City guides

Texas towns on the rise

The places Texans are moving to and visiting, from courthouse squares to spring-fed rivers — 24 guides and growing. Read the growing towns story.

Region

North Texas

Frisco

Sports capital of the northern suburbs.

North Texas

McKinney

A brick square that keeps its small-town heart.

North Texas

Celina

Farm-town roots, fast-growing future.

Hill Country

Georgetown

The most beautiful town square in Texas, they say.

Hill Country

New Braunfels

German heritage on two spring-fed rivers.

Hill Country

San Marcos

Crystal-clear springs and a college-town spirit.

Hill Country

Kyle

The pie capital of Texas, growing fast.

Gulf Coast

Conroe

Lake life on the edge of the Piney Woods.

Gulf Coast

Katy

Rice-farm roots and Saturday markets.

Hill Country

Bastrop

Lost Pines and new tech campuses.

South Texas

San Antonio

A 300-year-old city built around a river and a mission.

Hill Country

Bandera

The Cowboy Capital of the World.

Hill Country

Boerne

The Hill Country's German heart, thirty minutes from San Antonio.

Hill Country

Fredericksburg

Peaches, wine and the best-preserved German town in Texas.

Hill Country

Dripping Springs

The gateway town to the western Hill Country.

Hill Country

Wimberley

Cypress Creek swimming and a square that still feels like a village.

Gulf Coast

Galveston

A Victorian island city that has weathered everything.

Gulf Coast

Corpus Christi

The Texas coast's family beach and bayfront.

South Texas

McAllen

The border city of markets, winter birds and Valley kitchens.

South Texas

Victoria

A prairie courthouse town an hour from three coasts.

West Texas

El Paso

A desert city of mountains, missions and green chile.

West Texas

Marfa

A desert art town that rewards the detour.

Panhandle Plains

Amarillo

The Panhandle's big-sky base camp.

Panhandle Plains

Lubbock

Cotton, ranching and Texas's oldest wine country.