A few thangs 'bout TEXAS!

Only in Texas 

Love the sun? 

Sun City, Texas 78628 

Sunrise, Texas 76661 

Sunset, Texas 76270 

Sundown, Texas 79372 

Sunray, Texas 79086 

Sunny Side,  Texas 77423 

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 

Pearland, Texas 77581 

Orange, Texas 77630 

And top it off with: 

Sweetwater, Texas 79556 

Why travel to other cities?  Texas has them all! 

Detroit, Texas 75436 

Cleveland, Texas 75436 

Colorado City, Texas 79512 

Denver City, Texas 79323 

Klondike, Texas 75448

Pittsburg, Texas 75686

Newark, Texas 76071

Nevada, Texas 75173 

Memphis, Texas 79245 

Miami, Texas 79059 

Boston, Texas 75570 

Santa Fe, Texas 77517 

Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861 

Reno, Texas 75462 

Pasadena, Texas 77506 

Columbus, Texas 78934 

Just Texas 

Pep, Texas 79353

Smiley, Texas 78159  

Paradise, Texas 76073 

Rainbow, Texas 76077 

Sweet Home, Texas 77987 

Comfort, Texas 78013  

Friendship, Texas 76530 

Feel like traveling outside the country? 

Athens, Texas 75751  

Canadian, Texas 79014 

China, Texas 77613 

Dublin, Texas 76446

Egypt, Texas 77436 

Ireland, Texas 76538 

Italy, Texas 76538 

Turkey, Texas 79261 

London, Texas 76854 

New London, Texas 75682 

Paris, Texas 75460 

Palestine, Texas 75801 

No need to travel to Washington DC 

Whitehouse, Texas   75791 

We even have a city named after our planet! 

Earth,  Texas   79031 

We have a city named after our state:

Texas City, Texas   77590 

Exhausted? 

Energy, Texas   76452 

Cold? 

Blanket, Texas   76432  

Winters,  Texas 79567

Like to read about History? 

Santa Anna,  Texas 76878

Goliad,  Texas 77963

Alamo, Texas 78516

Gun Barrel City,  Texas 75156

Robert  Lee,  Texas 76945

Need Office Supplies? 

Staples,  Texas 78670 

Want to go into outer space? 

Venus,  Texas   76084  

Mars,  Texas   79062 

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

Texline, Texas   79087 

For the kids... 

Kermit, Texas 79745 

Elmo, Texas 75118 

Nemo, Texas 76070 

Tarzan, Texas 79783 

Winnie, Texas 77665 

Sylvester, Texas 79560 

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 

The Anti-Al Gore City 

Kilgore, Texas 75662 

And our favorites... 

Cut and Shoot, Texas 77303

Gun Barrel City, Texas 75147

Ding Dong, Texas 

West, Texas (it's in Central Texas) 

and, of course, 

Mule Shoe, Texas 79347

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 Houston, Texas; 

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas; 

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely have lived in Texas. 

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

1.  Beaumont to El Paso: 742miles 

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. Destroyed by Hurricane Ike - 2008! 

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

  

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 US 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," but the Space Center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time. 

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

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

14. Texas is the only state to enter the  US 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 US Flag, and Texas may choose to divide into 5 states. 

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 US which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington, DC (by 7 feet). 

20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington Monument. 

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

22. 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. 

23. The first domed stadium in the US was the Astrodome in Houston.

Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Farlie, Texas: 

(1) Just one God. 

(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa. 

(3) No telling tales or gossipin'. 

(4) Git yourself to church meeting. 

(5) Put nothin' before God. 

(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal. 

(7) No killin'. 

(8) Watch yer mouth. 

(9) Don't take what ain't yers. 

(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff. 

Y'all git all that? 

Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder

and Your hand over my mouth.