TEXAS Texas is a small NSW/Qld border town. Texas is decidedly different to its small NSW town counterparts. Texas services a quite large rural catchment. Texas is also an ‘old’ town where heritage factors are clearly important. Texas is soon to have a second museum. 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. There is still a bit of wild west about the town evidenced in part with the use of some old Dymoks material to display the book dept. in this Newsagency. Farming is the dominant industry in the Texas region, although there is also silver mine. A large cattle feedlot is located about 20 mins from town. Up until about 1980, tobacco farming was an important industry in the area and many Italian families settled the area to run and work the tobacco farms. The Texas War Memorial is central down town. The Catholic and Anglican Churches are both modern buildings. The Heritage Museum is on the eastern fringe of the township. The Texas Hotel is the central party location for the town. Texas is one of those towns that is well away from the main highway routes, so for most visitors will be a diversion. Given time and distance considerations that would have to be carefully assessed.