Texas is known as the "Lone Star State"
Texas State Florists (txflorist)
cayon lake
the Lonestar state
The Republic of Texas; The Lone Star State is the official state nickname.
No, it is a proper noun. Texas is the name of a US state.
Austin is the state capital of Texas.
"The Lone Star State."
it was approved by the Texas state legislature.
How is it there? Well, it was established there (as Southwest Texas Normal School, then Southwest Texas State College, then Southwest Texas State University, then to its present name), and it hasn't moved.
Texas
Texas is the name of a specific state. Texas is the proper noun; the word state is the common noun.