Texas USA

US State of Texas

Texas, largest state in the contiguous United States.

Texas is located in the South Central part of the USA and is bounded by Oklahoma, across the Red River except in the Texas panhandle (N); Arkansas (NE); Louisiana, across the Sabine River (E); the Gulf of Mexico (SE); Mexico, across the Rio Grande River (SW) and New Mexico (W).

The 28th U.S. state, Texas joined the United States in 1845.  Its postal abbreviation is TX.

The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, táysha (or tejas), meaning friends or allies.  Spanish explorers mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.

Texas Population

Population of Texas is 25,145,581 according to 2010 census.

Austin is the Texas state capital; Houston, Dallas and San Antonio are the largest cities.

With an area of 267,338 sq miles (692,405 sq km) and a population of 25.1 million, Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population

Texas Time

Current time now in Time Zone: America Chicago (USA Central Time)

The Eastern part of Texas (most of Texas) is in the Central Time Zone in the United States.  Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6.

Whilst a small portion of western part of Texas is in the Mountain Time Zone in the United States.  Mountain Standard Time (MST) is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-7).  See El Paso, Texas

Texas Websites

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Towns and Cities in Texas

Abilene, Texas | Addison, Texas | Alamo, Texas | Alamo Heights, Texas | Albany, Texas | Alice, Texas | Allen, Texas | Alpine, Texas | Alvarado, Texas | Alvin, Texas | Amarillo, Texas | Andrews, Texas | Angleton, Texas | Aransas Pass, Texas | Archer, Texas | Argyle, Texas | Arlington, Texas | Athens, Texas | Atlanta, Texas | Austin, Texas | Austwell, Texas | Azle, Texas | Baird, Texas | Balch Springs, Texas | Balcones Heights, Texas | Ballinger, Texas | Bartonville, Texas | Bastrop, Texas | Bay City, Texas | Baytown, Texas | Beaumont, Texas | Bedford, Texas | Bee Cave, Texas | Bellaire, Texas | Bellmead, Texas | Bellville, Texas | Belton, Texas | Benbrook, Texas | Big Lake, Texas | Big Sandy, Texas | Big Spring, Texas | Boerne, Texas | Borger, Texas | Breckenridge, Texas | Brenham, Texas | Bridge City, Texas | Bridgeport, Texas | Brownsville, Texas | Brownwood, Texas | Bryan, Texas | Buda, Texas | Bulverde, Texas | Burkburnett, Texas | Burleson, Texas | Burnet, Texas | Canton, Texas | Carrollton, Texas | Carthage, Texas | Castle Hills, Texas | Cedar Hill, Texas | Cedar Park, Texas | Chappell Hill, Texas | Chireno, Texas | Cibolo, Texas | Cisco, Texas | Cleburne, Texas | Clifton, Texas | Clute, Texas | Clyde, Texas | College Station, Texas | Colleyville, Texas | Columbus, Texas | Comanche, Texas | Commerce, Texas | Converse, Texas | Coppell, Texas | Copper Canyon, Texas | Copperas Cove, Texas | Corinth, Texas | Corpus Christi, Texas | Corsicana, Texas | Cross Plains, Texas | Crowell, Texas | Crowley, Texas | Daingerfield, Texas | Dallas, Texas | Dalworthington Gardens, Texas | Decatur, Texas | Deer Park, Texas | Del Rio, Texas | Denison, Texas | Denton, Texas | Denver City, Texas | DeSoto, Texas | Dickinson, Texas | Donna, Texas | Dripping Springs, Texas | Dumas, Texas | Duncanville, Texas | Eagle Lake, Texas | Eagle Pass, Texas | Edinburg, Texas | El Campo, Texas | El Paso, Texas | Emory, Texas | Ennis, Texas | Euless, Texas | Fairview, Texas | Farmers Branch, Texas | Flatonia, Texas | Flower Mound, Texas | Fort Stockton, Texas | Fort Worth, Texas | Fredericksburg, Texas | Freeport, Texas | Friendswood, Texas | Frisco, Texas | Gainesville, Texas | Galveston, Texas | Garden Ridge, Texas | Garland, Texas | Gatesville, Texas | Georgetown, Texas | Giddings, Texas | Gilmer, Texas | Glenn Heights, Texas | Gordon, Texas | Graham, Texas | Granbury, Texas | Grand Prairie, Texas | Grapevine, Texas | Greenville, Texas | Haltom City, Texas | Hamilton, Texas | Harker Heights, Texas | Harlingen, Texas | Hearne, Texas | Heath, Texas | Hedwig Village, Texas | Hewitt, Texas | Hidalgo, Texas | Highland Park, Texas | Highland Village, Texas | Hill Country Village, Texas | Hilshire Village, Texas | Houston, Texas | Hubbard, Texas | Humble, Texas | Huntsville, Texas | Hurst, Texas | Inglesideon the Bay, Texas | Iowa Park, Texas | Irving, Texas | Jamaica Beach, Texas | Jasper, Texas | Jersey Village, Texas | Jonestown, Texas | Katy, Texas | Kaufman, Texas | Keller, Texas | Kemah, Texas | Kennedale, Texas | Kerens, Texas | Kerrville, Texas | Killeen, Texas | Kingsville, Texas | Kingwood, Texas | Krum, Texas | Kyle, Texas | La Grange, Texas | La Marque, Texas | La Porte, Texas | Lacy Lakeview, Texas | Lago Vista, Texas | Lake Dallas, Texas | Lake Jackson, Texas | Lake Worth, Texas | Lampasas, Texas | Lancaster, Texas | Laredo, Texas | League City, Texas | Leander, Texas | Leon Valley, Texas | Levelland, Texas | Lewisville, Texas | Liberty, Texas | Littlefield, Texas | Live Oak, Texas | Livingston, Texas | Llano, Texas | Lockhart, Texas | Longview, Texas | Lubbock, Texas | Lucas, Texas | Lufkin, Texas | Marble Falls, Texas | Marshall, Texas | Mart, Texas | McAllen, Texas | McAllen, Texas | McGregor, Texas | McKinney, Texas | Melissa, Texas | Merkel, Texas | Mesquite, Texas | Mexia, Texas | Midland, Texas | Midlothian, Texas | Mineola, Texas | Missouri City, Texas | Morgans Point, Texas | Mount Pleasant, Texas | Muenster, Texas | Murphy, Texas | Nacogdoches, Texas | Nassau Bay, Texas | Nederland, Texas | New Boston, Texas | New Braunfels, Texas | New Hope, Texas | Newark, Texas | North Richland Hills, Texas | Northlake, Texas | Oak Point, Texas | Oak Ridge North, Texas | Odessa, Texas | Orange, Texas | Overton, Texas | Palacios, Texas | Palestine, Texas | Pampa, Texas | Pantego, Texas | Paris, Texas | Pasadena, Texas | Pearland, Texas | Pecos, Texas | Perryton, Texas | Pflugerville, Texas | Pharr, Texas | Pittsburg, Texas | Plainview, Texas | Plano, Texas | Port Aransas, Texas | Port Lavaca, Texas | Portland, Texas | Prosper, Texas | Quintana, Texas | Ravenna, Texas | Red Oak, Texas | Reno, Texas | Richardson, Texas | Richland Hills, Texas | Rising Star, Texas | River Oaks, Texas | Riverside, Texas | Roanoke, Texas | Rockwall, Texas | Roma, Texas | Rosebud, Texas | Rosenberg, Texas | Round Rock, Texas | Rowlett, Texas | Rusk, Texas | Sachse, Texas | Saginaw, Texas | San Angelo, Texas | San Antonio, Texas | San Benito, Texas | San Marcos, Texas | San Saba, Texas | Sanderson, Texas | Sanger, Texas | Santa Fe, Texas | Schertz, Texas | Seabrook, Texas | Seadrift, Texas | Seagoville, Texas | Sealy, Texas | Seguin, Texas | Selma, Texas | Seymour, Texas | Shamrock, Texas | Shavano Park, Texas | Shenandoah, Texas | Shepherd, Texas | Sherman, Texas | Smithville, Texas | Snyder, Texas | Sonora, Texas | Sour Lake, Texas | South Padre Island, Texas | Southlake, Texas | Spearman, Texas | Spring Valley, Texas | Stafford, Texas | Stephenville, Texas | Sugar Land, Texas | Sunnyvale, Texas | Sunset Valley, Texas | Surfside Beach, Texas | Tahoka, Texas | Taylor, Texas | Teague, Texas | Temple, Texas | Terrell, Texas | Texarkana, Texas | Texas City, Texas | The Colony, Texas | The Hills, Texas | Tiki Island, Texas | Tioga, Texas | Tom Bean, Texas | Tomball, Texas | Trophy Club, Texas | Turkey, Texas | Tyler, Texas | Uncertain, Texas | Universal City, Texas | Uvalde, Texas | Van Alstyne, Texas | Van Horn, Texas | Victoria, Texas | Vidor, Texas | Waco, Texas | Waller, Texas | Wallis, Texas | Watauga, Texas | Waxahachie, Texas | Weatherford, Texas | Webster, Texas | West Columbia, Texas | West Lake Hills, Texas | West Orange, Texas | West University Place, Texas | Westlake, Texas | White Oak, Texas | White Settlement, Texas | Whitesboro, Texas | Wichita Falls, Texas | Willow Park, Texas | Windcrest, Texas | Woodsboro, Texas | Woodway, Texas | Wortham, Texas | Wylie, Texas | Yoakum | www.TX-US.com

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