July - Week 28 - Texas - the Lone Star State

28 Texas

Date admitted to the US – December 29, 1845
Postal abbreviation – TX
Capital – Austin
Area – 268,580.82 [2nd largest in the US]
Population as of census 2010 – 25,145,561 [2nd largest in the US]
Population density per square mile – 96.3 [29th largest in the US]
Area codes – 210, 214, 254, 281, 361, 409, 469, 512, 682, 713, 806, 817, 830, 832, 903, 915, 936, 940, 956, 972, 979 
Zip codes – 73301 - 88595
Number of counties – 254
State nickname –  the Lone Star State
State motto – Friendship

State Flag of Texas

Fun facts –
-The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
-More wool comes from Texas than any other state.
-Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
-Texas was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
-Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.
-More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state.

Law Schools
-Baylor University School of Law 
-University of Houston Law Center 
-St. Mary's University School of Law 
-SMU Dedman School of Law 
-South Texas College of Law 
-University of Texas School of Law 
-Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law 
-Texas Tech University School of Law 
-Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

Military facts
Military schools
Military bases