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Geologists-Women in Geology-Helen Plummer

Collection localities

When geologists collect specimens they record the precise source location for each individual specimen. Now that precision would be improved by the use of GPS. Earlier workers relied upon verbal descriptions of their collection sites.

This selection of examples is from the work of Helen Plummer. Each county contains several different localities each of which is given a reference code.

Texas Counties

County	Created	Source County
Anderson	1846	Houston
Andrews	1876	Bexar
Angelina	1846	Nacagdoches
Aransas	1871	Refugio
Archer	1858	Fannin
Armstrong	1876	Bexar
Atascosa	1856	Bexar
Austin	1836	original
Bailey	1876	Bexar
Bandera	1856	Bexar
Bastrop	1836	original
Baylor	1858	Fannin
Bee	1857	multiple
Bell	1850	Milam
Bexar	1836	original
Blanco	1858	multiple
Borden	1876	Bexar
Bosque	1854	McClennan
Bowie	1840	Red River
Brazoria	1836	original
Brazos	1841	original
Brewster	1887	Presidio
Briscoe	1887	Bexar
Brooks	1911	Starr
Brown	1856	multiple
Burleson	1846	Milam
Burnet	1852	multiple
Caldwell	1848	multiple
Calhoun	1846	multiple
Callahan	1858	multiple
Cameron	1848	multiple
Camp	1874	Upshur
Carson	1876	Bexar
Cass	1846	Bowie
Castro	1876	Bexar
Chambers	1858	multiple
Cherokee	1846	Nacogdoches
Childress	1876	multiple
Clay	1857	Cooke
Cochran	1876	multiple
Coke	1889	Tom Green
Coleman	1858	multiple
Collin	1846	Fannin
Collingsworth	1876	multiple
Colorado	1836	original
Comal	1846	Bexar
Comanche	1856	multiple
Concho	1858	Bexar
Cooke	1848	Fannin
Coryell	1854	Bell
Cottle	1876	Fannin
Crane	1887	Tom Green
Crockett	1875	Bexar
Crosby	1876	multiple
Culberson	1911	El Paso
Dallam	1876	Bexar
Dallas	1846	multiple
Dawson	1846	Bexar
Deaf Smith	1876	Bexar
Delta	1870	multiple
Denton	1846	Fannin
DeWitt	1846	multiple
Dickens	1876	Bexar
Dimmit	1858	multiple
Donley	1858	multiple
Duval	1858	multiple
Eastland	1858	multiple
Ector	1887	Tom Green
Edwards	1858	Bexar
El Paso	1848	Santa Fe
Ellis	1849	Navarro
Erath	1856	multiple
Falls	1850	multiple
Fannin	1837	Red River
Fayette	1837	Bastrop
Fisher	1876	Bexar
Floyd	1876	multiple
Foard	1891	multiple
Fort Bend	1837	multiple
Franklin	1875	Titus
Freestone	1850	Limestone
Frio	1858	multiple
Gaines	1876	Bexar
Galveston	1838	multiple
Garza	1876	Bexar
Gillespie	1848	multiple
Glasscock	1887	Tom Green
Goliad	1836	original
Gonzales	1836	original
Gray	1876	Bexar
Grayson	1846	Fannin
Gregg	1873	Upshur
Grimes	1846	Montgomery
Guadalupe	1846	multiple
Hale	1876	Bexar
Hall	1876	multiple
Hamilton	1856	multiple
Hansford	1876	multiple
Hardeman	1858	Fannin
Hardin	1858	multiple
Harris	1836	original
Harrison	1839	Shelby
Hartley	1876	multiple
Haskell	1858	multiple
Hays	1848	Travis
Hemphill	1876	multiple
Henderson	1846	multiple
Hidalgo	1852	Cameron
Hill	1853	Navarro
Hockley	1876	multiple
Hood	1866	Johnson
Hopkins	1846	multiple
Houston	1837	Nacogdoches
Howard	1876	Bexar
Hudspeth	1917	El Paso
Hunt	1846	multiple
Hutchinson	1876	Bexar
Irion	1889	Tom Green
Jack	1856	Cooke
Jackson	1836	original
Jasper	1836	original
Jeff Davis	1887	Presidio
Jefferson	1836	original
Jim Hogg	1913	multiple
Jim Wells	1911	Nueces
Johnson	1854	multiple
Jones	1854	multiple
Karnes	1854	multiple
Kaufman	1848	Henderson
Kendall	1862	multiple
Kenedy	1921	multiple
Kent	1876	multiple
Kerr	1856	Bexar
Kimble	1858	Bexar
King	1876	Bexar
Kinney	1850	Bexar
Kleberg	1913	Nueces
Knox	1858	multiple
Lamar	1840	Red River
Lamb	1876	Bexar
Lampasas	1856	multiple
La Salle	1858	Bexar
Lavaca	1842	multiple
Lee	1874	multiple
Leon	1846	Robertson
Liberty	1836	original
Limestone	1846	Robertson
Lipscomb	1876	Bexar
Live Oak	1856	multiple
Llano	1856	multiple
Loving	1931	Tom Green
Lubbock	1876	Bexar
Lynn	1876	Garza
McCulloch	1856	Bexar
McLennan	1850	multiple
McMullen	1858	multiple
Madison	1853	multiple
Marion	1860	Cass
Martin	1876	Bexar
Mason	1858	Gillespie
Matagorda	1836	original
Maverick	1856	Kinney
Medina	1848	Bexar
Menard	1858	Bexar
Midland	1885	Tom Green
Milam	1836	original
Mills	1887	multiple
Mitchell	1876	Bexar
Montague	1857	Cooke
Montgomery	1837	Washington
Moore	1876	Bexar
Morris	1875	Titus
Motley	1876	Bexar
Nacogdoches	1836	original
Navarro	1846	Robertson
Newton	1846	Jasper
Nolan	1876	Bexar
Nueces	1846	San Patricio
Ochiltree	1876	Bexar
Oldham	1876	Bexar
Orange	1852	Jefferson
Palo Pinto	1856	multiple
Panola	1846	multiple
Parker	1855	multiple
Parmer	1876	Bexar
Pecos	1871	Presidio
Polk	1836	original
Potter	1876	Bexar
Presidio	1850	Bexar
Rains	1870	multiple
Randall	1876	Bexar
Reagan	1903	Tom Green
Real	1913	multiple
Red River	1836	original
Reeves	1883	Pecos
Refugio	1836	original
Roberts	1876	Bexar
Robertson	1837	multiple
Rockwall	1873	Kaufman
Runnels	1858	multiple
Rusk	1843	Nacogdoches
Sabine	1836	original
San Augustine	1836	original
San Jacinto	1870	multiple
San Patricio	1846	Refugio
San Saba	1856	Bexar
Schleicher	1887	Crockett
Scurry	1876	Bexar
Shackelford	1874	Jack
Shelby	1836	original
Sherman	1876	Bexar
Smith	1846	Nacogdoches
Somervell	1875	Hood
Starr	1848	Nueces
Stephens	1858	Bosque
Sterling	1891	Tom Green
Stonewall	1876	multiple
Sutton	1887	Crockett
Swisher	1876	multiple
Tarrant	1849	Navarro
Taylor	1858	multiple
Terrell	1905	Pecos
Terry	1876	Bexar
Throckmorton	1858	Fannin
Titus	1846	Bowie
Tom Green	1874	Bexar
Travis	1840	Bastrop
Trinity	1850	Houston
Tyler	1846	Liberty
Upshur	1846	Harrison
Upton	1887	Tom Green
Uvalde	1850	Bexar
Val Verde	1885	multiple
Van Zandt	1848	Henderson
Victoria	1836	original
Walker	1846	Montgomery
Waller	1873	multiple
Ward	1887	Tom Green
Washington	1836	original
Webb	1848	Nueces
Wharton	1846	multiple
Wheeler	1876	multiple
Wichita	1858	Cooke
Wilbarger	1858	Bexar
Willacy	1911	multiple
Williamson	1848	Milam
Wilson	1860	multiple
Winkler	1887	Tom Green
Wise	1856	Cooke
Wood	1850	Van Zandt
Yoakum	1876	Bexar
Young	1856	multiple
Zapata	1858	multiple
Zavala	1846	Maverick

 

 

Texas counties courtesy of the US Census Bureau
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