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281. FIPS code. 48-15328 [ 2] GNIS feature ID. 1332954 [ 3] Website. www .clearlakeshores-tx .gov. Clear Lake Shores is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States, located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,258.
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking which side is showing when it lands, in order to randomly choose between two alternatives. It is a form of sortition which inherently has two possible outcomes. The party who calls the side that is facing up when the coin lands wins.
Heads and tails: Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance brings tradition to life at CelebrASIA Austin. Gannett. Eric Webb. May 15, 2024 at 5:01 AM. Giant, furry heads buck and roll, and long bodies slither ...
Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. [7] It is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Savannah, Georgia , (as the crow flies) and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Charleston .
The Kemah Boardwalk is a 60-acre Texas Gulf Coast theme park in Kemah, Texas, approximately 30 miles southeast of Downtown Houston, Texas. The Boardwalk is built entirely along the shores of Galveston Bay and Clear Lake. The complex is owned and operated by Landry's, Inc ., and has restaurants, rides, midway games, a boutique hotel, a charter ...
Clear Lake, or the Clear Lake Area, is a region in parts of Harris and Galveston County in Texas, United States. It is part of the Galveston Bay Area, which itself is a section of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. [2] [3] The area is geographically characterized by the bodies of water in it and around it, including ...
Clear Lake (Galveston Bay) / 29.57222°N 95.04361°W / 29.57222; -95.04361. Clear Lake is a brackish harbor located near Houston, Texas, U.S., in Harris County. The lake feeds Galveston Bay. It is bordered by Houston ( Clear Lake City ), Pasadena, League City, Clear Lake Shores, Taylor Lake Village, Seabrook and El Lago, Texas.