Texas is the only state that was a Republic before joining the Union. It is the second largest state in land mass and the third largest in population. It occupies approximately seven percent of the total land and water areas of the United States. Texas is the second largest state in the United States with 261,914 square miles, as well as the second most populated state in the United States with over twenty million residents.
Texas has been settled since 10,000 B.C., but it wasn't until 1519 that Europeans discovered the vast area of land. …
