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Texas State Guide

Capital: Austin

December 29, 1845 (28th state)

 Texas State Map: Guide and Information ResourcesThe Republic of Texas achieved its independence from Mexico in 1836, the same year as the famous siege of the Alamo in which pioneers Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were slain. The "Lone Star State" was the 28th state to join the Union, admitted on December 29, 1845. The name Texas is a Spanish name, which comes from an Indian word meaning "friends" or "allies." Texas is the second-largest state in the Union in area, after Alaska. Although it has a wild, frontier history, today Texas is a major producer of oil and has important centers of industry and finance. A Texas state historian has said that the state flower, the bluebonnet, "is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland."

Quick Facts About Your State

Largest City- Houston
Area - 268,601 square miles [Texas is the second biggest state in the USA - only Alaska is bigger]
Population - 20,851,820 (as of 2000) [Texas is the second most populous state in the USA, after California; New York is the third most populous]
Major Industries - petroleum and natural gas, farming (cotton, livestock), steel, banking, insurance, tourism
Presidential Birthplaces

  • Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Denison on October 14, 1890 (he was the 34th US President, serving from 1953 to 1961).
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson was born near Johnson City on August 27, 1908 (he was the 36th US President, serving from 1963 to 1969).

Main Rivers - Rio Grande, Red River, Brazos River
Highest Point - Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma
Bordering Country - Mexico
Bordering Body of Water - Gulf of Mexico

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  • - Round Rock
  • - San Angelo
  • - San Antonio
  • - Spring
  • - Sugar Land
  • - Waco
  • - Weslaco
  • - Wichita Falls
 

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Other Texas Resources

  • Missing Children
  • CapitolImpact.com - Government Gateway
  • lexisONE(R) - Legal Research
  • Kaiser StateHealthFacts.org - Health Facts
  • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
  • Merriam-Webster's Atlas - Geography
  • NACo - Counties
  • National Park Guide
  • State Home Page
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