Texas has a new city, largely thanks to Elon Musk's SpaceX. Residents in Cameron County, Texas, voted on May 3 to officially create Starbase, a new city along the state's southern border.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Texas has a brand-new city, and its name is Starbase. A vote Saturday to decide whether to turn part of south Texas into a new city centered around Elon Musk’s SpaceX ...

An aerial view of SpaceX Starbase outside Brownsville on March 28, 2025. / Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Newsroom. Elon Musk wants to create his own city.

The city at the southern tip of Texas near the Mexico border is only about 1.5 square miles (3.9 square kilometers), crisscrossed by a few roads and dappled with airstream trailers and modest ...

PRINCETON, Texas — Durrie Lee "DL" Caldwell knows the city of Princeton better than just about anyone else. He first moved to the area in 1961 when it had a population of 800. Since that time ...

Texas generally gives municipalities a lot of discretion on how to manage and govern themselves, according to Alan Bojorquez, an attorney who specializes in city governance. “The reality is ...

The Fastest-Growing City in the U.S. Is in Texas, and It’s Not the One You’re Thinking Of PRINCETON, Texas (AP) — At the start of the decade, fewer than 18,000 people called Princeton, a ...

New York City is the only city in the country that saw a bigger population increase than Houston. San Antonio, Texas’ second-largest city at 1.5 million, added nearly 24,000 residents.

The city of Starbase would encompass the SpaceX rocket testing and launch complex in South Texas. It could lay the groundwork for similar towns Musk plans to create here in future.