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Hughes-Fulford, Millie Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Hughes-Fulford, Millie Elizabeth, 1945-2021, American astronaut and immunologist, b. Mineral Wells, Tx., Tarleton State Univ. in…

Low, Frank James

(Encyclopedia) Low, Frank James, 1933–2009, American astronomer and physicist, b. Mobile, Ala., grad. Yale (B.S. 1955), Rice Univ. (M.A. 1957, Ph.D 1959). Low, who worked at Texas Instruments and the…

San Antonio

(Encyclopedia) San AntonioSan Antoniosăn ăntōˈnēō, əntōnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. The third largest city…

Sugar Land

(Encyclopedia) Sugar Land, city (2000 pop. 63,328), Fort Bend co., SE Texas, on the Brazos River and Oyster Creek, a W suburb of Houston; inc. 1959. The city, which now has a diversified economy,…

Temple, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Temple, city (1990 pop. 46,109), Bell co., central Tex.; inc. 1882. In a rich blackland region, Temple has grain and textile mills, railroad shops, and plants that make computer…

Dickson, Leonard Eugene

(Encyclopedia) Dickson, Leonard Eugene, 1874–1954, American mathematician, b. Independence, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Texas, 1893. He studied in Leipzig and Paris and joined the staff of the Univ. of…

Census maps of Texas

Texas: Persons per square mile, 2000 Texas: White persons, percent, 2000 Texas: Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Texas: American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000…

Texas: Temperature Extremes

MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceJan.981997Zapata–221959SpearmanFeb.1041902Fort Ringgold–231933SeminoleMarch1081954Rio Grande–…

Texas Area Codes

Area codes Selected cities210San Antonio214, 469, 972Dallas, Plano254Waco, Killeen281, 713, 832Houston325Abilene361Corpus Christi, Victoria409Galveston, Port Arthur432Midland, Odessa512Austin682,…

Texas Census Data

Texas Atlas People QuickFacts Texas USA Population, 2005 estimate 22,859,968 296,410,404 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 9.6% 5.3%…