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title: "Houston East and West Texas Railway Company Survey, Texas Block & Section Converter | Township America"
description: "Convert HE&WT (Houston East and West Texas Railway Company Survey) Block & Section descriptions across Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity counties to GPS coordinates. Original Texas Land Survey lookup."
url: https://townshipamerica.com/texas/surveys/houston-east-and-west-texas-railway
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# Houston East and West Texas Railway Company Survey

Surveyed across East Texas's Piney Woods, the HE&WT covers timber-heavy counties on either side of the Trinity River. Abstracts are dominantly tied to small ag and timber tracts.

Abbreviation

HE&WT

Established

1875

Primary Counties

Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity  \+ 2 more

## Convert a HE&WT description

Township America accepts Block & Section references against HE&WT transparently. Try one:

`Block 5 Sec 14 HE&WT Survey, Polk County, TX`

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## HE&WT coverage by county

Counties where HE&WT Block & Section references are commonly cited. Each links to a county-scoped converter.

[Polk County ](/texas/counties/polk)[San Jacinto County ](/texas/counties/san-jacinto)[Trinity County ](/texas/counties/trinity)[Houston County ](/texas/counties/houston)[Walker County ](/texas/counties/walker)

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