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Galveston County
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county in Texas, United States
Galveston County is a county located in Texas along the Gulf Coast, encompassing areas that include the island city of Galveston and surrounding communities. The county is significant as a major center for shipping, petrochemical industries, and tourism in the state.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Galveston Bay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Galveston
- Capital
- Galveston
- Population
- 350682
- Area
- 2261
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Gulf of Mexico
- Shares border with
- Harris County
- Official website
- www.galvestoncountytx.gov
- Image
- Galveston County Justice Center.jpg
- Households
- 125204
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- topic has template
- Template:Galveston County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Galveston County, Texas
- Commons category
- Galveston County, Texas
- inception
- 1838-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 57
- native label
- Galveston County
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Galveston County, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Galveston County, Texas
- per capita income
- 37530
- IPA transcription
- ˈɡælvɪstən
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Encyclopedic overview
Galveston County (/ˈɡælvɪstən/ GAL-vis-tən) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, located along the Gulf Coast adjacent to Galveston Bay. As of the 2020 census, its population was 350,682. The county was founded in 1838. The county seat is the City of Galveston, founded the following year, and located on Galveston Island. The most-populous municipality in the county is League City, a suburb of Houston at the northern end of the county, which surpassed Galveston in population during the early 2000s.
Galveston County is part of the nine-county Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land (Greater Houston) metropolitan statistical area.
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