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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 ...
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]
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.
Ames; Anahuac; Arcola; Bayou Vista; Beach City; Beasley; Bellville; Brazoria; Brazos Country; Brookshire; Brookside Village; Bunker Hill Village; Clear Lake Shores ...
The Katy area lies in three counties. Residents in unincorporated Harris, Fort Bend and Waller counties are governed by those counties. The county residents elect representative county commissioners who represent them on the county courts of each county, presided over by the county judge of each county. Harris County Precinct Three, headed by ...
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 .
The Woodlands is primarily in Montgomery County, with a small portion in Harris County, bordering Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau , The Woodlands has an area of 43.9 square miles (113.6 km 2 ), of which 43.3 square miles (112.1 km 2 ) are land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2 ), or 1.32%, are water.
Pearland is a city located south of Houston in Brazoria County with a small portion in Harris County. Pearland is the fastest-growing city in Brazoria County – it has increased from about 19,000 to 39,000 residents in the 1990s alone (based on 2000 U.S. Census figures). It has since increased from 39,000 to 82,000 since 2000.