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Texas, a corner at a time.
Moving here, moving around, or just curious — the answer usually starts with a corner of the state, not a single town. Each region gathers its cities, counties, and local notes. Know exactly where you're going? Look up any place or browse by county instead.
The Metroplex and the prairie north
Dallas–Fort Worth & North Texas
The Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex and the Blackland Prairie counties around it — fast-growing suburbs, expansive-clay foundations, and a stack of school and special districts. Start here for the north.
29 counties · 530 notes · 10 city pages
Austin, the I-35 corridor, and limestone country
Central Texas & the Hill Country
Austin, the booming I-35 corridor, and the spring-fed rivers and granite of the Hill Country — MUD districts, flash-flood country, and some of the fastest growth in the state.
34 counties · 404 notes · 7 city pages
The Bayou City and the coast east of it
Houston & the Upper Gulf Coast
Greater Houston and the upper coast — bayous and flood control, MUDs, the Ship Channel and petrochemical corridor, and hurricane-season planning.
18 counties · 323 notes · 6 city pages
Military City and the Edwards Aquifer
San Antonio & South Central
San Antonio and the South Central counties — the Edwards Aquifer, Spanish colonial history, and a deep military footprint.
10 counties · 173 notes · 2 city pages
Pines, lakes, and oil country
East Texas & the Piney Woods
The Piney Woods of East Texas — timber and oil history, big reservoirs, national forests, and the heavy rainfall that shapes the land.
35 counties · 361 notes · 2 city pages
Oil, wide horizons, and the Permian
West Texas & the Permian Basin
West Texas and the Permian Basin — an oil-and-gas economy, mineral-rights questions, scarce groundwater, and wide-open ranch country.
42 counties · 358 notes · 4 city pages
Caprock, cotton, and the Ogallala
The Panhandle & High Plains
The Texas Panhandle and High Plains — the Ogallala Aquifer, cotton and cattle, Caprock canyons, and big-sky weather.
45 counties · 350 notes · 2 city pages
The Valley and the river counties
The Rio Grande Valley & Border
The Rio Grande Valley and the border counties — cross-border trade, resacas and flood risk, subtropical heat, and world-class birding.
17 counties · 199 notes · 3 city pages
Corpus Christi and the central coast
The Coastal Bend
The Coastal Bend around Corpus Christi — windstorm coverage and TWIA, barrier-island beaches, bays and estuaries, and hurricane exposure.
15 counties · 156 notes · 1 city pages
Mountains, desert, and dark skies
Big Bend & Far West Texas
Far West Texas and the Big Bend country — desert mountains, the darkest night skies in the state, vast distances, and tiny county seats.
9 counties · 85 notes · 1 city pages