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Please improve the article by adding references. See the talk page for details. (September 2007) | West Texas is a region in Texas that has more in common geographically with the Southwestern United States than it does with the rest of the state. The area is known for its natural beauty and has many small mountain ranges. This part of Texas is in the Northern Chihuahua Desert, and the high mountain areas have a climate that many find pleasant: cold nights but warm afternoons in winter, hot days but cool nights in the summer. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...
The Southwest could be defined as the states south, or for the most part west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit, such as the 37, or 38, or 39, or 40 degree north line. ...
Map of the Chihuahuan Desert. ...
Population
 Texas population density (2000 census) West Texas has a much lower population density than the rest of the state. It was once mostly inhabited by nomadic Native American tribes such as the Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa until after the Civil War. It does not have as many ties to other parts of the Southern United States as does East Texas, although many of the people who currently populate West Texas are also migrants from other parts of Texas and other Southern states or their descendants. There is a very large Hispanic population, especially near the Rio Grande. Many Mexicans fled Ojinaga and walked to Stonewall during the Mexican revolution in the early days of the 20th century. Many Mexican-Americans still have close family ties in Mexico. Texas Population Density - 2000. ...
Texas Population Density - 2000. ...
This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ...
This article is about the Native American tribe, for other uses of the word see Apache (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Comanche (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the tribe. ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Historic Southern United States. ...
Red counties show the core of East Texas; pink and red counties may or may not be included in East Texas, and thus their inclusion varies from source to source. ...
“RÃo Bravo†redirects here. ...
West Texas, with its sparsely populated and relatively unpolluted land and its wide vast openness, has also become a destination for people looking to get away from urban life, and although it appears to be only lightly populated, there are many people who own vacation homes there. However, the population is not expected to mushroom in the near future, as it is such a remote area. The main towns of Pecos, Marfa, Alpine, Marathon, Fort Davis, Valentine, Presidio and Van Horn are all approximately 2-3 hours from the nearest commercial airports in El Paso and Midland-Odessa. Pecos is a city located in Reeves County, Texas. ...
Hotel Paisano and the Presidio County courthouse View south from the county courthouse Marfa is a city located in the high desert of far West Texas. ...
Alpine is a city located in Brewster County, Texas. ...
Marathon is a census-designated place located in Brewster County, Texas. ...
Fort Davis is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. ...
Valentine is a town located in Jeff Davis County, Texas. ...
Presidio is a city in Presidio County, Texas, United States. ...
Van Horn is a town located in Culberson County, Texas. ...
El Paso redirects here. ...
The Midland–Odessa Metropolitan Area encompasses the counties of Midland and Ector in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Climate
 West Texas features dry plains West Texas receives much less rainfall than the rest of Texas and has an arid or semi-arid climate, requiring most of its scant agriculture to be heavily dependent on irrigation. This irrigation, and water taken out farther North for the needs of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico, has reduced both the Pecos River and the once mighty Rio Grande to a stream in some places, even dry at times. Much of West Texas has rugged terrain including many small mountain ranges while there are none in other parts of the state. West Texas contains part of the Chihuahuan Desert and also the Southern Great Plains, known as the Llano Estacado.
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x900, 267 KB) Summary Barbed wire fence in West Texas, taken by me on the side of the road. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x900, 267 KB) Summary Barbed wire fence in West Texas, taken by me on the side of the road. ...
In meteorology, precipitation is any kind of water that falls from the sky as part of the weather. ...
In general terms, the climate of a locale or region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. ...
Semi-arid generally describes regions that receive low annual rainfall (25 to 50 cm /10 to 20 in) and generally have scrub or grass vegetation. ...
Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. ...
Ciudad Juárez, or simply Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. ...
Pecos River near Villanueva, New Mexico Pecos River near the Rio Grande Santa Rosa Lake and Dam on the Pecos River in Guadalupe County, New Mexico The Pecos River or Rio Pecos, as it is known in New Mexico, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, and flows for...
“RÃo Bravo†redirects here. ...
For other uses, see Great Plains (disambiguation). ...
Shaded Relief Image of the Llano Estacado Llano Estacado (or Staked Plains) is a region in the southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. ...
Politics Due to their smaller numbers, many West Texans feel politically isolated from the rest of the state. There is a diverse mix in political philosophies found in West Texas. The area is known for its conservative politics — some of the most heavily Republican counties in the United States are located in the region, where United States President George W. Bush spent his early youth. At the same time there is a large number of Texas Democrats. However, many of these Democrats also vote for Republicans and support conservative issues such as Proposition Two, the anti-gay marriage initiative that Texas voters overwhelmingly supported. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favor tradition and gradual change, where tradition refers to religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs. ...
GOP redirects here. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
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Industry Major industries include livestock, petroleum and natural gas production, textiles such as cotton, grain farming and because of its proximity to the Mexican border, the maquiladora industry. West Texas is now becoming known for is numerous wind turbine generators producing pollution free electricity. Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ...
Petro redirects here. ...
For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the type of fabric. ...
For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). ...
Grain redirects here. ...
A maquiladora or maquila is a factory that imports materials and equipment on a duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly or manufacturing and then re-exports the assembled product, usually back to the originating country. ...
Major cities and metropolitan areas Abilene is located in Taylor County, Texas, United States, in the central portion of the state. ...
El Paso redirects here. ...
“Lubbock†redirects here. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Midland Government - Mayor Mike Canon Area - City 173. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Country State County Ector Government - Mayor Larry Melton Area - City 36. ...
San Angelo is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green CountyGR6, Texas, United States. ...
Smaller cities UNDER CONSTRUCTION ...
Paisano Pete, the worlds largest roadrunner, welcomes visitors to Fort Stockton. ...
Hale Center is a city located in Hale County, Texas. ...
Lamesa is a city in Dawson County, Texas, United States. ...
Levelland is a city located in Hockley County, Texas, in the United States. ...
Littlefield is a city located in Lamb County, Texas. ...
Monahans is a city in Texas, United States. ...
Plainview is a city located in Hale County, Texas. ...
Seminole is a city in Gaines County, Texas, United States. ...
Snyder is a city in Scurry County, Texas, United States. ...
Sweetwater is a city in Nolan County, Texas, United States. ...
Van Horn is a town located in Culberson County, Texas. ...
See also - List of geographical regions in Texas
Gallery Abilene Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (830x470, 36 KB) Summary DOWNTOWN ABILENE FROM US HWY 80 & 83 LOOKING NORTH WEST. PICTURE TAKEN:SATURDAY JULY 1, 2006 10AM. AUTHOR: JEFFREY A. LANG JR (AMERICANDUDE2011@AOL.COM) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the...
Abilene is located in Taylor County, Texas, United States, in the central portion of the state. ...
| | El Paso Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1400x942, 312 KB) Summary Downtown El Paso, Texas, taken in April 2004 Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
El Paso redirects here. ...
| Fort Stockton Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 406 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (694 × 1024 pixel, file size: 281 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The old First National Bank building in Fort Stockton, Texas - taken by me in April 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file...
Paisano Pete, the worlds largest roadrunner, welcomes visitors to Fort Stockton. ...
| Lubbock ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 187 KB) Summary Downtown Lubbock taken from I-27 on 2005-09-10. ...
“Lubbock†redirects here. ...
| Midland Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Midland Government - Mayor Mike Canon Area - City 173. ...
| Van Horn Van Horn is a town located in Culberson County, Texas. ...
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 | State of Texas
Austin (capital) | | Topics | Architecture | Climate | Culture | Demographics | Economy | Education | Geography | Government | History | Languages | Politics | Sports | Texans | Transportation | Symbols Image File history File links Flag_of_Texas. ...
For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ...
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of first U.S. capital. ...
This is a list of articles that have something substantive to do with the state of Texas. ...
This article should appear in one or more categories. ...
Texas Population Density Map The center of population of Texas is located in Bell County, in the town of Holland [1]. As of 2005, the state has an estimated population of 22. ...
The history of Texas (as part of the United States) began in 1845, but settlement of the region dates back to the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period, around 10,000 BC. Its history has been shaped by being part of six independent countries: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of...
For approximately 100 years, from the end of Reconstruction until the 1970s, the Democratic Party was dominant in Texas Politics. ...
The following are people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in Texas. ...
// USS Texas (BB-35), the oldest remaining dreadnought. ...
| | Regions | Ark‑La‑Tex | Big Bend | Blackland Prairies | Brazos Valley | Central Texas | Coastal Bend | Cross Timbers | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | Deep East Texas | East Texas | Edwards Plateau | Galveston Bay | Golden Triangle | Greater Houston | Llano Estacado | Longview–Marshall | Northeast Texas | North Texas | Osage Plains | Permian Basin | Piney Woods | Rio Grande Valley | Southeast Texas | South Plains | South Texas | Texas Hill Country | Texas Panhandle | West Texas This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ...
The general area of the Ark-La-Tex highlighted within the United States. ...
Casa Grande is a prominent peak in the Chisos Mountains of the Big Bend area of west Texas. ...
The Texas Blackland Prairies are an ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. ...
The Brazos Valley is a region in Texas consisting of Brazos County, Robertson County, Grimes County, Washington County, Madison County, and Leon County, with Brazos County and the cities of College Station and Bryan at its center. ...
Central Texas (a part of which is Texas Hill Country), is a region in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
The Texas Coastal Bend refers to the flat area of land along the Texas coast. ...
The Cross Timbers is a savanna on the southern Great Plains running from southeastern Kansas, across central Oklahoma, into central Texas. ...
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Deep East Texas is a subregion of East Texas in the US state of Texas. ...
Red counties show the core of East Texas; pink and red counties may or may not be included in East Texas, and thus their inclusion varies from source to source. ...
The Edwards Plateau is a region of west-central Texas which is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east, the Llano Uplift and the plains region to the north, and the Pecos River to the west. ...
Galveston Bay is a large estuary located along Texass coastline. ...
The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas, east of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. ...
The Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, is the seventh-largest metropolitan area and one of the most diverse[2] in the United States consisting of 10 counties within the state of Texas. ...
Shaded Relief Image of the Llano Estacado Llano Estacado (or Staked Plains) is a region in the southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. ...
Map of Texas highlighting the Longview-Marshall combined statistical area. ...
Northeast Texas is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. ...
This is an article about a region of Texas. ...
The Blackland Prairies and Cross Timbers are located to the west and south of the Flint Hills. ...
The Permian Basin is a basin in the western part of the U.S. state of Texas, from just south of Lubbock to just south of Midland & Odessa, and it extends Westward into the Southeastern part of New Mexico. ...
The Piney Woods viewed from Loop 390 outside of Marshall, Texas The Piney Woods is a terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 mi² (140,900 km²) of East Texas, Southern Arkansas, Western Louisiana, and Southeastern Oklahoma. ...
The Rio Grande Valley is an area located in the southernmost tip of Texas. ...
Southeast Texas is a region in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Region in West Texas comprising the area north of the Caprock Escarpment on the Llano Estacado, and extending north into the Texas Panhandle. ...
South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas which lies roughly south of, or beginning at, San Antonio. ...
The Texas Hill Country, as seen from near Interstate 10. ...
The Texas Panhandle is a region of the state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. ...
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Areas | Abilene | Amarillo | Austin–Round Rock | Beaumont–Port Arthur | Brownsville–Harlingen | College Station–Bryan | Corpus Christi | Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington | El Paso | Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown | Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood | Laredo | Longview | Lubbock | McAllen–Edinburg–Mission | Midland–Odessa | San Angelo | San Antonio | Sherman–Denison | Texarkana | Tyler | Victoria | Waco | Wichita Falls Texas has 25 metropolitan areas (MSAs) defined by the United States Census Bureau. ...
Abilene is located in Taylor County, Texas, United States, in the central portion of the state. ...
Amarillo redirects here. ...
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ...
“Round rock†redirects here. ...
Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Counties Settled 1835 Incorporation 1838 Gentilic Beaumonter Government - Type Council-Manager - Mayor Becky Ames - City Manager Kyle Hayes - Mayor Pro - Tem Nancy Beaulieu Area - City 222. ...
Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area and is situated in southeast Texas. ...
Brownsville is the county seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States, the southernmost city in Texas. ...
Harlingen is a city in Cameron County in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States. ...
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. ...
Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States. ...
Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Nueces, San Patricio Government - Mayor Henry Garrett Area - City 460. ...
For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). ...
Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tarrant, Denton Government - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area - City 298. ...
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. ...
El Paso redirects here. ...
Houston redirects here. ...
Sugar Land is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. ...
Baytown is a city in Chambers and Harris Counties in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. ...
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. ...
Fort Hood, named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, is a U.S. Army post located halfway between Austin and Waco within the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Nickname: Location of Laredo in Texas Coordinates: , Country State County Webb Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - City Manager Carlos R. Villarreal Area - City 84. ...
Longview is a city in Texas, United States, located between Dallas, TX and Shreveport, LA. The population was 73,345 at the 2000 census, but a 2005 estimate placed the citys population at 75,609. ...
“Lubbock†redirects here. ...
McAllen is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. ...
Edinburg is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. ...
Mission is a city located in Hidalgo County, Texas. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Midland Government - Mayor Mike Canon Area - City 173. ...
Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Country State County Ector Government - Mayor Larry Melton Area - City 36. ...
San Angelo is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green CountyGR6, Texas, United States. ...
San Antonio redirects here. ...
Sherman is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. ...
Motto: A jewel at the crossing of a great river! Location of Denison, Texas Coordinates: , Country State County Grayson Founded 1872 Government - Mayor Robert Brady Area - Total 22. ...
Water tower in Texarkana. ...
Tyler is the county seat of Smith County in East Texas, United States. ...
Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country State County Victoria Government - Mayor Will Armstrong Area - Total 33. ...
For the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas, see Waco Siege. ...
Wichita Falls is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. ...
| | Counties | See: Table of Texas counties or List Index: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Anderson County formed in 1846 from part of Houston County. ...
Index: Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Anderson County formed in 1846 from part of Houston County. ...
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