Texas

Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 30 million residents in 2022, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.
Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S. Southern and the Southwestern regions. Although Texas is popularly associated with the U.S. southwestern deserts, less than ten percent of Texas's land area is desert. Most of the population centers are in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests, and the coastline. Traveling from east to west, one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods, to rolling plains and rugged hills, and finally the desertand mountains of the Big Bend.
Texas is the home state of numerous characters in the Blazin’ Trails series. 
== Locations in Blazin’ Trails ==
* Austin
* El Paso
* San Antonio
* Hallowed Fields
* Havenport
* Bucktooth Creek
* Tenderfoot
* Carrottop Canyon
* Gopher Gulch
* Hoop ‘n Holler
* Shadybrook
== References ==
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