Extreme Points of Texas
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List of Extreme points of Texas
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Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
| Extreme | Point | Nearby Municipality |
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| Northernmost | Northern border with the Oklahoma Panhandle Oklahoma Panhandle The Oklahoma Panhandle is the extreme western region of the state of Oklahoma, comprising Cimarron County, Texas County, and Beaver County. Its name comes from the similarity of shape to the handle of a cooking pan.... |
Perryton Perryton, Texas Perryton is a city in Ochiltree County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,774 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ochiltree County.-Geography:Perryton is located at .... |
| Southernmost | Approx. 5 miles SE of Brownsville Brownsville, Texas Brownsville is a city in the southernmost tip of the state of Texas, in the United States. It is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, directly north and across the border from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Brownsville is the 16th largest city in the state of Texas with a population of... , on the Rio Grande Rio Grande The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes... |
Brownsville, TX |
| Westernmost | 0.6 miles west of the Rio Grande, near Borderland, Texas, El Paso County | El Paso, TX |
| Easternmost | On the Sabine River , SW of Burr Ferry Burr Ferry, Louisiana Burr Ferry is a community at the junction of LA 8 and LA 111 south, in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. This is only a couple of miles from the site of the old Burr’s Ferry on the Sabine River, at the Texas line... |
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| Highest | Guadalupe Peak Guadalupe Peak Guadalupe Peak is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of . It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and is part of the Guadalupe Mountains range in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. The mountain is about east of El Paso and about southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico... |
SW of Carlsbad, NM |
| Lowest | Sea level Sea level Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation... |
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| Longest river entirely in Texas | Trinity River (Texas) Trinity River (Texas) The Trinity River is a long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River. The headwaters are separated by the high bluffs on the south side of the Red River.... |
Dallas, TX |
| Longest river partially in Texas | Rio Grande Rio Grande The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes... |
El Paso, TX |
| Largest lake entirely in Texas | Sam Rayburn Reservoir Sam Rayburn Reservoir Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a reservoir in the United States located in Southeast Texas, north of Beaumont. The reservoir is fed by the Angelina River, the major tributary of the Neches River. The capacity of the reservoir is , and is the largest lake wholly located within the state of Texas... |
Near Lufkin, TX |
| Largest lake partially in Texas | Toledo Bend Reservoir Toledo Bend Reservoir Toledo Bend Reservoir is a reservoir on the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana. The lake has an area of 185,000 acres , the largest man-made body of water in Texas, the largest in the South, and the fifth largest in the United States. The dam is capable of generating 92 megawatts of... |
Near Hemphill, TX |
| Longest Road in Texas | I-10 Interstate 10 in Texas Interstate 10 is the major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. In the U.S. state of Texas, it runs east from El Paso, near the border with New Mexico, through San Antonio and Houston to the border with Louisiana in Orange, Texas.... |
El Paso, TX, San Antonio, TX, Houston, TX |
| Largest City | Houston, TX | |
| Largest metro area Metro Area Metro Area is a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani.- History :Geist grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, while Jesrani is from upstate New York... |
Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex... |
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| Geographic Center | Near Brady TX on highway 377 | Brady, TX |
See also
- List of extreme points lists
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- Extreme points of Earth
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