Facts About San Antonio San Antonio officially the City of San Antonio is the seventh-most populous city in the United States and the second-most populous city in Texas. San Antonio was founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in present-day Texas in 1731. The […]
Facts About Corpus Christi The city’s name means the body of Christ in Ecclesiastical Latin, in reference to the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion. The nickname of the city is “Sparkling City by the Sea”, particularly featured in tourist literature. Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state […]
Facts About Lubbock Lubbock is the 11th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County with an estimated population of 253,851. The city is in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically and geographically as the Llano Estacado, and ecologically is part of the southern […]
Facts About Grand Prairie Selena Gomez was born in Grand Prairie. Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas County, Tarrant County, and Ellis County, Texas, in the United States. The city of Grand Prairie was first established as Dechman by Alexander McRae Dechman in 1863. He based the name of the town on Big Prairie, […]
Facts About Garland The towns of Embree and Duck Creek were combined, and to form the city of Garland, which was incorporated in 1891. Garland is located at 32°54′26″N 96°38′7″W (32.907325, -96.635197). The city has a total area of 57.1 sq mi, of which all of it is land. The famous Spring Creek Forest Preserve […]
Facts About Austin Austin is the youngest big city in the US per capita with 90,000 total college and university students. Austin Finally Welcomes Its First Professional Sports Team: Austin FC. Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions […]
Facts About Brownsville The city was founded in 1848 by American entrepreneur Charles Stillman after he developed a successful riverboat company nearby. It was named for Fort Brown, itself named after Major Jacob Brown Brownsville is a city in Cameron County in the U.S. state of Texas. The city is known for its year-round subtropical […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]