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Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 45,941 as of the 2020 census. [2] It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area.
Walker County is a county located in the east central section of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,400. [1] Its county seat is Huntsville. [2] Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator from Mississippi who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution to annex Texas ...
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States.The approximately 54.36-acre (22.00 ha) facility, near downtown Huntsville, is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [1]
The Texas Prison Rodeo was a rodeo and an annual celebration event for inmates in the Texas Prison System, held in a stadium in Huntsville, Texas. [1] The stadium was located at the Huntsville Unit. [2] The events included bareback basketball, bronco riding, bull riding, calf roping, and wild cow milking. [1]
Huntsville State Park is a 2,083.2-acre (843 ha) wooded recreational area, six miles (10 km) southwest of Huntsville, Texas, within Walker County and the Sam Houston National Forest. [ 2 ] History
Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport [2] [3] (IATA: HTV, ICAO: KUTS, FAA LID: UTS), also known as Huntsville Municipal Airport, [1] [4] is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Huntsville, a city in Walker County, Texas, United States. [1]
Huntsville Independent School District is a public school district based in the Hawkins Administration Building in Huntsville, Texas, United States. [3] In addition to Huntsville, the district serves the city of Riverside as well as rural areas in central Walker County. The current Interim Superintendent position is Fred Rush (former HISD ...
Texas Prison Museum. The Texas Prison Museum is located in Huntsville, Texas. [1]The non-profit museum features the history of the prison system in Texas (Huntsville is the home of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and several prisons including the Ellis Unit which previously housed death row, and Huntsville Unit which houses the execution chamber).