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Incorporated on December 27, 1839, [9] it is the 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the 12th-most populous city in the United States, [10] the fourth-most populous city in the state after Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, the capital of Arizona. [11]
The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.
Velasco, Texas, April 1836 to September 1836 Columbia, Texas , October 1836, first capital of the elected government of the Republic of Texas Houston , Texas, 1837 to 1839
States (highlighted in purple) whose capital city is also their most populous States (highlighted in blue) that have changed their capital city at least once. This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals.
Texas’ capital is getting global recognition. ... Austin is only a three-hour drive from Fort Worth in the heart of Texas. The city hosts 2.4 million residents, as well as the University of ...
This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places and the capital city in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. [1]
Texas has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km 2), it had over 31 million residents as of 2024, [5] and it is the second-largest state by both area and population. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State for its former status as an independent republic, the Republic of Texas. [10]
It is no secret that Musk has an affinity for Texas, but as a business decision, moving to the state has a myriad of personal and professional advantages. He seems to prefer the politics in the state.