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(2,256 km 2) Bee County: 025: Beeville: 1857: San Patricio County, Goliad County, Refugio County, Live Oak County, and Karnes County: Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr. (1787–1853), a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas 30,850: 880 sq mi (2,279 km 2) Bell County: 027: Belton: 1850: Milam County: Peter Hansborough Bell, the third governor of ...
Texas has an annual precipitation range from 60.57 inches (1,538 mm) in Jasper County, East Texas, to 9.43 inches (240 mm) in El Paso. The record high of 120 °F (49 °C) was reached at Seymour on 12 August 1936, and Monahans on 28 June 1994. The low also ties at −23 °F (−31 °C) in Tulia on 12 February 1899, and Seminole on 8 February 1933.
Texas has been the leading state in petroleum production since discovery of the Spindletop oil field in 1901. [11] As of October 2017, the State of Texas (if treated as its own nation) is the 7th largest oil producing nation in the world, with production totaling approximately 3.78 million barrels (600 thousand cubic meters ) per day of oil ...
The Geography of Texas — of the U.S. state in the Central and Southern United States. In some biogeography systems, the state is alternately placed in the South–Central United States region, with New Mexico.
The Edwards Plateau is a geographic region forming the crossroads of Central, South and West Texas, United States.It is named in honor of Haden Edwards. [2] It is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east; the Llano Uplift and the Llano Estacado to the north; and the Pecos River and Chihuahuan Desert to the west. [3]
Its location in Coleman County, which was named for Robert M. Coleman, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto. Colorado City: Mitchell: Its location on the Colorado River: Columbus: Colorado: Columbus, Ohio: Comanche: Comanche: Its location in Comanche County, which was named for the Comanche ...
The Franklin Mountains of Texas (Spanish: Sierras de los Mansos [1]) are a small range 23 miles (37 km) long, 3 miles (5 km) wide that extend from El Paso, Texas, north into New Mexico. [2] The Franklins were formed due to crustal extension related to the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift .
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