Baytown
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Counties
- Harris , Chambers
- Congressional district
- 36th
- Incorporated
- January 24, 1948
- Type
- Council–manager
- Total
- 37.99 sq mi (98.39 km )
- Land
- 36.91 sq mi (95.59 km )
- Water
- 1.08 sq mi (2.80 km )
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Density
- 2,091.6/sq mi (807.57/km )
- Metro
- 7,206,841 ( 6th )
- Demonym
- Baytonian
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 77520-77523
- Area codes
- 281, 713, 832, 346, 621
- Fips code
- 48-06128
via Wikipedia infobox
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Baytown is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Harris and Chambers counties. Located in the metropolitan statistical area of Greater Houston, it lies on the northern side of the Galveston Bay complex near the outlets of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. It is the sixth-largest city within this metropolitan area and seventh largest community (including The Woodlands CDP). Major highways serving the city include State Highway 99, State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. At the 2020 U.S. census, Baytown had a population of 83,701, and it had an estimated population of 84,324 in 2022.
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