Editor's note: Vince DiFiore plays trumpet in the band CAKE, which is currently touring the U.S. and Europe. The band has teamed up with the US Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) for The Federal Funding March, a nationwide contest for high school and college marching bands.
George West, Texas. George West is a city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States, and named for cattle rancher George Washington West. The population was 2,524 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Live Oak County.
A subdivision adjoining St. George, named for Captain Parker, an old Union veteran, attracted a number of federal pensioners and most of these old soldiers are buried in a special section in the St. George cemetery. For two years, 1906 and 1907, St. George was the largest town in Charlton County. But a most important ingredient for a prosperous village was missing, and that was some type of industry to give employment to many of the citizens.