Film and television

• Texas (TV series)
  Texas (TV series)
  Texas is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. Created by John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, and Paul Rauch, the show was a spinoff of Another World...
  
  , a 1980s U.S. television program
• "Texas" (SpongeBob SquarePants episode) an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants that aired along with "Walking Small" on March 22, 2000
• Texas (1941 film), a western starring William Holden and Glenn Ford
• Texas (1994 film), a TV movie starring Benjamin Bratt and Patrick Duffy
• Texas (2005 film), an Italian movie by Fausto Paravidino

Music

• Texas (band)
  Texas (band)
  Texas are a Scottish pop band from Bearsden, near Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone in 1986 and feature Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee...
  
  , a Scottish blues rock band
• Texas (musical)
  Texas (musical)
  TEXAS is a stage musical produced annually at the outdoor Pioneer Amphitheater in the Palo Duro Canyon area of Canyon, Texas. The show runs from June 4 until August 21 for the 2010 season.-The Plot:...
  
  , produced annually in Canyon, Texas
• Texas (album)
  Texas (album)
  - Track listing :# "Loco Commotion" – 4:12#*1.5. "Suddenly, I've Become a Perfectionist" – 0:11# "I'm a Pirate, You're a Princess" – 4:08#*2.5. "A Special Thanks to Dr. Allan C. Lloyd" - 1:01# "Some Crap About the Furniture" – 3:30...
  
  , the first full-length album by electronic/pop artist, PlayRadioPlay!
• Texas (Lasse Stefanz album), a 2010 album by Swedish dansband Lasse Stefanz
  Lasse Stefanz
  Lasse Stefanz, earlier Lasse Stefans, is a country music-inspired dansband, formed in 1967 in Kristianstad, Sweden. The band was popular during the 1980s. The band was formed by Hans Sigfridsson, Lars Sigfridsson and Olle Jönsson. Later members are Christer Ericsson, Anders Pettersson and Gunnar...
  
  
• "Texas", a song by Big Black from the EP Bulldozer
  Bulldozer (EP)
  Bulldozer is the second EP by Chicago Post-Hardcore band Big Black, released in 1983. It was their first release to feature an actual band performing, including Pat Byrne from Urge Overkill playing drums on some of the songs...
  
  
• "Texas", a Charlie Daniels single from the album Nightrider
  Nightrider (album)
  Nightrider was the third studio album by The Charlie Daniels Band released on November 25, 1975.- Side one :# "Texas" - 3:04# "Willie Jones" - 3:14# "Franklin Limestone" - 5:40# "Evil" - 2:53- Side two :...
  
  
• "Texas", a George Strait song from the album Somewhere Down in Texas
  Somewhere Down in Texas
  Somewhere Down in Texas is an album by American country music singer George Strait. This album was released on June 28, 2005 on the MCA Nashville Records label. This album was certified platinum and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200...
  
  
• "Texas", a Chris Rea song from the album The Road to Hell
  The Road to Hell
  The Road to Hell is a 1989 album by Chris Rea, and is one of Rea's most famous albums. The second part of the two part title track, "The Road to Hell ," is also one of Rea's most famous songs...
  
  

Historical

• Hasinai
  Hasinai
  The Hasinai Confederacy was a large confederation of Caddo-speaking Native Americans located between the Sabine and Trinity rivers in eastern Texas...
  
  , Tejas or Texas, a Native American people after whom the state was named
• CSS Texas
  CSS Texas
  The CSS Texas , was a twin propeller casement ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy, named for the state of Texas. She was sister ship to CSS Columbia...
  
  , a twin-screw ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy
• The Texas (locomotive)
  The Texas (locomotive)
  The Texas is a type 4-4-0 steam locomotive that played an important role in the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War. The locomotive is preserved at the Atlanta Cyclorama building within Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  , a steam locomotive involved in the American Civil War Great Locomotive Chase
• USS Texas
  USS Texas
  Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Texas, in honor of the state of Texas:, the US Navy's first battleship, which served from 1895 until 1911, a New York-class dreadnought battleship that served in both World Wars, the second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser ,...
  
  , name of a number of ships of the United States Navy

Places

• Texas, Queensland
  Texas, Queensland
  Texas is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located just from Queensland's southern border with New South Wales, close to Bonshaw, New South Wales...
  
  

• Texas Avenue, the Business State Highway 6-R section of Texas State Highway 6 in the College Station-Bryan metropolitan area
• Texas Canyon
  Texas Canyon
  Texas Canyon is located in Cochise County, Arizona about 20 miles east of Benson on Interstate 10 and lies between the Little Dragoon Mountains on the north and the Dragoon Mountains to the south...
  
  - a canyon in Cochise County, Arizona
• Texas County, Missouri
  Texas County, Missouri
  Texas County is a county located in South Central Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 26,008. It's county seat is Houston. The county was organized in 1843 as Ashley County, changing its name in 1845 to Texas, after the Republic of Texas. The 2010 U.S...
  
  , USA, named for the republic
• Texas County, Oklahoma
  Texas County, Oklahoma
  Texas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Texas County was formed at Oklahoma statehood from the central one-third of "Old Beaver County" also known as "No Man's Land"...
  
  , USA, named for the neighboring state
• Texas District- a district of the Lutheran Church
• Texas Township, DeWitt County, Illinois
  Texas Township, DeWitt County, Illinois
  Texas Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,284. The west half of Weldon Springs State Park is in this township.-Geography:...
  
  
• Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
• Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio
  Texas Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 409 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  
• Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
• Texas, New York
  Texas, New York
  Texas is a hamlet in Oswego County, New York, USA, near the southeastern corner of Lake Ontario. It is officially part of the town of Mexico.- Geography :...
  
  
• Texas, Wisconsin
  Texas, Wisconsin
  Texas is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,703 at the 2000 census...
  
  , a town
• University of Texas at Austin
  University of Texas at Austin
  The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
  
  

People

• Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (1880–1974), Swedish Socialist leader
• John Horton Slaughter or Texas John Slaughter (1841–1922), an American lawman, Civil War soldier and gambler
• T. Texas Tyler
  T. Texas Tyler
  David Luke Myrick , known professionally as T. Texas Tyler, was an American country music singer and songwriter primarily known for his 1948 hit, "The Deck of Cards".-Biography:...
  
   (1916–1972), a country music singer and songwriter
• Texas Battle
  Texas Battle
  Texas Quency Battle is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Marcus Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.-Early life:...
  
  , an American actor
• Texas Gladden
  Texas Gladden
  Texas Gladden was an American folk singer born in Saltville, Virginia. She was best known for her traditional Appalachian ballad style of singing, which she began to record in the 1930s. In 1941, along with her brother, musician Hobart Smith, she began to record with pioneer folk archivist and...
  
   (1895–1967), an American folk singer
• Texas Ruby
  Texas Ruby
  Texas Ruby , born Ruby Agnes Owens, was a pioneering country music female vocalist of the 1930s through the early 1960s.-Biography:...
  
   (born Ruby Agnes Owens), a pioneering country music female vocalist
• Texas Terri
  Texas Terri
  Texas Terri, is a punk rock singer and songwriter originally from Austin, Texas. She has been in the rock 'n' roll business for over two decades....
  
  , born Terri Laird is a punk rock singer and songwriter

Terminology

• 2-10-4
  2-10-4
  Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2-10-4 locomotive has two leading wheels, ten driving wheels , and four trailing wheels...
  
  , a class of locomotive commonly called Texas-type
• Texas (nautical)
  Texas (nautical)
  A texas is a deckhouse immediately below the pilothouse of a straight-deck freighter. It is named Texas because Texas was at one time the largest state, and the captain's cabin is usually the largest cabin. Other areas were also named for states....
  
  , a deckhouse on a ship
• Texas or C6 tuning
  C6 tuning
  C6 tuning is the most common tuning for electric steel guitar, both on single and multiple neck instruments. On a twin-neck, the most common tuning is C6 tuning on the near neck and E9 tuning on the far neck....
  
  , commonly used on a ten string pedal steel guitar
• Texas (steamboat)
  Texas (steamboat)
  The texas is structure or section of a steamboat which includes the pilothouse and the crew's quarters. It is located on the skylight roof, which is also called the "texas deck." This long, narrow cabin may be surmounted by the pilothouse.-History:...
  
   – a structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officer's quarters

Other

• 35352 Texas
  35352 Texas
  35352 Texas is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1314.2279634 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 7, 1997....
  
  , an asteroid
• Texas Longhorns, the athletic program of The University of Texas at Austin

See also

• Tex (disambiguation)
• Texan (disambiguation)
• Texas City, Illinois
  Texas City, Illinois
  Texas City is an unincorporated community in Rector Township, Saline County, Illinois, United States. Texas City is located at the junction of U.S. Route 45 and County Highway 6 north-northeast of Eldorado....
  
  
• Texas City, Texas
  Texas City, Texas
  Texas City is a city in Chambers and Galveston counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 41,521 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...