Category: Texas

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Amarillo

    10 Interesting Facts About Amarillo

    Facts About Amarillo Amarillo was once the self-proclaimed “Helium Capital of the World” for having one of the country’s most productive helium fields. The city is also known as “The Yellow Rose of Texas” and most recently “Rotor City, USA” for its V-22 Osprey hybrid aircraft assembly plant. Amarillo operates one of the largest meat-packing…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Killeen

    10 Interesting Facts About Killeen

    Facts About Killeen Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Killeen is located in western Bell County at 31°6′20″N 97°43′36″W. In 1881 the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway constructed a railroad through the Central Texas area. The company established a town and named it Killeen in tribute to Frank P. Killeen…

  • 30 Interesting Facts About Dallas

    30 Interesting Facts About Dallas

    Facts About Dallas Dallas is the 9th largest city in the US and the third-largest in Texas. Lamar Hunt coined the term ‘Super Bowl’ in Dallas while writing a letter to NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle. Even though it was originally called the ‘AFL-NFL Championship Game,’ the name ‘Super Bowl’ stuck. The Dallas Arts District consists…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Arlington, Texas

    10 Interesting Facts About Arlington, Texas

    Facts About Arlington The average altitude is 184 metres (604 feet) above sea level. The city covers a total area of 99.5 square kilometres (258 square miles). Arlington is the fiftieth-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas, and the largest city in the state that is…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Frisco

    10 Interesting Facts About Frisco

    Facts About Frisco Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the State of Texas. Frisco has received the designation Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The distinctive Frisco coat of arms is based on the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway’s logo. Frisco is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About McKinney

    10 Interesting Facts About McKinney

    Facts About McKinney McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States. On March 24, 1849, William Davis, who owned 3,000 acres where McKinney now stands, donated 120 acres for the townsite. Ten years later, McKinney incorporated, and in 1913, the town adopted the commission form of government. The…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Pasadena, Texas

    10 Interesting Facts About Pasadena, Texas

    Facts About Pasadena Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area. The rose was adopted as Pasadena’s official flower on September 22, 1961. The city has a total area of 44.5 square miles, of which 44.2 square miles is land and 0.4 square miles is water.…

  • 30 Interesting Facts About Houston

    30 Interesting Facts About Houston

    Facts About Houston The city of Houston was founded by land investors on August 30, 1836, at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou. Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the country, with 145 different languages spoken by its residents. Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state…