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Hempstead
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city in and county seat of Waller County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Waller
- Incorporated
- Originally incorporated November 10, 1858, re-incorporated June 10, 1935
- Mayor
- Katherine Ward
- Total
- 6.56 sq mi (16.99 km )
- Land
- 6.55 sq mi (16.97 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 227 ft (69.1 m)
- Density
- 1,275.4/sq mi (492.42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 48-33200
- Website
- www .hempsteadcitytx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Hempstead is a city in and the county seat of Waller County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hempstead had a population of 5,430. It is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hempstead” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.