Free Software Utilities
Find Texas Cities
Texas Town & City Search. Enter a name, or even a partial name, of a place in Texas (city or town) and this search engine will tell you what places and towns match the search string, what counties they are in, and the most recent population of each place per U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Note that the population shown is for that part of each place in the indicated county.
School Districts
Texas School District Locator. Search for Texas school disticts by district name, district number, or county name. The School District Locator will return both a list of the school districts matching your search criteria and an interactive map showing their locations and boundaries.
State-to-Vendor Payments
Vendor Payments. Designed to allow vendors to look up state payments on-line. There is a public information search available but a Social Security Number, Taxpayer Identification Number or Employer Identification Number is required.
Statistics and Data Tools
Search Engines
Google. An easy to use and very comprehensive Web search engine.
SearchGov.com. Search for information from state governments, specific federal agencies and departments, etc. all at one time. It is just like running a search on one of the major search engines like Altavista, except that the results are limited to federal, state, and local government web sites. There is also a directory of links to federal agencies, states, etc.
Zip Codes and More
Langenberg.com. Find zip codes, cities, area codes, counties, census and time zones, zip code maps. Determine the distance from: city to zip or zip to city, or discover surrounding zip codes.
Zip Codes. Use this form from the U.S. Postal Service to locate 5 or 9 digit zip codes.
Zip Info. Use their free Zip Code Lockup feature to locate area codes, congressional districts, latitude and longitude, etc. You can find out the five digit zip code by entering a city and state.