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DEER PARK,
TEXAS
“Gateway to San
Jacinto”
Harris County, Texas
Gulf Coast
29°41'31"N 95°7'5"W (29.692003, -95.118108)
South of I-10
Just S of the Houston Ship Channel
SE of Houston
E of Pasadena
W of La Porte
ZIP code 77536
Area codes 713, 281, 832, 346
Population: 33,474 est. (2019)
32,010 (2010) 28,520 (2000) 27,652 (1990)
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History in
a Pecan Shell
It
is said that at one time a private park was set aside for deer,
here, hence the pastoral name. It became a subdivision of Houston
in the 1890s and in 1894 a depot was built on the tracks of the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad.
It was granted a post office in 1893 but that was closed by 1919.
Reestablished in 1930, it has been open ever since.
From a population of only 40 residents in 1896 it would seem as
though it had no way to go but up. But the Depression hit the town
hard and by the end of the 30s the population had dropped to a mere
25.
But after WWII,
the region exploded with construction. Oil refineries, tank farms
and petro-chemical factories sprang up like mushrooms along the
Houston ship channel.
From a population of 736 in 1950, Deer Park increased to nearly
5,000 in just ten years. The next census (1970) counted 12,773.
It has since increased to over 32,000.
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