (11 km) east of La Villa . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.77 square miles (2.0 km 2 ), all land.
Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay , Texas City is a busy deepwater port on Texas's Gulf Coast , as well as a petroleum-refining and petrochemical-manufacturing center.
The retired couple received a letter dated Jan. 16 from the appraisal district asking for a site inspection, then another one following up just six days later. They aren’t sure what triggered it.
Milam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,754. [1] The county seat is Cameron. [2] The county was created in 1834 as a municipality in Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. [3] [4] Milam County is named for Benjamin Rush Milam, an early settler and a soldier in the Texas ...