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Please note: The term eastern Texas is not a synonym for this region, and that as a proper noun east is capitalized in East Texas.
East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the United States state of
Texas.
According to the
Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River (Mississippi watershed) in north central Lamar County, TX southwestward to east central
Limestone County, TX and then southeastward to Galveston Bay", though some separate the Gulf Coast area into a separate region. This area includes all or parts of 49 counties, totaling almost 40,000 square miles (100,000 km²) and a population of almost 6 million. Another popular, somewhat simpler, definition defines East Texas as the region between
Interstate 45 linking Dallas and Houston and the Louisiana Border.
Most of the region consists of the Piney Woods ecoregion, and East Texas can sometimes be reduced to include only the Piney Woods. Houston has distanced itself from East Texas over the past fifty years; however Houston, Texas has been considered part of East Texas for most of the city's history. At the fringes, towards central Texas, the forests expand outward sparser trees and eventually into open plains.
Geography
Climate is the unifying factor in the region's geography—all of East Texas has the
humid subtropical climate typical of the Southeast. East Texas receives more rainfall, 35 to 60
inches (890 to 1520 mm), than the rest of Texas. In Houston the average January temperature is 50.4 °F (10.2 °C) and the average July temperature is 82.6 °F (28.1 °C), however Houston has slightly warmer winters than most of East Texas due to its proximity to the coast.
All of East Texas also lies within the
Gulf Coastal Plain, but with less uniformity than the climate with rolling hills in the north and flat coastal plains in the south. Local vegetation also varies from north to south with the lower third consisting of the temperate grassland extending from South Texas to
South Louisiana. The upper two-thirds of the region dominated by
temperate forest known as the Piney Woods, which extends over 23,500
square miles (61,000 km²). The Piney Woods are part of a much larger region of
pine-
hardwood forest that extends into
Louisiana,
Arkansas, and
Oklahoma. The Piney Woods thins out as it nears the
Gulf of Mexico.
satellite image showing Houston and its surroundings
The Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana) and
Trinity River (Texas) are the major rivers in East Texas, but the Brazos River and Red River (Mississippi watershed) also flow through the region. The Brazos cuts through the southwest portion of the region while the Red River forms its northern border with Oklahoma and a portion of Arkansas. In East Texas and the rest of the South, small rivers and creeks collect into swamps called "
Bayous" and merge with the surrounding forest.
Taxodium distichum and
Spanish moss are the dominate plants in bayous. The most famous of these bayous are Cypress Bayou and Buffalo Bayou. Cypress Bayou surrounds the Big, Little, and Black Cypress rivers around Jefferson, Texas. They flow east into Caddo Lake and the adjoing wetlands cover the rim and islands of the lake. Most of Buffalo Bayou was cleared to create the
Houston Ship Channel, the remaining portions of
Buffalo Bayou are in
Downtown Houston.
Outside of the
Greater Houston area the average population density is around 18–45 per square mile (7–12 per square kilometre), with the population density near the Big Thicket dropping below 18 people per mi². East Texas's population is centered around Greater Houston and Beaumont, Texas/
Port Arthur, Texas/Orange, Texas in Southeast Texas,
Lufkin, Texas/
Nacogdoches, Texas in Deep East Texas, and Tyler, Texas,
Longview, Texas/Marshall, Texas, and
Texarkana, Texas in Northeast Texas. At its western edge, East Texas overlaps with Central Texas and North Texas; so cities like Bryan, Texas/College Station, Texas,
Corsicana, Texas, and
Greenville, Texas may be included in liberal definitions of East Texas. Only eight miles from the Texas border,
Shreveport, Louisiana is considered the "Gateway of East Texas" and is the economic and cultural center for central East Texas, particularly the
Longview/Marshall areas.
on
U.S. Route 79. The company operates facilities including refineries and oil wells throughout the region.
Culture
The
Museum of East Texas was opened in
Lufkin, Texas in
1976 under the name the
Lufkin Historical and Creative Arts Center. {{cite web | title = Museum of East Texas
| work = Handbook of Texas Online
| url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/klmwv.html
| accessdate = 2007-02-07 -->
References
Books
- Gone to Texas: Genealogical Abstracts from The Telegraph and Texas Register 1835-1841, compiled by Kevin Ladd
- The EAST TEXAS SUNDAY DRIVE Book, by Bob Bowman ISBN 1-878096-00-1
- Wild Flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas, and Western Louisiana, by Geyata Ajilvsgi ISBN 0-89096-065-8
- Two centuries in East Texas: A history of San Augustine County and surrounding territory from 1685 (Hardcover)by George Louis Crocket (Author)ASIN: B00089CVW8
- "Poet o' the Pines", by Milton Watts - site
External links
- East Texas Historical Association
- Sights of Interest in East Texas
- 1840 Map of East Texas From Texas Tides
See also
List of regions of the United States#Texas
Please note: The term eastern Texas is not a synonym for this region, and that as a proper noun east is capitalized in East Texas.
East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the United States state of Texas.
According to the
Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River (Mississippi watershed) in north central Lamar County, TX southwestward to east central Limestone County, TX and then southeastward to Galveston Bay", though some separate the Gulf Coast area into a separate region. This area includes all or parts of 49 counties, totaling almost 40,000 square miles (100,000 km²) and a population of almost 6 million. Another popular, somewhat simpler, definition defines East Texas as the region between
Interstate 45 linking Dallas and Houston and the Louisiana Border.
Most of the region consists of the Piney Woods ecoregion, and East Texas can sometimes be reduced to include only the Piney Woods. Houston has distanced itself from East Texas over the past fifty years; however Houston, Texas has been considered part of East Texas for most of the city's history. At the fringes, towards central Texas, the forests expand outward sparser trees and eventually into open plains.
Geography
Climate is the unifying factor in the region's geography—all of East Texas has the
humid subtropical climate typical of the Southeast. East Texas receives more rainfall, 35 to 60
inches (890 to 1520 mm), than the rest of Texas. In Houston the average January temperature is 50.4 °F (10.2 °C) and the average July temperature is 82.6 °F (28.1 °C), however Houston has slightly warmer winters than most of East Texas due to its proximity to the coast.
All of East Texas also lies within the Gulf Coastal Plain, but with less uniformity than the climate with
rolling hills in the north and flat
coastal plains in the south. Local vegetation also varies from north to south with the lower third consisting of the temperate grassland extending from South Texas to South Louisiana. The upper two-thirds of the region dominated by
temperate forest known as the Piney Woods, which extends over 23,500
square miles (61,000 km²). The Piney Woods are part of a much larger region of pine-
hardwood forest that extends into
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The Piney Woods thins out as it nears the Gulf of Mexico.
satellite image showing Houston and its surroundings
The Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana) and Trinity River (Texas) are the major rivers in East Texas, but the Brazos River and
Red River (Mississippi watershed) also flow through the region. The Brazos cuts through the southwest portion of the region while the Red River forms its northern border with
Oklahoma and a portion of Arkansas. In East Texas and the rest of the South, small rivers and creeks collect into swamps called "
Bayous" and merge with the surrounding forest.
Taxodium distichum and Spanish moss are the dominate plants in bayous. The most famous of these bayous are
Cypress Bayou and
Buffalo Bayou. Cypress Bayou surrounds the Big, Little, and Black Cypress rivers around
Jefferson, Texas. They flow east into
Caddo Lake and the adjoing wetlands cover the rim and islands of the lake. Most of Buffalo Bayou was cleared to create the
Houston Ship Channel, the remaining portions of Buffalo Bayou are in Downtown Houston.
Outside of the
Greater Houston area the average population density is around 18–45 per
square mile (7–12 per square kilometre), with the population density near the Big Thicket dropping below 18 people per mi². East Texas's population is centered around Greater Houston and
Beaumont, Texas/
Port Arthur, Texas/Orange, Texas in Southeast Texas,
Lufkin, Texas/Nacogdoches, Texas in
Deep East Texas, and Tyler, Texas,
Longview, Texas/
Marshall, Texas, and Texarkana, Texas in Northeast Texas. At its western edge, East Texas overlaps with Central Texas and North Texas; so cities like Bryan, Texas/
College Station, Texas,
Corsicana, Texas, and Greenville, Texas may be included in liberal definitions of East Texas. Only eight miles from the Texas border,
Shreveport, Louisiana is considered the "Gateway of East Texas" and is the economic and cultural center for central East Texas, particularly the
Longview/Marshall areas.
on
U.S. Route 79. The company operates facilities including refineries and oil wells throughout the region.
Culture
The Museum of East Texas was opened in Lufkin, Texas in
1976 under the name the
Lufkin Historical and Creative Arts Center. {{cite web | title = Museum of East Texas
| work = Handbook of Texas Online
| url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/klmwv.html
| accessdate = 2007-02-07 -->
References
Books
- Gone to Texas: Genealogical Abstracts from The Telegraph and Texas Register 1835-1841, compiled by Kevin Ladd
- The EAST TEXAS SUNDAY DRIVE Book, by Bob Bowman ISBN 1-878096-00-1
- Wild Flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas, and Western Louisiana, by Geyata Ajilvsgi ISBN 0-89096-065-8
- Two centuries in East Texas: A history of San Augustine County and surrounding territory from 1685 (Hardcover)by George Louis Crocket (Author)ASIN: B00089CVW8
- "Poet o' the Pines", by Milton Watts - site
External links
- East Texas Historical Association
- Sights of Interest in East Texas
- 1840 Map of East Texas From Texas Tides
See also
List of regions of the United States#Texas
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