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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.
An enlargeable map of the State of Texas. Names Common name: Texas. Pronunciation: / ˈ t ɛ k s ə s / ⓘ Official name: State of Texas; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: TX; ISO 3166-2 code: US-TX; Internet second-level domain: .tx.us; Nicknames Lone Star State [2] [3] (used on license plates) Chili State; Adjectival: Texas ...
Clarksville was established by James Clark, who moved to the area in 1833 and laid out a town site. When Red River County was organized in 1835, Clarksville was chosen as the county seat, beating out the community of La Grange (later named Madras). Isaac Smathers built one of the first houses, which was later owned by Charles DeMorse.
Texas population density map. The resident population of Texas was 29,145,505 in the 2020 census, a 15.9% increase since the 2010 census. [205] At the 2020 census, the apportioned population of Texas stood at 29,183,290. [206] The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population was 31,290,831 as of July 1, 2024, an increase of 7.4% since the 2020 ...
The Texas Triangle is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to over half of the state's population. The Texas Triangle is formed by the state's four main urban centers, Austin , Dallas-Fort Worth , Houston , and San Antonio , connected by Interstate 45 , Interstate 10 , and Interstate 35 .
Texas does not have townships; areas within a county are either incorporated or unincorporated. Incorporated areas are part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services. Unincorporated areas are not part of a city; in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance.
Northeast Texas is a cultural and geographic region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas.Geographically centered on two metropolitan areas strung along Interstate 20—Tyler in the west and Kilgore, Longview, Marshall to the east, [5] the areas of Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Sulphur Springs, Paris, and Texarkana in the north primarily along Interstate 30, and Jacksonville and ...