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Welcome to Houston ...Houston is located in Weld County<1>. The location of Houston has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> When the people of Houston refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Houstonian<3> Houston is 4,780 feet [1,457 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Houston is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Houston lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Houston: (970) Communities Also Named Houston ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Houston - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Delaware (2), Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Houston. Communities near Houston ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Houston.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Houston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Houston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Houston. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Houston. See our Newspapers Page for Houston. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houston ...Looking for more information about Houston? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Houston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Houston. Adding Houston to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Houston in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Houston was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924). We also found Houston mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939). For more details, see References and Mentions for Houston. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Houston. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Weld County: www.co.weld.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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