Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Delaware
- County
- Kent
- Total
- 0.38 sq mi (0.99 km )
- Land
- 0.38 sq mi (0.99 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Density
- 994.2/sq mi (383.87/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 10-36760
- Website
- houston .delaware .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Houston (/ˈhaʊstən/ HOW-stən) is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 381 in 2020. It was named for John W. Houston. The town was named after John W. Houston who was Delaware's Secretary of State from 1841 to 1844.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Houston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.