Texas Trivia Facts

[jussmatt]

Some interesting facts about Good Ole Texas!!


Texas Trivia and Facts:


Need to be cheered up?

Happy, Texas 79042
Pep, Texas 79353
Smiley, Texas 78159
Paradise, Texas 76073
Rainbow, Texas 76077
Sweet Home, Texas 77987
Comfort, Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

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Love the Sun?

Sun City, Texas 78628
Sunrise, Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray, Texas 79086
Sunny Side, Texas 77423

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Want something to eat?

Bacon, Texas 76301
Noodle, Texas 79536
Oatmeal, Texas 78605
Turkey, Texas 79261
Trout, Texas 75789
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice, Texas 75155

And top it off with:

Sweetwater, Texas 79556


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Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!

Detroit, Texas 75436
Colorado City, Texas 79512
Denver City, Texas 79323
Klondike, Texas 75448
Nevada, Texas 75173
Memphis, Texas 79245
Miami, Texas 79059
Boston, Texas 75570
Santa Fe, Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861
Reno, Texas 75462

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Feel like traveling outside the country? Don't bother buying a plane ticket!

Athens, Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China, Texas 77613
Egypt, Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
London, Texas 76854
New London, Texas 75682
Paris, Texas 75460

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No need to travel to Washington D.C.

Whitehouse, Texas 75791

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We even have a city named after our planet!

Earth, Texas 79031

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And a city named after our State!

Texas City, Texas 77590

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Exhausted?

Energy, Texas 76452

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Cold?

Blanket, Texas 76432
Winters, Texas

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Like to read about History?

Santa Anna, Texas
Goliad, Texas
Alamo, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Robert Lee, Texas

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Need Office Supplies?

Staples, Texas 78670

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'Men are from Mars, women are from' Venus, Texas 76084

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You guessed it..it's on the state line..

Texline, Texas 79087

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For the kids...

Kermit, Texas 79745
Elmo, Texas 75118
Nemo, Texas 76070
Tarzan, Texas 79783
Winnie, Texas 77665
Sylvester, Texas 79560

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Other city names in Texas , to make you smile.....

Frognot, Texas 75424
Bigfoot, Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Cactus, Texas 79013
Notrees, Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest, Texas 76886
Kickapoo, Texas 75763
Dime Box, Texas 77853
Old Dime Box, Texas 77853
Telephone, Texas 75488
Telegraph, Texas 76883
Whiteface, Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

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And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City

Kilgore, Texas 75662

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And our favorites...

Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas

and, of course,
Muleshoe, Texas

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Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas.

1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles

2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles

3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, 1883.

5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. - Used to be...I think they closed it... :'(

6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .

7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America .

8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.

9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.

10. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .

11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston."

12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.

13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.

14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states. (Guess this answers one of the other questions in the General Forum!!)

15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.

16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.

18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston , Velasco, West Columbia and Austin .

19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).

20. The name " Texas " comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas .

21. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.).

22. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .

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Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas .

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas ;

If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas ;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;

If you find 60 degrees "a little chilly," you may live in Texas!

[socwkbiker]

God Bless Texas!

[dakals]

I'm moving!!!!!!

[oledawg]

WOW! No doubt about it, thats one big A** State.
Maybe ya outta think about downsizing! Make it into Six ! ;)
Is there a Mountainous area?

[socwkbiker]

There's the hill country in central Texas which is beautiful! Some great riding there too!

[jussmatt]

We've got every type of region here... from dry desert to soggy bottom rain forest!! Flat land and hill country... I just love the fact where it's only 30 more miles to Chicago than El Paso!! Not to mention that we've got a Ranch here that's bigger than a STATE!!! LOL!! Sorry RI!! LOL

[rlfaubion]

Don't forget you've got the beautiful Big Bend National Park, and the Dallas Cheerleaders - both known for their beautiful mountains

[gshep]

All that is true, but when you folks had a "Little" altercation with Mexico, seems like some of our Tennessee boys helped bail you out. LOL one reason why Tennessee is called the " Volunteer State"

Shep ( from Tennessee)

[jussmatt]

I'll give you that Shep!! It was much appreciated too... Only problem was...we didn't put up the fence then!!! LOL!

[coloradontexas]

"you may all go to hell, and I will go to TEXAS"
Davy Crockett

[basco]

here is something else you didn't know about Texas


yall know why Texas doesn't fall into the gulf of Mexico
















BECAUSE OKLAHOMA SUCKS !!!

[socwkbiker]

+1

Another state line town....Texarkana

[kingcruiser]

Good one Basco.

[gshep]

All my x's live in Texas ( George Straight)