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268,581 sq mi (695,620 km 2) Coastline. 367 mi (591 km) Highest point. Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) Lowest point. Gulf of Mexico, sea level. The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the ...
April 13, 1977. Designated TSAL. May 15, 2003. The International Boundary Marker, also known as the Republic of Texas Granite Marker, is a boundary marker located on the Louisiana - Texas border near the junction of Texas FM 31 and Louisiana Highway 765, southeast of Deadwood, Texas. The marker was created in 1840 and placed in 1841 to mark the ...
Waller Plan. The 1839 Austin city plan (commonly known as the Waller Plan) is the original city plan for the development of Austin, Texas, which established the grid plan for what is now downtown Austin. It was commissioned in 1839 by the government of the Republic of Texas and developed by Edwin Waller, a Texian revolutionary and politician ...
Texas panhandle. / 35.483°N 101.400°W / 35.483; -101.400. The Texas panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a square-shaped area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east. It is adjacent to the Oklahoma Panhandle, land which ...
Plano ( / ˈpleɪnoʊ / PLAY-noh) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, where it is the largest city in Collin County. Plano is also one of the principal cities of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. With a population of 285,494 at the 2020 census, [5] it is the ninth most-populous city in Texas, and, respectively, the 72nd most populous ...
Texas's congressional districts since 2023. These are tables of congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives . The current deans of the Texas delegation are Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), having both served in the House since 1995.
Marathon ( / ˈmærəθən /) [3] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 470 in 2007, [4] after growing from 455 in 2000, but had decreased to 430 by 2010. [5] As of 2012 Marathon services tourists traveling to Big Bend National Park. [6]
North Dallas is an area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas (United States). The phrase "North Dallas" is also sometimes used to include any suburb or exurb north of Dallas proper within the metropolitan area.