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Galveston County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, located along the Gulf Coast adjacent to Galveston Bay. As of the 2020 census, its population was 350,682. The county was founded in 1838. The county seat is the City of Galveston, founded the following year, and located on Galveston Island. The most-populous municipality in the county is League City, a suburb of Houston at the northern end of the county, which surpassed Galveston in population during the early 2000s.
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La Marque is a city in Galveston County, Texas, south of Houston. The city population in 2020 was 18,030. La Marque experienced considerable growth in the 1950s, during which the city provided a general administrative and trades and crafts workforce helping to support the petrochemical complex in adjoining Texas City. It is the hometown of U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Norman Bulaich.
Winfield is a small city in Titus County, Texas, United States. The population was 524 at the 2010 census.
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Shady Grove is a ghost town in Houston County, Texas, United States.
Prairie Point, also known as Prairie, is a ghost town in Houston County, Texas, United States. It is located at the intersection of FM 230 and county roads 3615 and 3520.
Mound City, also known as Houston's Mound, is an unincorporated community in Houston and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The Anderson County portion of the community is located within the Palestine, Texas micropolitan area.
Wheeler Springs is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.
Coltharp was an unincorporated area in Houston County, Texas, United States. It was located on the Cochino Bayou 20 miles east of Crockett, roughly where the intersection of Farm to Market Road 513 and Forest Service Road 521 A is located.
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- ↑ "PLEASANT HILL, TX (HOUSTON COUNTY) | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)". Tshaonline.org. 1911-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
- ↑ "Elkhart ISD :: School District Map of the Elkhart ISD :: MapTechnica". www.maptechnica.com. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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