US EditionVoters make SpaceX's Starbase, Texas, its own city
- On May 3, 2025, residents near SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch facility in southern Texas voted overwhelmingly to officially incorporate their community, establishing a new municipality named after the company’s local rocket site.
- SpaceX’s growth and need for local housing and control motivated the incorporation after residents overwhelmingly voted 212 to 6 in favor.
- The newly established city spans roughly 1.6 square miles and has a population of nearly 500, primarily made up of SpaceX workers and their families, who elected three current or former employees to local government positions.
- Elon Musk celebrated stating, “Starbase, Texas Is now a real city!” while the city seeks authority to limit public access to local beaches and highways to support increased rocket launches.
- The incorporation strengthens SpaceX’s local control and economic presence but has raised concerns among residents, indigenous groups, and officials about environmental impact and restricted community access.
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Starbase, home to Elon Musk's SpaceX, to officially become a Texas city
Starbase, the area in Cameron County, Texas, where billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX company operates, will officially become a city after an election by eligible residents of the area over the weekend.
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ThePatriotLight - Elon Musk Gets His Own Texas City After Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX’s ‘Starbase’
ThePatriotLight - GPS III SV01 Mission (2018). Original from Official SpaceX Photos. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. A remote section of southern Texas, home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site, has officially been designated as a city. Named Starbase, the area was incorporated following a successful vote by local residents on Saturday. Of the 283 eligible voters, most of whom are SpaceX employees, 212 voted in favour while just six opposed, accor…
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