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Geographic region
Region in Texas, United States
Central Texas is a region in the
U.S. state of
Texas roughly bordered on the West by
San Saba to the Southeast by
Bryan and the South by
San Marcos 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.
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Central Texas includes the
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ,
Bryan–College Station ,
Waco metropolitan areas 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 80 miles (129 km) along
Interstate 35 . It is anticipated that both regions may form a
new metroplex similar to
Dallas and Fort Worth .
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[3] Some of the largest cities in the region are
Austin ,
College Station ,
Killeen ,
Round Rock , and
Waco . The largest U.S. Army installation in the country,
Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood), is located near
Killeen .
Composition
The
counties (to the right in red) that are almost always included in the Central Texas region are (those bolded are always part of Central Texas):
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Counties (to the right in pink) that are sometimes included in the Central Texas region are:
Gallery
See also
References
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"Water Resources NSDI Node" .
USGS . Retrieved July 15, 2009 .
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"SLOWED, BUT NOT STOPPED: Austin, San Antonio and areas between to become a metroplex" . www.bizjournals.com . Retrieved November 14, 2021 .
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"America's next Great Metropolis is Taking shape in Texas" . www.forbes.com . Retrieved November 14, 2021 .
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"Counties, cities and towns in Central Texas" . County Maps of Texas . Archived from
the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2015 .
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Bastrop County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
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"A Vision For Central Texas" (PDF) . Envision Central Texas . Archived from
the original (PDF) on January 14, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009 .
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"Texas In Focus: Central Texas - Demographics" . Texas Window on State Government. Archived from
the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009 .
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Blanco County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
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Burnet County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
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Gillespie County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
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Hays County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
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TCMA Region 7
Archived April 1, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
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Texas State Classification Office
Archived January 25, 2010, at the
Wayback Machine
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Lee County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
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Travis County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
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"Burleson County, Texas" . Archived from
the original on February 9, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009 . Burleson County is the best kept secret in Central Texas!
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Caldwell County from the
Handbook of Texas Online
Further reading
Barkley, Mary Starr (1970). A History of Central Texas . Austin, Texas: Austin Printing.
External links