title: Capital of Texas
text: # Capital of Texas
  
  The capital of Texas usually refers to Austin, Texas, the capital of the present-day U.S. state. Several other locations served as the capital of Texas prior to statehood:
  
  ## Pre-Republic
  
  * Monclova, first provincial capital of Texas, 1686, and again in 1833
  * Los Adaes (modern day Robeline, Louisiana), 1721 to 1772
  * San Antonio, 1772 to 1824
  * San Felipe de Austin, now the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, headquarters of the Colony of Texas
  
  ## Republic of Texas
  
  * Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, March 1, 1836 to March 17, 1836
  * Harrisburg, Texas, March 21 to April 1836
  * Velasco, Texas, April 1836 to September 1836
  * Columbia, Texas, October 1836, first capital of the elected government of the Republic of Texas
  * Houston, Texas, 1837 to 1839
  
  ## Modern-day Texas
  
  * Austin, Texas, designated in 1839
  