Texas State Government

From the U.S. Census Bureau, quick access to Texas Population, Housing, Demographic, Economic, and Business data from the Census, American Community Survey, and business and economic surveys.

Legislative Reference Board
Location (print): JPL & Downtown Library HJ11 .T474
2014 / 2012 / 2010 / 2008 / 2006 / 2004 (.pdf)

An online version of the Handbook of Texas. This encyclopedia gives information on the history, geography, and culture of Texas. Look up individual county names for a history of that county. Includes an article on defunct counties.
Also in print: JPL 2nd Floor Info Desk F384 .N48 (The New Handbook of Texas) (6 volumes)

Official Web Portal for the State of Texas for links to Texas Government resources on the web.

TRAIL searches and links to information from over 180 Texas state agency web servers. It also provides basic information about state agencies including contact, legal, budgetary and background resources on the alphabetical Texas State Agencies page.

Searchable online catalog of the holdings of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and five partner agencies. Useful for identifying Texas government publications. Not all items owned by TSLAC prior to 1976 are listed. Check UTSA catalogs for holdings.

Annotated list of databases from each state government listed by agency. Compiled by Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association (GODORT).

Search Texas towns that previously or still exist for basic population and name data. From Texas Almanac.

Arranged alphabetically, this source provides a listing of periodical articles and books on the history of Texas counties.
F386 .J436 1965

Links for each state agency for contact information, addresses, phone numbers and links to enabling legislation for that agency.

Contains collection descriptions or "finding aids" for the rich archival, manuscript, library and museum collections in repositories across the state available to the public.

Texas Government Code from Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

From Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Find out from the Office of the Governor if the flag is full staff or half staff, and why.

An online version of the current constitution. It can be downloaded in its entirety, viewed by article, or searched.
Also see database of constitutional amendments (proposed & accepted) to the Texas Constitution.

Location: JPL 3rd Floor KFT1230 .A2 1876a (v.1-3)

Twelve versions of Texas Constitutions dating from 1824-1876. Includes search engine.

Online textbook from UT-Austin explaining background and development.

1875 (from LLMC Digital)