Texas
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- Capital City: Austin
- City Guides: Texas City Guides
- Location: 30.305N, 97.750W
- Capital Tour: Capitol Tour
- 50states School Directory: Find your school!
- Admission to Statehood: December 29, 1845
- Ancestry and Genealogy: Texas State Database
- 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
- City Guides: Texas City Guides
- Classified Ads: Shop50states Classifieds
- Climate: Texas
- Colleges, Universities: Texas Colleges, Texas Business Schools, Texas Art Schools
- Community and Technical Colleges: Texas Community Colleges
- Community Pages: 50states List
- Constitution: 28th State
- County Profile: County Map 254 Counties
- Courts: Judicial System
- Current Events: Texas News Headlines
- Department of: Education Certification
- Driving: DPS
- 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 Get this Flag - Flower: Bluebonnet Lupins texensis
- Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: McCulloch, 15 miles northeast of Brady
- Governor: Office of Governor
- Highest Point: Guadalupe Peak; 8,749 feet, 14th
- Highway Markers: Texas Resource Manual
- History: Historical Civil War
- Internet Service Providers: Texas
- Largest Cities: Houston Dallas San Antonio Austin El Paso Fort Worth Arlington Corpus Christi Plano Garland
- Library: Texas Texas Libraries
- License Plates: Texas
- Local Resources: Texas Courts Texas Fire Departments Texas Counseling Services Texas Police Departments Texas Government Offices
- Lottery: Texas Lottery
- Lowest Point: Gulf coast; sea level, 3rd
- Maps: Rand McNally
DMOZ Blank Outline Map 50states List
- Media: Radio TV
- Motto: Friendship
- Museums: The Virtual Library
- National Forest: Texas
- Newspapers: Texas
- Nickname: Lone Star State
- Nursing Schools: Texas
- 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:
- Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961 {34th}
- Born: October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas
- Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969 {36th}
- Born: August 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Texas
- Public Records: Texas
- Real Estate: Texas Real Estate
- Representatives:
- US House: 110th Congress
- US Senate: 110th Congress
- Texas House: Members
- Texas Senate: Members
- Road Side America: Texas
- School Directory: Texas Schools Public Schools Private Schools
- Soil: Texas - Houston Black
- Song: Texas, Our Texas 50states List Sheet Music
- words by: Gladys Y. Wright and William J. Marsh
- music by: William J. Marsh
- Sports: Texas Teams
- State Parks: Texas
- State Quarters: Texas
- Symbols: 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.
- Travel: Texas Travel
- Tree: Pecan Carya illinoensis
- Unclaimed Funds: Texas
- Vacation Rentals: Texas Vacation Rentals
- Veteran Affairs: Texas TVC Military Links
- Vital Records: Texas Vital Records
- Weather: Austin-Bergstrom Airport
- White Pages: Texas White Pages
- Yellow Pages: Texas Yellow Pages
- Yellow Pages: San Antonio Yellow Pages
- Zip Codes: Texas Zip Codes
