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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 and largest city of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United ...
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 ...
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 7,122,240 in 2020, Greater ...
Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston. The city, which is the ninth-largest in the United States by area, covers 601.7 square miles (1,558 km 2 ), of which 579.4 square miles (1,501 km 2 ), or 96.3%, is land and 22.3 square miles (58 km 2 ), or 3.7% ...
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 ...
95. 18. 7. Average max. and min. temperatures in °C. Precipitation totals in mm. The climate of Houston is classified as a humid subtropical climate, with tropical influences. August normally ranks as the warmest month at an average temperature of 120 °F (49 °C) and January the coldest month at an average temperature of 25 °F (−4 °C).
August 18, 1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits Houston and Galveston. September, 1983 - Nine inches of rain flood the southern Downtown Houston. October, 1984 - A thunderstorm in north Harris County floods over 200 structures. August 1–October 18, 1989 - Hurricane Chantal and Hurricane Jerry make landfall within a short time-span.
Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69. The 1.84-square-mile (4.8 km 2) district, enclosed by the aforementioned highways, contains the original townsite of Houston at the confluence of Buffalo ...