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The following properties and districts in Harris County, Texas, United States, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted September 20, 2024.[1]
Harris County, Texas. Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, [1] making it the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, the most populous city in Texas and fourth-most populous city in the United ...
Dawson County, formed in 1858 in what is now Kinney County and Uvalde County and abolished in 1866 (not to be confused with the present-day Dawson County). Encinal County, formed in 1856. Abolished in 1899 and annexed to Webb County. Foley County, formed in 1887 from Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County.
Area code (s) 281, 713, 832. GNIS feature ID. 1377174 [1] Clear Lake City is a master-planned community located in southeast Harris County, Texas, within the Bay Area of Greater Houston. It is the second-largest master-planned community in Houston – behind Kingwood. [citation needed] The majority of the community lies in the corporate limits ...
DA. Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [1] Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities. They can only pass ordinances (local laws with penalties for violations) in cases where the Texas statutes have ...
Harris County Housing Authority ( HCHA) is the low-income housing and public housing authority of Harris County, Texas in Greater Houston. Its headquarters are in southern Houston. [1] It mainly serves areas outside of Houston, as the Houston Housing Authority serves that city. In 2017, due to a decrease in the federal government budgets ...
Nottingham Country, Texas. Nottingham Country is a master-planned community developed during the 1970s and 1980s in multiple phases by the Kickerillo Companies in Harris County, Texas, lying in unincorporated Harris County between the cities of Katy and Houston. As of 2014 there were 2,400 residences.
John Harris, Mary (Richardson) Harris. Relatives. David Harris, William Plunkett Harris. John Richardson Harris (October 22, 1790 – August 21, 1829) was an American settler of Mexican Texas and the namesake of Harris County, Texas. He founded the town of Harrisburg, Texas, and Harris County, Texas is named in his honor.