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The city of Baytown is located at the mouth of the San Jacinto River on Galveston Bay, 26 miles (42 km) by road east of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.5 square miles (94.6 km 2), of which 35.4 square miles (91.8 km 2) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2), 2.92%, is covered by water.
In 1877, the town was renamed by former judge, state representative, legislator, and Vice President of the railroad, Josiah Frasier Crosby, and a post office was established. By 1884 Crosby reported a population of 50, a school, a Baptist church, and a general store. In 1905 it had one school with four teachers and 122 students.
The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.18. In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.0% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years.
Wooster, Baytown, Texas. Coordinates: 29.749°N 95.032°W. Wooster is an area of Baytown, Texas, United States that used to be a distinct unincorporated community in Harris County. Wooster is named after Quincy Adams Wooster, from Monona County, Iowa. He purchased over 1,000 acres in 1892 and founded the township of Wooster, which included the ...
1919. (1919) Capacity. 588,000 bbl/d (93,500 m 3 /d) ExxonMobil 's Baytown Refinery is a major oil refinery named after and located in Baytown, Texas. It has capacity of 588,000 barrels per day (93,500 m 3 /d). [1] The site first opened in 1919 and was originally operated by the Humble Oil Company. Today, it is the largest employer in the city.
2411580 [3] Website. Official website. La Porte (/ lə ˈpɔːrt / lə PORT) is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Bay Area of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 35,124. [4] La Porte is the fourth-largest incorporated city in Harris County.
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 ...
The Galveston Bay Area, also known as Bay Area Houston or simply the Bay Area, [ 2 ][ 3 ] is a region that surrounds the Galveston Bay estuary of Southeast Texas in the United States, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Normally the term refers to the mainland communities around the bay and excludes Galveston as well ...