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The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto and the museum ship USS Texas. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas near the city of Houston. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [2] [3]
The San Jacinto River ( / ˌsæn dʒəˈsɪntoʊ / SAN jə-SIN-toh, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ˈsaŋ xaˈsinto]) flows through southeast Texas. It is named after Saint Hyacinth. In the past, it was home to the Karankawa [citation needed] and Akokisa tribes. The river begins with a west and east fork; the west fork begins in Walker County ...
San Jacinto County (/ ˌ s æ n dʒ ə ˈ s ɪ n t oʊ / SAN jə-SIN-toh) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census , its population was 27,402. [1] Its county seat is Coldspring . [2]
October 15, 1966. The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high (172.92-meter) [2] [note 1] column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston. The Art Deco monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive ...
48-15892 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1384227 [3] Coldspring is a city in San Jacinto County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat of San Jacinto County, [4] which is named after the river that traverses it and shares its name with the battle that gave Texas its independence. The population was 819 at the 2020 census .
The city of Baytown is located at the mouth of the San Jacinto River on Galveston Bay, 26 miles (42 km) by road east of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 36.5 square miles (94.6 km 2 ), of which 35.4 square miles (91.8 km 2 ) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2 ), 2.92%, is covered by water.
San Jacinto College (Spanish: Colegio San Jacinto) is a public community college in the Greater Houston area, with its campuses in Pasadena and Houston, Texas.Established in 1961, San Jacinto College originally consisted of the independent school districts (ISD) of Channelview, Deer Park, Galena Park, La Porte, and Pasadena.
11,854 acres (4,797 ha) Max. depth. 45 ft (14 m) Water volume. 160,000 acre⋅ft (0.20 km 3) [1] Surface elevation. 44 ft (13 m) Lake Houston is a reservoir on the San Jacinto River, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The reservoir is the primary municipal water supply for the city of Houston.