List of Texas County Seat Name Etymologies

County Seat	County	Named for
Caldwell	Burleson	Mathew Caldwell, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texas Revolution
Cameron	Milam	Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution
Canadian	Hemphill	Its location on the Canadian River
Canton	Van Zandt	Old Canton, Texas, in neighboring Smith County
Canyon	Randall	Nearby Palo Duro Canyon
Carrizo Springs	Dimmit	The nearby springs
Carthage	Panola	Carthage, Mississippi
Center	Shelby	Its location in the center of Shelby County (the town and county, though, are near the Louisiana border in East Texas)
Centerville	Leon	Its location in the center of Leon County (coincidentally, the town is also located almost midway between Dallas and Houston)
Channing	Hartley	George Channing Rivers, the paymaster of the railroad when it built through the area
Childress	Childress	George Campbell Childress, the chairman of the committee which authored the Texas Declaration of Independence
Clarendon	Donley	Clara Sully Carhart, wife of the founder (& possible homage to the Earls of Clarendon)
Clarksville	Red River	James Clark, the founder of the town
Claude	Armstrong	Claude Ayers, the engineer of the first train to travel through the area
Cleburne	Johnson	Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, a Confederate general in the Civil War
Coldspring	San Jacinto	The cold springwater found at the location
Coleman	Coleman	Its location in Coleman County, which was named for Robert M. Coleman, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Colorado City	Mitchell	Its location on the Colorado River
Columbus	Colorado	Columbus, Ohio
Comanche	Comanche	Its location in Comanche County, which was named for the Comanche indians
Conroe	Montgomery	Isaac Conroe, the first postmaster of the town
Cooper	Delta	L. W. Cooper, a supporter of the bill creating Delta County
Corpus Christi	Nueces	Nearby Corpus Christi Bay, discovered by Spanish explorer Alvarez de Pineda on the Catholic Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin: "Body of Christ")
Corsicana	Navarro	The island of Corsica, birthplace of the parents of José Antonio Navarro, the namesake of Navarro County
Cotulla	La Salle	Joseph Cotulla, the developer of the town
Crane	Crane	William Carey Crane, a past president of the Baylor University
Crockett	Houston	Davy Crockett, former Tennessee congressman and defender of the Alamo
Crosbyton	Crosby	Stephen Crosby, former commissioner of the Texas General Land Office
Crowell	Foard	George T. Crowell, owner of the townsite
Crystal City	Zavala	The clear artesian water of the area
Cuero	DeWitt	Spanish word for "hide" or "leather:" cattle was (and still is) a major component of the local economy