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Apr 4, 2024 · Yes, it is possible for two cities in the same state to have the same name. The state of Virginia has some interesting cases where cities exist independently from their surrounding counties. For example, Roanoke City is separate from, but surrounded by, Roanoke County. Similarly, Fairfax City is within but separate from Fairfax County.
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- Houston
- San Antonio
- Dallas
- Austin
- Fort Worth
- El Paso
- Arlington
- Corpus Christi
- Laredo
- Lubbock
The state’s largest city takes its name from Sam Houston, who led the army that defeated Mexican troops during the Texas Revolution in 1836. That year, the Allen brothers decided to establish a town on the site of a beautiful bayou and name it after him.
In 1691, a group of Spanish settlers—including Domingo Terán de los Ríos, the first governor of Spanish Texas—entered the territory to establish missions and regain control of the area from the French, Apache, and Comanche. On June 13, 1691, the party camped next to a stream. It happened to be the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua, and so they rena...
Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Likely the surname of a historic figure, the precise origin of Dallas’s name is unknown. It could come from George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States under James K. Polk, or his brother, Commodore Alexander J. Dallas of the United States Navy, or Joseph Dallas, who settled near the new town in 184...
Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Austin’s namesake is Stephen F. Austin, the “founder of Anglo-American Texas.” The city was established as the capital in 1839, when the Republic of Texas was just three years old.
General William Jenkins Worth was a military hero in the Mexican War who was serving as the Commander of the Department of Texas when he died of cholera in May 1849, about a month before Major Ripley Arnold established the fort.
Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Paso comes from “El Paso del Norte,” or “Pass of the North.” Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate gave the location that name in 1598 because it sits in the pass between two mountain ranges, the Sierra de Juárez and the Franklin Mountains.
Founded in 1876, Arlington was renamed in 1877 after Robert E. Lee’s Arlington House in Arlington, Virginia.
Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda is responsible for naming this southern Texas city. The name, which means “body of Christ,” comes from the Catholic feast day on which he explored and claimed the area in 1519.
Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain A Spanish military officer named José de Escandón was commissioned to settle the area and named it Laredo, after a town in the Santander province of Spain.
Thomas Saltus Lubbock was a soldier in the Texas Revolution and served as a Texas Ranger in support of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was also the brother of the ninth governor of Texas, Francis R. Lubbock, who served from 1857 to 1859.
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Aug 26, 2009 · You have townships, villages, and/or cities with the same name (City of Northville/Northville Twp; the Grosse Pointes; City of Royal Oak; Royal Oak Twp; City of Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor Twp, etc.). It’s important to mention the type of municipality whenever you’re traveling.</p>. edad August 26, 2009, 12:06pm 4.
The types of municipalities in Texas are defined in the Local Government Code, which was codified in 1987. The designations of city, town and village were superseded by Type A, B, and C general-law cities in the code. In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule.
May 31, 2022 · Check out these nine pairs of U.S. cities that share the same name. Portland, Maine and Portland, Oregon. Nashville, Tennessee and Nashville, Indiana. Springfield, Illinois and Springfield, Oregon. Orange County, California and Orange County, Florida. Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Is there a city in each state with […]
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There are a total of 1,470 towns and cities in the state of Texas. Top 10 biggest cities by population are Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, and Laredo. Below please see all Texas cities and towns which are listed in alphabetical order.
Jan 30, 2024 · Edinburg (Hidalgo County): "About 1850 near present Hidalgo, John Young, a Brownsville merchant, laid out Edinburgh, named after his birthplace, Edinburgh, Scotland," write Callary and Callary ...
