List of Texas County Seat Name Etymologies - N

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County Seat County Named for
Nacogdoches Nacogdoches The Nacogdoche Indians
New Braunfels Comal Braunfels, Germany, hometown of German nobleman Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, commissioner general of the Adelsverein Society, whose German immigrants settled the area
Newton Newton John Newton, a veteran of the Revolutionary War under the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion whose exploits were retold (and likely embellished) by Parson Weems

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