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Cities in Texas
- Austin, TexasAustin, Texas was formally incorporated on the 27th of December 1839, named in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the man history remembers as the Father of Texas.
- San AntonioSan Antonio holds a distinction that most American cities cannot claim: a name given by Spanish explorers on a specific day, the feast day of Saint Anthony…
- Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth, Texas sits on a bluff above the Trinity River where, in the summer of 1849, a young Army major named Ripley A.
- Arlington, TexasThe first Texas General Edward H. Tarrant fought Native Americans of the Village Creek settlement on the 24th of May 1841.
- Denton, TexasDenton, Texas sits at an intersection that most travelers pass through without stopping. Interstate 35 splits south of the city, sending one arm through…
- Frisco, TexasFrisco, Texas was recorded in the 2020 census with a population of 200,509, making it one of the largest cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
- HoustonHouston was founded by land investors on the 30th of August 1836, at the spot where Buffalo Bayou meets White Oak Bayou.
- DallasDallas planted its roots on a bluff overlooking three forks of the Trinity River, when a man named John Neely Bryan arrived in 1839 with just a dog and a…
- Mansfield, TexasMansfield, Texas sits at a crossroads that has been shaping lives since before Texas was a state. A grist mill built sometime between 1856 and 1859 by two…
- Sugar Land, TexasSugar Land, Texas sits about 19 miles southwest of downtown Houston, but the city's name reaches back to something far older than the suburbs that now cover…