Texas City
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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
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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.
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