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Port Houston is a neighborhood located on the East Side of Houston, Texas, United States. Port Houston is an industrial, mostly Hispanic community [1] located near the Houston Ship Channel and the Port of Houston. In a 2007 article John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press described Port Houston as "a blue-collar Mexican neighborhood of wrought-iron ...
Ferry service is provided by the Texas Department of Transportation between Port Bolivar and Galveston. The Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry [11] can accommodate vehicles as heavy as 80,000 pounds, and as long as 65 feet, as high as 13.5 feet and as wide as 8.5 feet. [12] The ferry was closed because of Hurricane Ike [1] but re-opened on November ...
High Island is an unincorporated community located in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, Galveston County, Texas, United States.The community is located in the extreme eastern part of the county on Bolivar Peninsula, less than one mile from Chambers County and less than two miles from Jefferson County.
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Kemah (/ ˈ k iː m ə / KEE-mə) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, southeast of Houston along west Galveston Bay. The city's population was 1,807 at the 2020 census, [6] down from 2,330 at the 2000 census. Located in Galveston County, Kemah's main industry is shipping. Originally a small fishing town, the city has become a tourist ...
Morgan's Point is located 30 miles southeast of Houston in southeastern Harris County, Texas, United States, located on the shores of Galveston Bay at the inlet to the Houston Ship Channel, near La Porte and Baytown. As of the 2020 census, it has 273 residents, and is located within the La Porte Independent School District.
Location; Country: United States: Location: Houston (Texas, USA): Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: USHOU [2]: Details; Operated by: Port of Houston Authority: Owned by: City of Houston: Type of harbour: Artificial / natural: Number of cargo container terminals: 2: Number of major general cargo terminals: 5: Statistics; Annual cargo tonnage: 212 million (2006) [3]: Annual container volume: 1.6 ...
Tomball (/ ˈ t ɒ m b ɔː l / TOM-bawl) is a city in Harris County in the U.S. state of Texas, a part of the Houston metropolitan area. The population was 12,341 at the 2020 U.S. census. [5] [6] In 1907, the community of Peck was renamed Tomball for local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who had a major role in the development of the Port of ...