Central Texas is a region in the U.S. state of
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
roughly bordered on the west by
San Saba, to the southeast by
Bryan-
College Station, the south by
San Marcos and to the north by
Hillsboro. Central Texas overlaps with and includes part of the
Texas Hill Country and corresponds to a
physiographic section designation within the
Edwards Plateau, in a geographic context.
Central Texas includes the metropolitan areas of:
Killeen-Temple,
Bryan–College Station,
Waco and
Austin–Round Rock (also part of the Capital region). The Austin–Round Rock and Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood areas are among the fastest-growing
metropolitan areas in the state. In the south, the
Greater Austin and
Greater San Antonio areas are separated from each other by approximately along
Interstate 35. It is anticipated that both regions may form a
new metroplex similar to
Dallas and Fort Worth. Some of the largest cities in the region are
Austin,
College Station,
Killeen,
Round Rock
Round Rock is a city in Williamson County, Texas, Williamson and Travis County, Texas, United States, part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. Its population is 119,468 according to the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
The city stra ...
, and
Waco. The largest U.S. Army installation in the country,
Fort Cavazos
Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. The post is currently named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. The post is located halfway between Austi ...
(formerly Fort Hood), is located near
Killeen.
Composition
The
counties
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
(to the right in red) that are almost always included in the Central Texas region are (those bolded below are always part of Central Texas):
Counties
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
(to the right in pink) that are sometimes included in the Central Texas region are:
Gallery
See also
*
Edwards Plateau
*
List of geographical regions in Texas
*
Llano Estacado
*
Texas Hill Country
References
Further reading
*
External links
Fredericksburg, Texas Chamber of Commerce*
Celebrate Diversity in Central Texas" ''
Austin American-Statesman
The ''Austin American-Statesman'' is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is owned by Hearst Communications. The distribution of the following ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', '' ...
''.
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