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Economically, Harris County along with other Texas counties has one of the nation's highest property tax rates. In 2007, the county was ranked in the top 25 at 22nd in the nation for property taxes as percentage of the homes value on owner-occupied housing; the list only includes counties with a population over 65,000 for comparability. [23]
Harris County: 201: Houston: 1836: One of the original 23 counties Named Harrisburg County until 1839: John Richardson Harris, early settler and founder of Harrisburg, Texas, which eventually became known as Houston: 4,835,125: 1,729 sq mi (4,478 km 2) Harrison County: 203: Marshall: 1839: Shelby County: Jonas Harrison, a lawyer and soldier in ...
Cities and counties (as well as other political entities) are permitted to enter "interlocal agreements" to share services (for instance, a city and a school district may enter into agreements with the county whereby the county bills for and collects property taxes for the city and school district; thus, only one tax bill is sent instead of ...
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, [4] [5] [6] is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, [7] [8] [9] encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.
Stafford lies between Sugar Land and Houston, straddling Fort Bend and Harris counties. Stafford is home to many corporate campuses due to the lack of a municipal property tax. The Stafford Municipal School District, run by the city, is the only school district in Texas run by a municipal government.
Spring Branch is a district in west-northwest Harris County, Texas, United States, roughly bordered by Tanner Road and Hempstead Road to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south, and the 610 Loop to the east; it is almost entirely within the city of Houston. [4]
Texas voters in November overwhelmingly enshrined into law the $18 billion property tax relief plan that lawmakers passed, and in doing so, set the stage for a new election — three new ...
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns , or census-designated places .