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Westhoff

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Westhoff, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 11' 41.154936", -97° 28' 15.3327"
 
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     Founded 1906 as Bello (Beautiful View), tent city of workers building Texas and New Orleans Railroad. Renamed 1909 for Wm. Westhoff (August 8, 1831 - March 19, 1911), local merchant and political leader. For a time town had 3 cotton gins, 13 stores. It remains a farming - ranching - uranium leasing center, inhabited by many ethnic groups.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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