ALL ABOUT TEXAS!
🧭 Texas Fast Facts
Nickname: The Lone Star State ⭐
Motto: Friendship
Capital: Austin
Largest City: Houston
Statehood: December 29, 1845
Size Rank: 2nd largest U.S. state
food
🌮 Texas = Flavor
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Chili is the official state dish (beans are still debated 😅).
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Tex-Mex was born here and perfected here.
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Texas BBQ comes in four styles — Central, East, South, and West.
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Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885.
drive texas
Do you enjoy long drives? Pack a lunch, (or maybe a few lunches) make a very long playlist and take a drive across Texas!!
📍 Longest Straight Drive (Edge-to-Edge)
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The longest drivable distance inside Texas is roughly from the southern tip of South Padre Island/Boca Chica area up to the far northwest corner of the Texas Panhandle (near the New Mexico/Oklahoma border) — which is about 900–910 miles of driving, depending on your exact route.
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That drive can take roughly 13–14 hours without long stops (traffic, food, gas) — all while still staying in Texas. Texas View
🚗 Longest Major Highway in the State
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The longest single numbered road within Texas is U.S. Route 83, stretching about 783.5 miles from the Oklahoma border near Perryton down to the Mexican border at Brownsville. Texas Department of Transportation+1
🛣️ More Perspective
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Driving from Orange (east Texas, near Louisiana) all the way to El Paso (west Texas, near New Mexico) is about 830–870 miles, which is essentially across the entire width of the state.
DID YOU KNOW?
🤯 Did You Know?
Texas was once its own country from 1836 to 1845.
Texas is bigger than any country in Western Europe?
It’s larger than France, Germany, and Spain.
Some Texas counties are larger than entire U.S. states.
Texas legends include Beyoncé, Willie Nelson, Selena, Kelly Clarkson, Buddy Holly,
Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Sandra Bullock, Patrick Mahomes, Simone Biles,
Janis Joplin and George Strait.
High school football on Friday nights is a statewide event.
Texas has more species of birds than any other U.S. state.
Texas has more cattle than any other state.