"Starbase, Texas, is now a real city," said Elon Musk after a vote decided the future of his SpaceX workplace.

The area where Elon Musk's SpaceX company operates on the southern tip of Texas is to officially become a city called Starbase. Residents approved incorporating a patch of land as the new municipality in an election on Saturday.

SpaceX rocket builders voted overwhelmingly to incorporate the rocket complex as a municipality, according to early results.