SpaceX Launch Site Officially the New City of Starbase, Texas

In a post on his social platform X, Musk celebrated the results, saying it is ‘now a real city!’
SpaceX Launch Site Officially the New City of Starbase, Texas
A statue of SpaceX founder Elon Musk near the town of Boca Chica, Texas, on May 3, 2025. Valerie Gonzalez/AP Photo
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company will now have an official city name for its South Texas home—Starbase.

On May 3, a vote to formally reincorporate Starbase as a city was approved among a small group of people who live in the Boca Chica area and are mostly SpaceX employees. Residents voted 212–6 to organize the area as the city of Starbase, according to online results by the Cameron County Elections Department.

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