Central Texas

Central Texas is a region in the U.S. state of Texas roughly bordered on the west by San Saba, to the southeast by Bryan-College Station, the south by San Marcos and to the north by Hillsboro. Central Texas overlaps with and includes part of the Texas Hill Country and corresponds to a physiographic section designation within the Edwards Plateau, in a geographic context.

Central Texas includes the metropolitan areas of: Killeen-Temple, Bryan–College Station, Waco and Austin–Round Rock (also part of the Capital region). The Austin–Round Rock and Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood areas are among the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the state. In the south, the Greater Austin and Greater San Antonio areas are separated from each other by approximately 80 miles (129 km) along I-35. It is anticipated that both regions may form a new metroplex similar to Dallas-Fort Worth. The largest U.S. Army installation in the country, Fort Hood, is located near Killeen.

Composition

The counties (to the right in red) that are almost always included in the Central Texas region are (those bolded below are always part of Central Texas):

Bastrop Bell Blanco Burnet Coryell

Gillespie Hays Lampasas Lee Llano

Falls McLennan Milam Travis Williamson

Counties (to the right in pink) that are sometimes included in the Central Texas region are:

Bandera Bexar Bosque Brazos Burleson Caldwell Comal

Comanche Fayette Freestone Gonzales Guadalupe Hamilton

Hill Kerr Kendall Kimble Leon Limestone Madison

Mason Mills Robertson San Saba Washington Wilson