About Houston
Houston ( ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,302,878 in 2022, Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the seventh-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of 640.4 square miles (1,659 km2), Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties).
Neighborhoods in Houston, Texas
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Houston History Government Department
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History of Houston, TX
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Houston, Texas is the largest city in the state and the fourth-largest in the United States. Located in Harris County on the Gulf Coast, Houston has a rich and varied history that dates back to pre-Columbian times. Native American tribes, including the Karankawa, Akokisa, and Atakapan, lived in the region for thousands of years before Europeans arrived.
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