Texas, Queensland

Texas Queensland
A sign welcoming people to Queensland, with the town of Texas in the background
Texas
Coordinates	28°51′30″S 151°09′56″E / 28.85833°S 151.16556°E / -28.85833; 151.16556Coordinates: 28°51′30″S 151°09′56″E / 28.85833°S 151.16556°E / -28.85833; 151.16556
Population	1,159 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	4385
Elevation	297 m (974 ft)
Location	322 km (200 mi) SW of Brisbane 166 km (103 mi) SW of Warwick 111 km (69 mi) SE of Goondiwindi 56 km (35 mi) S of Inglewood
LGA(s)	Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 26.9 °C 80 °F 11.3 °C 52 °F 659.1 mm 25.9 in
Localities around Texas: Smithlea Limevale Silver Spur Smithlea Texas Silver Spur New South Wales New South Wales Silver Spur

Texas is a town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Texas had a population of 1,159 people.

The town is located just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Queensland's southern border with New South Wales, close to Bonshaw, New South Wales.

Texas sits on Bigambul land, the Indigenous people of the region inhabited the area for thousands of years prior to colonisation in the 1840s.

The origin of the town's name is generally regarded as a reference to a territorial dispute. The land in the area was first settled by the McDougall brothers, who found squatters there on returning from the goldfields. Once their legal right to the land was recognised, they named their property in honour of the rather more famous dispute between the United States and Mexico over territory in Texas, USA.

Texas was connected by the Texas railway line from Inglewood in November 1930 with the town being served by the Texas railway station. The line was closed in 1994.

Up until about 1986, tobacco farming was an important industry in the area and many Italian families settled the area to run and work the tobacco farms.

At the 2006 census, Texas had a population of 693.

Farming is the dominant industry in the Texas region, although there is also a silver mine. A large cattle feedlot is located about 20 mins from town.

Part of the Goondiwindi Regional Council, Texas is administered from the nearby larger town of Goondiwindi, Queensland.

Texas has a state school called Texas State School, which caters to students from Prep Year to Year 10.

Texas is serviced by the MacIntyre Gazette, Warwick Daily News and Stanthorpe Border Post newspapers. Texas is served by the Border Districts Community Radio Station 89.7 Ten FM which is transmitted from a 4 kW transmitter located on Mt Mackenzie Tenterfield NSW.