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2 days ago · Texas, constituent state of the United States of America. It became the 28th state of the union in 1845. Texas occupies the south-central segment of the country and is the largest state in area except for Alaska. The state extends nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from north to south and about the same distance from east to west.
- History
Texas - Exploration, Revolution, Annexation: The ancestors...
- People
Texas - Migration, Diversity, Economy: The population of...
- Dallas
Dallas, city in north-central Texas, the third most populous...
- Cultural Life
Texas - Culture, Music, Cuisine: The sense of the past and...
- Annexation and Statehood
Texas - Annexation, Statehood, History: As early as 1836,...
- Drainage
Texas - Rivers, Basin, Gulf: The most important river in...
- Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park, remote frontierlike region in...
- Sabine River
Sabine River, river in the southwestern United States,...
- South
The warm climate of the South affords a period of 200–290...
- Austin
Austin, Texas. Austin, city, capital of Texas, U.S., and...
- History
5 days ago · Austin, Texas. Austin, city, capital of Texas, U.S., and seat (1840) of Travis county. It is located where the Colorado River crosses the Balcones Escarpment in the south-central part of the state, about 80 miles (130 km) northeast of San Antonio.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 27, 2024 · As of May 2022, the 1,221 active Texas municipalities include 970 cities, 228 towns, and 23 villages. These designations are determined by Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation.
2 days ago · Dallas, city in north-central Texas, the third most populous in the state and the metropolis of the sprawling Dallas–Fort Worth urban area, known as the Metroplex. Dallas lies along the Trinity River near the junction of that river’s three forks, in a region of prairies, tree-lined creeks and rivers, and gentle hills.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · Website. tamu .edu. Texas A&M University ( Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. Since 2021, Texas A&M has enrolled the largest student body in the United States, [14] and is the only ...
- 1876; 147 years ago
- Texas A&M University System
- Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (1871–1963)
4 days ago · Greg Abbott. Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015 and as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1996 to 2001.
3 days ago · SWPC Issues Its First G4 Watch Since 2005. On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch. At least five earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed and expected to arrive as early as midday Friday, May 10, 2024, and persist through Sunday, May 12, 2024.
