Texas (disambiguation)
Texas is a state of the United States.
Texas may also refer to:
Places
[edit]United States
[edit]- Republic of Texas, a 1836–1846 sovereign nation in North America
- Texas, Alabama, an unincorporated community
- Texas, Georgia, an unincorporated community
- Texas, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- Texas, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
- Texas, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
- Texas, New York, a hamlet
- Texas, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Texas, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Texas, Wisconsin, a town
- Texas City, Illinois, an unincorporated community
- Texas City, Texas, a municipality
- Texas County (disambiguation)
- Texas Township (disambiguation)
- Texas Canyon, a canyon in Cochise County, Arizona
- Texas District, a district of the Lutheran Church
- Texas Valley, a valley in Georgia
- Texas Avenue, a section of Texas State Highway 6 in the College Station-Bryan metropolitan area
Elsewhere
[edit]- 35352 Texas, an asteroid
- Texas, a refugee camp and now permanent settlement in Calbuco, Chile
- Texas, Queensland, a town in Australia
- Texas Downs, a cattle station in Western Australia
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Texas (novel), by James A. Michener
Film and television
[edit]- Texas (2005 film), an Italian movie
- Texas (1941 film), a Western starring William Holden and Glenn Ford
- "Texas" (SpongeBob SquarePants), episode 18 (2000) of the animated TV series
- James A. Michener's Texas, a 1994 TV movie based on the eponymous novel; starring Benjamin Bratt, Patrick Duffy
- Texas (TV series), a 1980s American television program
- Texas John Slaughter (TV series), based on Texas John Slaughter (John Horton Slaughter)
Military
[edit]- USS Texas, the name of a number of ships of the United States Navy
- CSS Texas, a twin-screw ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy
Music
[edit]- Texas (band), a Scottish rock band
- Texas (musical), produced annually in Canyon, Texas, US
- Texas (PlayRadioPlay! album), 2008
- Texas (Lasse Stefanz album), 2010
- "Texas" (BigXthaPlug song), 2022
- "Texas" (Chris Rea song), 1990
- "Texas (When I Die)", a song by Ed Bruce
- "Texas", a song by Big Black from the EP Bulldozer
- "Texas", a single by Charlie Daniels from the album Nightrider
- "Texas", a song by George Strait from the album Somewhere Down in Texas
- "Texas", a song by The Highwaymen from the album Highwayman 2
- "Texas, Qld 4385", a song by Lee Kernaghan from the 2002 album Electric Rodeo
- "Texas", a song by Allan Holdsworth from the 2000 album The Sixteen Men of Tain
Transportation
[edit]- The Texas (locomotive), a steam locomotive involved in the American Civil War Great Locomotive Chase
- 2-10-4 or Texas-type, a class of locomotive
- Texas (steamboat), a structure or section of a steamboat or ship
People
[edit]- Hasinai, Tejas or Texas, a Native American people after whom the state was named
- Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900–1954), American blues singer
- Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (1880–1974), Swedish socialist leader
- John Horton Slaughter (Texas John Slaughter, 1841–1922), American Old West lawman, poker player, cowboy and rancher
- Texas Jack Vermillion (1842–1911), American Old West gunfighter
- Texas Battle (born 1980), American actor
- Texas Gladden (1895–1967), American folk singer
- Texas Ruby, stage name of pioneering country music female vocalist Ruby Agnes Owens (1908–1963)
- Texas Terri, punk rock singer and songwriter born Terri Laird in 1955
- T. Texas Tyler, stage name of American country music singer and songwriter David Luke Myrick (1916–1972)
- Alexis Texas (born 1985), American pornographic actress
Other uses
[edit]- University of Texas at Austin, a research university
- Texas transfer, a contract bridge bidding convention
- Texas Homecare, a former chain of DIY stores in the UK