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County Seat | County | Named for |
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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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