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Welcome to East Houston ...

East Houston is located on the Gulf Coast.

East Houston is located in Harris County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Houston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

A typical abbreviation for East Houston: E. Houston

East Houston is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Houston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near East Houston ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Houston.

  • Houston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pasadena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pearland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Baytown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • La Porte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Deer Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellaire
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • South Houston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Humble
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • West University Place
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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 East Houston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Houston.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East 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 East Houston.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Houston. See our Newspapers Page for East Houston.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Houston ...

Looking for more information about East 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 East Houston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Houston.

Adding East Houston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 (so far) for East Houston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Houston post office opened in 1902. The East Houston post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Houston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Harris, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Houston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/