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The directory preserves all 576 named entries on The Small Towns of Texas list, retrieved October 18, 2026. One additional population line on that page has no town name and cannot be identified.
561 named entries have a single matched Census place reference. Eight names correspond to multiple Texas places: candidate pins are amber until a county is confirmed. Seven entries remain in the directory without a pin because a reliable match has not been established.
Populations are transcribed from the source website, which supplies no consistent population year. They are not current Census estimates. Some listed places exceed the page’s stated 15,000-person scope; all are retained.
Coordinates use the 2024 U.S. Census Texas places Gazetteer, with 2010 Gazetteer references for Sienna Plantation and Windemere. Geographic internal points are not necessarily downtown, a municipal boundary, or a visitor destination.
Maroon markers cover the main campuses of all 12 current member universities and 22 additional documented Texas research, branch, health and instructional references. RELLIS is shown once for all academic partners. Scope excludes agency field offices, farms, every clinic or affiliated hospital, online-only locations and campuses outside Texas. Closed Mesquite and Katy locations are not shown as active campuses. Approximate site reference points are not campus boundaries.
Sources: A&M System membership, TAMU approved educational sites, Tarleton locations, Prairie View locations, and university location pages linked from each marker.
Blue pins identify 160 reported operating records; amber rings identify 525 proposed/planned records from Cleanview’s public Texas map, retrieved October 18, 2026. “Operating” is the tracker’s classification and has not been independently verified here. Planned records can include proposed, approved or under-construction phases; the source does not provide a reliable split among these stages. Three canceled records are excluded. Crypto-mining facilities are retained where included by the tracker.
The source page reports 705 total projects (161 operating and 538 planned), while its public map exposes 688 coordinate records: 160 operating, 525 planned and three canceled. Those published category totals also do not reconcile to 705. This atlas uses the available map records without inventing missing locations or claiming exhaustive coverage. Projects, buildings and expansion phases may share a point; lists show each record separately. Coordinates and capacity are as reported; capacity is not used to infer workforce, water use or approved power demand.
Each marker links to a source and displays its snapshot date. Nearby-town distances are straight-line geographic comparisons, not road mileage or an implication of partnership. The downloadable overlay data includes sources and status definitions.
2D and 3D views use OpenFreeMap and OpenStreetMap. Building heights and coverage vary, particularly in rural communities; a tilted view does not guarantee a detailed 3D model. Favorites stay in this browser. External directions open Google Maps.