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Texas City Dike. Coordinates: 29°23′24.99″N 94°53′10.03″W. Sunset image taken from Texas City Dike. The Texas City Dike is a levee located in Texas City, Texas, United States that projects nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east into the mouth of Galveston Bay. [1] It is flanked by the north-eastern tip of Galveston Island and the south ...
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. 1919 map of the railroad. The Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway (GL&N) was a standard gauge U.S. shortline railroad located in East Texas. Originally chartered on May 15, 1908, as the Texas Northern Railway Company, it changed its name on August 17, 1908. On December 1, 1908, the GL&N purchased the 21 ...
Lufkin, Texas. / 31.33833°N 94.72917°W / 31.33833; -94.72917. Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas, United States and is the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and is 60 mi (97 km) west of the Texas- Louisiana state line. Its population is 34,143 as of 2020.
Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a busy deepwater port on Texas's Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum-refining and petrochemical-manufacturing center. The population was 51,898 at the 2020 census, [ 3] making it the third-largest city in Galveston ...
The Fifth Congress established the new county on December 17, 1840, and named it after Mirabeau B. Lamar, [5] who was the first Vice President and the second President of the Republic of Texas. Map of the city in 1885. Lamar County was one of the 18 Texas counties that voted against secession on February 23, 1861. [6]
Victoria is a city and the county seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census . [ 4 ] The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 census.
U.S. Highway 90 US 90 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by TxDOT Length 607.633 mi (977.891 km) Existed 1927 –present Major junctions West end I-10 BL / SH 54 in Van Horn Major intersections I-10 US 87 in San Antonio I-37 in San Antonio SH 130 Toll in Seguin I-45 in Houston I-69 / US 59 in Houston East end I-10 / US 90 in Orange at Louisiana state line Location Country United ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 52.3 km 2 (20.2 sq mi), of which 52.2 km 2 (20.2 sq mi) are land and 0.1 km 2 (0.039 sq mi), or 0.24%, is covered by water. [6] Del Rio lies on the northwestern edges of the Tamaulipan mezquital, also called the South Texas brush