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HOUSTON, TEXAS

Harris County Seat, Texas Gulf Coast

29° 45' 46" N, 95° 22' 59" W (29.762778, -95.383056)

I-10
Hwys 59 & 45
160 miles to Austin
210 miles to San Antonio
238 miles to Dallas
Population: 2,304,580 (2020)
2,100,263 (2010) 1,953,631 (2000) 1,630,553 (1990)

Houston, Texas
Landmarks / Attractions


1910 Harris County Courthouse, Houston, Texas old photo
1939 Photo courtesy TXDoT
Harris County Courthouse ›

  • Glenwood Cemetery

  • Edith L .Moore Nature Sanctuary

  • The Gulf Building

  • The 1940 Houston Air Terminal Museum

  • The Niels and Mellie Esperson Building
  • Sam Houston Equestrian Statue

  • Podunk, Texas AKA Denver Harbor, Houston

  • The San Jacinto Monument

  • San Jacinto Battleground and the Battleship Texas
    30 miles east of Houston in La Porte on Texas Highway 124.

  • Mykawa, Texas

  • Minnetex, Texas

  • Bellaire, Texas Inside the 610 Loop of Houston

  • South Side Place, Texas Inside the 610 Loop of Houston

  • Addicks, Texas

  • Brunner Absorbed into Houston

  • Kingwood Annexed by Houston

  • Lily White Absorbed into Houston

  • Olivewood Cemetery

  • Space Center Houston
    20 miles SE of downtown Houston, 3 miles east on NASA Road 1.
    1-800-972-0369


    • Houston Tales

    Houston, TX - Founders Memorial Park - SJCA members, Dedication of John Kirby Allen Marker, 1936 Texas old photo
    Photograph courtesy of the Briscoe Center for American History, UT-Austin, Bailey (Bob) Studios Photographic Archive, e_bb_4363.
    San Jacinto Centennial Association and Houston observances during Texas Centennial of 1936 ›
    by Mark W. Lambert

    Library ghost
  • Houston's Ideson Library Ghost by Johnny Stucco
    Houston's Basement-dwelling, Tree-planting, Violin-playing, Dog-loving, Butter-making Ghost

    • People, Places and Stories

  • The Forgotten Team of Texas by Clay Coppedge
    The Colt .45s - the team that became the Astros.

  • The Houstorian Calendar: Today in Houston History by James Glassman. Book review by Dr. Kirk Bane

  • The Houstorian Dictionary: An Insider's Index to Houston by James Glassman. Book review by Kirk Bane

  • Duels by Mike Cox

  • Christ Church Cathedral in Houston by Wanda Orton

  • Keeping Up with the Anson Joneses by Wanda Orton

  • The Great Texas / British TV Hoax of 1953 Mike Cox

  • Hughes Who in Oil Field by Wanda Orton

  • Remembrance of Things Fried: Mr. Shipley and Mrs. Hurley by Ken Rudine

  • Honoring Lightnin' by Bob Bowman

  • Julia Ideson Library Ghost Story

  • William Marsh Rice by Archie P. McDonald

  • High Over Houston, Captain A. J. High: A Positive Altitude

  • How Houston's 1940 Airport Helped Me Figure Out How to Keep Our Homes and Attics Cooler by Ken Rudine

  • Houston, the 2nd Hundred Years by Ken Rudine

  • The 8-F Crowd by Bob Bowman

  • William Penn Hotel [from "Razed in Texas" series]

  • Pink Palace of Healing by Archie P. McDonald

  • Kinkaid School by Archie P. McDonald

  • Austin Will by Mike Cox

  • Blewett & Dabney by John Troesser

  • The Saddest Valentine in Houston by John Troesser

  • "You're Our Biggest Fan!" by John Troesser

  • Dick Dowling Statue
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    Cartoons by Roger Todd Moore

  • Oct. 11, 1915: First Texas Women's Fair
  • 1895 Galveston and Houston Snowstorm
  • Dec. 22, 1996: Houston Oilers
  • Houston 1984
  • Christmas Lights
  • Eat Out
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    Houston Images


    Houston TX - bird's eye view of Houston, 1873 Old Map
    Lithograph of Houston, Texas, 1873 old map
    Click on image to enlarge
    Wikimedia Commons


    Houston TX - 1918 Labor Day Parade
    Houston Old Photos ›

  • Houston Through the Lens of Lauren Meyers

  • Houston Old Photos

  • Houston Cotton Scenes

  • Post card images of old Houston

  • Carnegie Libraries in Houston

  • Architectural Whimsy - Lovett Hall, Rice University
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    Favorite Day Trips & Weekend Getaways

    Popular Destinations
    Austin
    Brenham
    Galveston
    Huntsville
    San Antonio

    Nearby Day Trips & Weekend Getaways
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    Favorite Trips

  • Fayette County Painted Churches Tour

  • The Road to Independence
    Washington County and One Overlooked Place South of La Grange
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    Small Business Partners
  • Skunk Control & Removal
    11811 North Freeway, Suite 500 Houston, TX 77060
    832-413-6431
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