One Square Mile: Texas

The El Paso square mile includes portions of the Segundo Barrio and Chihuahuita neighborhoods. Encompassing some of the oldest areas in El Paso, this square mile borders the Mexican city of Juarez to the south and the heart of downtown El Paso to the north.

The Nacogdoches square mile stretches from the heart of downtown, north to the edge of Stephen F. Austin State University.

This square mile in Southtown, San Antonio includes the historic King William District and the up-and-coming neighborhood of Lavaca. The residents of each community have built a culture and sense of place that permeates across the city.

The town of Silverton, Texas, is home to a little more than 700 people, has no grocery store or traffic lights and is exactly one square mile in size.

This square mile in downtown Austin runs from Ladybird Lake northward to the State Capitol and includes areas that have seen massive changes over the past decade as Austin continues to grow. This episode explores Austin through the lives of Austinites navigating an ever-changing landscape.

The square mile of Port Isabel is an island community located between the culture of South Texas and the vacation destination of South Padre Island. As the once vibrant shrimping industry fades, the community that has emerged is forging a new identity.

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. At the 2010 census, the population of Midland was 111,147, and a 2011 estimate of 113,931, making it the twenty-eighth most populous city in the state of Texas. Due to the oil boom in Midland, certain officials have estimated the population to be hovering around 155,000 to 165,000. The Midland metropolitan area's, composed of Midland County, population grew 4.6 percent to 151,662 between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. People in Midland are called Midlanders.

Montrose is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas, United States and is one of the city's major cultural areas. Montrose and the larger Neartown area is considered one of the eccentric and demographically diverse areas of Houston. In recent decades, the area hosts a significant community of young adults, LGTB, punk rockers, artists, as well as a vibrant thrift, vintage, and second-hand shopping area.

Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District (CBD) in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The strong organic growth of Downtown Dallas since the early 2000s and continuing into the present has now resulted in the expansion of the term "Downtown" to include the explosive growth occurring immediately north of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway in the Victory Park and Uptown/Turtle Creek Districts as well as past Central Expressway to the east in the Deep Ellum and Bryan Place Districts, past Interstate 30 to the south with the Cedars District, and jumping over Interstate 35E to the west to include the Design District and Lower Oak Lawn. In total there are 15 districts that now form the definition of "Downtown".