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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Central Texas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_geographical_regions_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of geographical regions in Texas">Region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamilton_pool.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hamilton Pool Preserve - one of the many lush areas in Central Texas"><img alt="Hamilton Pool Preserve - one of the many lush areas in Central Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Hamilton_pool.jpg/250px-Hamilton_pool.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Hamilton_pool.jpg/375px-Hamilton_pool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Hamilton_pool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Pool_Preserve" title="Hamilton Pool Preserve">Hamilton Pool Preserve</a> - one of the many lush areas in Central Texas</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Texas_map.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Central Texas counties in red; counties sometimes included in Central Texas in pink"><img alt="Central Texas counties in red; counties sometimes included in Central Texas in pink" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Central_Texas_map.PNG/250px-Central_Texas_map.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Central_Texas_map.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="284" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Central Texas counties in red; counties sometimes included in Central Texas in pink</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Central Texas</b> is a region in the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> roughly bordered on the west by <a href="/wiki/San_Saba,_Texas" title="San Saba, Texas">San Saba</a> to the southeast by <a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a> and the south by <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a> to the north by <a href="/wiki/Hillsboro,_Texas" title="Hillsboro, Texas">Hillsboro</a>. Central Texas overlaps with and includes part of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas Hill Country">Texas Hill Country</a> and corresponds to a <a href="/wiki/Physiographic_regions_of_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Physiographic regions of the world">physiographic section</a> designation within the <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a>, in a geographic context.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Central Texas includes the <a href="/wiki/Killeen-Temple-Fort_Hood_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area">Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan%E2%80%93College_Station_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Bryan–College Station metropolitan area">Bryan–College Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waco_metropolitan_area" title="Waco metropolitan area">Waco metropolitan areas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greater_Austin" title="Greater Austin">Austin–Round Rock</a> (also part of the Capital region). The Austin–Round Rock and Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood areas are among the fastest-growing <a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_metropolitan_areas" title="List of Texas metropolitan areas">metropolitan areas</a> in the state. In the south, the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Austin" title="Greater Austin">Greater Austin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greater_San_Antonio" title="Greater San Antonio">Greater San Antonio</a> areas are separated from each other by approximately 80 miles (129 km) along <a href="/wiki/Interstate_35_in_Texas" title="Interstate 35 in Texas">Interstate 35</a>. It is anticipated that both regions may form a <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio%E2%80%93Austin_metroplex" title="San Antonio–Austin metroplex">new metroplex</a> similar to <a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas and Fort Worth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the largest cities in the region are <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas">Round Rock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco</a>. The largest U.S. Army installation in the country, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Cavazos" title="Fort Cavazos">Fort Cavazos</a> (formerly Fort Hood), is located near <a href="/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a> (to the right in red) that are almost always included in the Central Texas region are (those bolded are always part of Central Texas):<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas" title="Bastrop County, Texas">Bastrop</a><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Bastrop_County_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Bastrop_County-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ECT_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Texas" title="Bell County, Texas">Bell</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco</a><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Blanco_County_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Blanco_County-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet_County,_Texas" title="Burnet County, Texas">Burnet</a><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Burnet_County_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Burnet_County-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Coryell_County,_Texas" title="Coryell County, Texas">Coryell</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gillespie_County,_Texas" title="Gillespie County, Texas">Gillespie</a><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Gillespie_County_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Gillespie_County-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_County,_Texas" title="Hays County, Texas">Hays</a><sup id="cite_ref-ECT_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Hays_County_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Hays_County-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TCMA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCMA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TSC_2004_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSC_2004-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lampasas_County,_Texas" title="Lampasas County, Texas">Lampasas</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Texas" title="Lee County, Texas">Lee</a><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Lee_County_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Lee_County-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_County,_Texas" title="Llano County, Texas">Llano</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Falls_County,_Texas" title="Falls County, Texas">Falls</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Milam_County,_Texas" title="Milam County, Texas">Milam</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis</a><sup id="cite_ref-ECT_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Travis_County_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Travis_County-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Texas" title="Williamson County, Texas">Williamson</a><sup id="cite_ref-ECT_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">Counties</a> (to the right in pink) that are sometimes included in the Central Texas region are: </p> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandera_County,_Texas" title="Bandera County, Texas">Bandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexar_County,_Texas" title="Bexar County, Texas">Bexar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosque_County,_Texas" title="Bosque County, Texas">Bosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_County,_Texas" title="Brazos County, Texas">Brazos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleson_County,_Texas" title="Burleson County, Texas">Burleson</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-burleson_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burleson-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell</a><sup id="cite_ref-ECT_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Caldwell_County_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook_of_Texas_-_Caldwell_County-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal County</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Texas" title="Comanche County, Texas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Texas" title="Fayette County, Texas">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestone_County,_Texas" title="Freestone County, Texas">Freestone</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_County,_Texas" title="Gonzales County, Texas">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_County,_Texas" title="Guadalupe County, Texas">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Texas" title="Hamilton County, Texas">Hamilton</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hill_County,_Texas" title="Hill County, Texas">Hill</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerr_County,_Texas" title="Kerr County, Texas">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Texas" title="Kendall County, Texas">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimble_County,_Texas" title="Kimble County, Texas">Kimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_County,_Texas" title="Leon County, Texas">Leon</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_County,_Texas" title="Limestone County, Texas">Limestone</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Texas" title="Madison County, Texas">Madison</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Texas" title="Mason County, Texas">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_County,_Texas" title="Mills County, Texas">Mills</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_County,_Texas" title="Robertson County, Texas">Robertson</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Saba_County,_Texas" title="San Saba County, Texas">San Saba</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Texas" title="Washington County, Texas">Washington</a><sup id="cite_ref-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics_7-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Texas_In_Focus_Demographics-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_Texas" title="Wilson County, Texas">Wilson</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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