Background. The United States of America has 50 states and 3143 counties (Louisiana uses parishes and Alaska uses boroughs, but they are the same thing as counties). Texas has by far the most counties with 254 listed counties. In a distant second place is Georgia with 159. This number goes all the way to 3 counties in Delaware.
However, Texas has so many counties that it is hard to keep track of them all. The website www.officialusa.com has Texas listed with only 253 counties.
And now, I am finding additional counties that seem to have been omitted from the list. So, if you have completed the Texas County Challenge (GCRX6F), you may want to try to find these ‘bonus’ counties. Some of them are hard to locate on a map, so I am adding a geocache for each of these omitted counties. Please note that these are not part of a list of 32 Texas counties that are now defunct. (That could be a cache series for someone else to publish).
Introduction. Texas city and county pairs are often confusing. Taylor is not in Taylor County. Austin is not in Austin County. Anderson is not in Anderson County. But El Paso is in El Paso County, Dallas is in Dallas County and Lubbock is in Lubbock County. These lists can go on for a while. You will see similar things in this series of caches.
I hope this series will be seen as fun. To make them a little more interesting, I am also making them multicaches. These counties are found in literature, the internet, movies, and television. So, they must be real.
If you have been to any of these counties, make sure you record that fact when you log your find. Pictures would also be helpful for people looking for these counties. And let me know if I have omitted any Texas counties. For a complete list of all of the missing counties: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCA69HB
LaBelle County (#283)
LaBelle County is located in the plains southwest of Van Horn near the Mexican border. This county is the backdrop of a 15-year old murder sensationalized in the movie “Wild Horses”. This tale seems to be the most exciting event in the history of LaBelle County.
A tip of the hat goes to j2dad for discovering this new county
There is a white sign at ground zero. At the lower right of the sign is a series of numbers: Let them be: BCDEFGH_ARTIJKL_A. Older goecachers may want to bring a magnifying glass. The D/T rating is for the small print and the probable difficulty with the final find.
The final cache is at N30 3H.HB(E+L) W97 2(F+J).(E-F)(E-F)(L+D)
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