Welcome to Houston ...The city of Houston is located on the Gulf Coast. Houston is primarily located in Harris County<1> and is the County Seat for Harris County. A portion of Houston extends into Fort Bend County and Montgomery County. The community of Houston was established in 1836. When the people of Houston refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Houstonian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Houston has a population of 2,315,720 people<3> (see below for details). Houston is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Houston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Houston: 713, 281, 346 & 832<5> The ZIP codes for Houston: 77001-77096, 77098-77099, 77201-77208, 77210, 77212-77213, 77215-77231, 77233-77238, 77240-77245, 77248-77249, 77251-77259, 77261-77263, 77265-77275, 77277, 77279-77280, 77282, 77284, 77287-77293, 77297, 77299<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Houston had an population of 2,315,720 people. This is an increase of 10.3% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 18.53% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Houston had a population of 2,099,451 people (or 51.11% of the total population of Harris County). This makes Houston the county's most populous community. The population of Houston represents 8.35% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,099,451 people, the population of Houston increased 7.46% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,953,631 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Houston. 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), Colorado, Delaware (2), Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Houston. Websites for Houston ...Official Website: www.cityofhouston.gov/ Junior League: www.juniorleaguehouston.org/ 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. Our list includes 248 papers. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Houston, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 (so far) for Houston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Houston. Footnotes ...
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