"Comprising a total area of 637.4 square miles (1,651 km2),[10] Houston is the eighth most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the ...
largest city in the United States by total area, whose government is not consolidated with that of a county, parish or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend and Montgomery counties, bordering other principal communities of Greater Houston such as Sugar Land and The Woodlands.
The city of Houston was founded by land investors on August 30, 1836,[11] at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou (a point now known as Allen´s Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837.[12][13] The city is named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas´s independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of Allen´s Landing.[13] After briefly serving as the capital of the Texas Republic in the late 1830s, Houston grew steadily into a regional trading center for the remainder of the 19th century.[14]" - (en.wikipedia.org 28.11.2020)
- Latitude29.762777328491
- Longitude-95.383056640625
- Population2296224
- Elevation12
