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Cities in Texas
- Austin, TexasAustin, Texas, residents physically blocked men sent to carry the capital's documents to Houston.
- San AntonioSan Antonio's Fairmount Hotel, built in 1906, was moved intact three blocks in four days in 1985.
- Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth embraced "Panther City" after a lawyer mocked it as so slow a panther slept in the street.
- Arlington, TexasArlington, Texas, is the largest city in its state that is not a county seat. The 2020 census counted 394,266 people living there. That makes it the 50th most populous city in the United States and the seventh most populous in Texas.…
- Denton, TexasIn 2008, Paste Magazine ranked Denton, Texas, first for its independent music scene.
- Frisco, TexasFrisco, Texas grew from 33,714 people in 2000 to 200,509 in the 2020 census. It was a railroad watering stop.
- HoustonHouston voters rejected zoning in 1948, 1962 and 1993, so it is the largest U.S. city without it.
- DallasDallas began in 1839 when John Neely Bryan drove a stake into a bluff and left.
- Mansfield, TexasIn 1956, 300 white protesters blocked three Black students from entering Mansfield High School in Texas.
- Sugar Land, TexasSugar Land, Texas, sank over six feet between 1988 and 2016. Suburban growth has cut aquifer replenishment.