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- Admission to Statehood: December 29, 1845
- Area: 268601 sq.mi, 2nd Land 261914 sq. mi., 2nd Water 6687 sq.mi., 9th
- Area Codes: 50states List
- Biographies: Famous Texans
- Bird: Mockingbird 50states List
- Border States: Regional List Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma
- Cam World: Live Web Cams
- Climate: Texas
- Colleges, Universities: 50states List
- Community and Technical Colleges: 50states List
- Community Pages: 50states List
- Constitution: 28th State
- County Profile: Text List 254 Counties
- Courts: Judicial System
- Current Events: News Headlines
- Department of: Education Certification
- Driving: DPS Dismiss your speeding ticket!
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Cattle, cotton, dairy products, nursery stock, poultry, sorghum, corn, wheat.
- Industry: Chemical products, petroleum and natural gas, food processing, electric equipment, machinery, mining, tourism.
- Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
- Fast Facts: 50states List
- Flag:
The flag was adopted as the state flag when Texas became the 28th state in 1845. As with the flag of the United States, the blue stands for loyalty, the white represents strength, and the red is for bravery. 6 Flags of Texas Texas Flag Code Fly this Flag
- Flower: Bluebonnet Lupins texensis
- Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: McCulloch, 15 miles northeast of Brady
- Governor: Rick Perry (R)
- Highest Point: Guadalupe Peak; 8,749 feet, 14th
- Highway Markers: Texas Resource Manual
- History: History Channel Historical Civil War
- Largest Cities: Houston Dallas San Antonio Austin El Paso Fort Worth Arlington Corpus Christi Plano Garland
- Library: Texas
- License Plates: Texas
- Lottery: Texas Lottery
- Lowest Point: Gulf coast; sea level, 3rd
- Maps: DMOZ Blank Outline Map 50states List
- Media: Radio TV
- Motto: Friendship
- Museums: The Virtual Library
- National Forest: Texas
- Newspapers: Texas
- Nickname: Lone Star State
- Origin of state's name: Based on a word used by Caddo Indians meaning "friends"
- Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
- Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
- Population: Quick facts 20,851,820; 2nd, 12/00
- Presidental Birthplace:
- Public Records: Texas
- Real Estate: Ired.com - Texas
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: Texas
- Soil: Texas - Houston Black
- Song: Texas, Our Texas 50states List
- words by: Gladys Y. Wright and William J. Marsh
- music by: William J. Marsh
- Sports: Texas Teams
- State Parks: Texas
- Symbols: Geobop's Texas Symbols
- Topography: Image Gulf Coast Plain in the south and southeast; North Central Plains slope upward with some hills; Great Plains extend over the Panhandle, are broken by low mountains; Trans-Pecos are southern extention of the Rocky Mountains.
- Tourism: Tour Texas
- Tree: Pecan Carya illinoensis Plant a Historic Tree, Today!
- Unclaimed Funds: Texas
- Veteran Affairs: Texas TVC Military Links
- Vital Records: Texas
- Weather: Austin-Bergstrom Airport
- Yellow / White Pages:
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