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Runnels County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,501.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48399.html )〕 Its county seat is Ballinger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1880. It is named for Hiram G. Runnels, a Texas state legislator. ==History== *Original inhabitants are the Jumano, followed by the Comanche. *1683–84 Juan Domínguez de Mendoza establishes a short-lived mission. *1852 Fort Chadbourne established. *1858 Runnels County, is formed from Bexar and Travis counties. It is named in honor of Hiram G. Runnels. Runnels City is the original county seat. *1862 Pickettville established by Mr. and Mrs. John Guest and their three sons, also Henry and Robert K. Wylie and their cowboys and a black servant, and Mrs. Felicia Gordon and her five sons. Ballinger settled by Richard Coffey and family. *1880 The county is organized, with a population of 980.〔 *1888 Ballinger, namesake of William Pitt Ballinger is the new county seat.〔 *1889 The stone county courthouse is erected in the Second Empire style. Architect Eugene T. Heiner. *1899 The community of Pumphrey, originally named New Hope, is established by Wm. M Pumphrey. *1911 The Santa Fe Depot is built by the A,T,& SF Railroad. The Ballinger Carnegie Library in Ballinger is dedicated.〔 *1919 The Charles H. Noyes statue on the Ballinger Courthouse lawn, dedicated to the "Spirit of the Texas Cowboy", is sculptured by Pompeo Coppini. *1927 MacMillan oil field, is discovered near Ballinger.〔 *1949 Eighteen new oil fields were explored.〔 *1987 The county beef cattle industry experiences an all-time high .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Runnels County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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