Overview of and topical guide to Texas
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Texas:
Texas – second-most populous and the second-most extensive of the 50 states of the United States of America. Texas borders Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico in the South Central United States. Texas is placed in the Southern United States by the United States Census Bureau.[1] The Republic of Texas joined the United States as the 28th state on December 29, 1845. Texas joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 but was readmitted to the Union in 1870.
Geography of Texas
Environment of Texas
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Natural geographic features of Texas
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Administrative divisions of Texas
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Demography of Texas
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Demographics of Texas
Government and politics of Texas
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Branches of the government of Texas
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Government of Texas
Executive branch of the government of Texas
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Legislative branch of the government of Texas
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Judicial branch of the government of Texas
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Courts of Texas
Law and order in Texas
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Law of Texas
Texas Military Forces
History of Texas, by period
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- Prehistory of Texas
- Early Spanish exploration, 1519
- French colonization of Texas, 1684–1689
- Spanish Texas, as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1690–1821
- French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764
- Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Baja Luisiana, 1764–1803
- French district of Basse-Louisiane, 1803
- Territorial claims of United States Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1821
- Mexican War of Independence, 1810–1821
- Mexican Texas, 1821–1836
- Republic of Texas, 1836–1845
- Republic of the Rio Grande, 1840
- U.S. State of Texas since December 29, 1845
History of Texas, by region
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History of Texas, by subject
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Culture of Texas
Sports in Texas
Economy and infrastructure of Texas
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Economy of Texas
Education in Texas
Wikimedia Atlas of Texas