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  2. Houston - Wikipedia

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    Website. houstontx.gov. Houston (/ ˈhjuːstən / ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most ...

  3. Greater Houston - Wikipedia

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    Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, [ 7 ][ 8 ][ 9 ] encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas. With a population of 7,510,253 in 2023 ...

  4. History of Houston - Wikipedia

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    History of Texas. The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and ...

  5. List of cities and towns in Greater Houston - Wikipedia

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    List of cities and towns in Greater Houston This is a complete list of all incorporated cities, towns, and villages and CDPs within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area defined by the U.S. Census as of April 2010.

  6. Demographics of Houston - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Houston. In the U.S. state of Texas, Houston is the largest city by both population and area. With a 1850 United States census population of 2,396—and 596,163 a century later, in 1950—Houston's population has experienced positive growth trends. [1] In 2000, the city had a population of 1,953,631 people in 717,945 households ...

  7. Geography of Houston - Wikipedia

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    Houston is located 165 miles (266 km) east of Austin, [3] 112 miles (180 km) west of the Louisiana border, and 250 miles (400 km) south of Dallas. [4] Houston County, Texas, located 100 miles (160 km) north of Houston, is unrelated to Houston.

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