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Harris County, Texas. / 29.86°N 95.39°W / 29.86; -95.39. Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, [ 1] making it the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, the most populous city in ...
National Register of Historic Places listings in Harris County, Texas. The following properties and districts in Harris County, Texas, United States, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 9, 2024.[ 1]
History of Texas. The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and ...
The Houston Heights, one of the earliest planned communities in Texas, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Downtown Houston.A National Geographic article says "stroll the area's broad, tree-canopied esplanades and side streets dotted with homes dating from the early 1900s and you may think you've landed in a small town."
All Harris County Tax Office locations are closed tomorrow, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, due to the hazardous weather conditions following Hurricane Beryl's landfall. All appointments will be ...
Houston Metro. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County ( METRO) is a major public transportation agency based in Houston, Texas, United States. It operates bus, light rail, bus rapid transit, HOV and HOT lanes, and paratransit service (under the name METROLift) in the city as well as most of Harris County.
The primary duties of the comptroller's office are to collect substantially all tax revenue owed to the State of Texas (this involves more than 60 different types of taxes from the sales tax-- the largest source of the state's tax revenue, since Texas does not have a personal income tax-- to minor items such as the "battery sales fee" -- a $2–$3 fee on sales of lead-acid batteries) and to ...
Texas. Texas has been a “red” state since 1980, but Donald Trump still only won the state by 6.5% in the 2020 presidential election — the narrowest margin since 1996. If Harris is elected ...