Welcome to La Porte ...The coastal city of La Porte is located on the Gulf Coast. La Porte is located in Harris County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of La Porte, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. From the Census Estimates for 2019, La Porte has a population of 34,963 people<2> (see below for details). The community of La Porte is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: La Porte lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for La Porte: 713, 281, 346 & 832<4> The ZIP codes for La Porte: 77571-77572<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, La Porte had an population of 34,963 people. This is an increase of 3.44% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 9.67% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, La Porte had a population of 33,800 people. This makes La Porte the county's 4th most populous community. The population of La Porte represents 0.13% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 87th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 33,800 people, the population of La Porte increased 6.02% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 31,880 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for La Porte. Communities Also Named La Porte ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named La Porte - they are located in California, Colorado, Indiana and Kansas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Porte. Websites for La Porte ...Official Website: www.ci.la-porte.tx.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.laportechamber.org/ Communities near La Porte ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Porte.
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 La Porte. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Porte. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Porte. 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 La Porte. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Porte. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for La Porte. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Porte ...Looking for more information about La Porte? 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 La Porte, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for La Porte. Adding La Porte to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of La Porte 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 La Porte was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for La Porte. Footnotes ...
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