Eureka is a

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Crockett County, Texas Crockett County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,098. The county seat is Ozona. The county was founded in 1875 and later organized in 1891. It is named in honor ...

, United States. It was originally established as Couch Well, and in 1891 was one of the towns vying to become the county seat in the county's first election. Two cowboys who rode into

San Angelo San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...

reported to the ''San Angelo Standard'' that Ozona had defeated Eureka in this election.

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