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Texas City
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city in Galveston County, Texas, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map in TX.
It sits within the topics 1911 establishments in Texas, Cities in Galveston County, Texas and Cities in Texas.
Its subject is documented across 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Galveston , Chambers
- Founded
- 1830s
- Type
- Mayor-commissioner government
- Mayor
- Dedrick D. Johnson, Sr.
- City commission
- Thelma Bowie, Abel Garza, Jr., DeAndre' Knoxson, Keith Love, Chris Sharp, Jami Clark
- City
- 186.58 sq mi (483.24 km )
- Land
- 66.26 sq mi (171.62 km )
- Water
- 120.31 sq mi (311.61 km )
- Elevation
- 9.8 ft (3 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 55,667
- Rank
- US: 719th, TX: 69th
- Density
- 840/sq mi (324.4/km )
- Urban
- 191,863 (US: 200th )
- Urban density
- 1,760/sq mi (679.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC–6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–5 (CDT)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Texas City, TX | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Texas City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Galveston County
- Population
- 51898
- Area
- 480.555638
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- La Porte
- Official website
- www.texascitytx.gov
- Image
- The Settlement Historic District -- Texas City.jpg
- Households
- 17499
- Dialing code
- 409
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- Commons category
- Texas City, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Texas City, Texas
- postal code
- 77592
- inception
- 1911-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Texas City, Texas
- P8168
- Anna Walentynowicz
- water as percent of area
- 65.6129
- per capita income
- 28807
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Greater Houston
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Encyclopedic overview
Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas (with some water area in Chambers County), United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a deepwater port on the Gulf Coast and a petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing center. Its population was 51,898 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in Galveston County, behind League City and Galveston. It is part of the Houston metropolitan area. Texas City was the site of a major explosion in 1947 that demolished much of the city and its port.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Texas City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.