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Houston. Nota: Para outros significados, veja Houston (desambiguação). Houston (pronúncia /ˈhjuːstən/) é a cidade mais populosa do estado do Texas e a quarta mais populosa dos Estados Unidos. É a sede do Condado de Harris e possui território nos condados de Fort Bend e Montgomery.
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Houston ( / ˈhjuːstən / ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the ...
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Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the 4th most populous city in the United States. As of 2020, more than 2 million people lived there. John Whitmire became the mayor of Houston in 2024. Houston is named after Samuel Houston, who fought for Texas to leave Mexico in 1836. The Johnson Space Center of ...
- June 5, 1837
- Texas
- Before 1836
- Republic of Texas, 1836–1845
- Early Statehood, 1845–1861
- American Civil War, 1861–1865
- Post-Civil War, 1866–1900
- Progressive Era, 1901–1928
- Great Depression, 1929–1941
- World War II, 1941–1945
- 1950s–1960s
- 1970s and Integration
The region known as Houston is located on land that was once home of the Karankawa (kə rang′kə wä′,-wô′,-wə) and the Atakapa (əˈtɑːkəpə) indigenous peoples for at least 2,000 years before the first known settlers arrived.However, the land remained largely uninhabited until settlement in the 1830s.
On the heels of the Texas Revolution, two real estate promoters who had arrived in Texas in 1832, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, were seeking a new town site within the Galveston Bay navigation system. They had invested in Galveston already, but they continued to make offers for other tracts in the region. They bid on land at Morgan's...
In the early statehood era, historian Harold Platt notes the emergence of "commercial-civic elites," a term borrowed from Blaine A. Brownell. Commercial leaders blurred sharp distinctions between economic activity and social relationships. One example was the business partnership of Thomas W. Houseand Charles Shearn. House started in Houston as a j...
In 1860, most Houstonians supported John C. Breckinridge, the Southern Democratic candidate for president. As the American Civil Warbegan, there was tension between supporters of the Confederacy and the few Union sympathizers. There are no voting tallies for Houston and there are inconsistencies in the records of the secession vote, yet, Harris Cou...
Reconstruction
The end of the American Civil War and news of emancipation spurred an influx of former slaves from the countryside into Houston. The town's incumbent black residents organized groups to help these newcomers obtain housing and employment. In the short term, however, many of these new citizens resided in abandoned buildings and tent communities. Houston added the Fifth Ward in 1866, and the Sixth Ward in 1877.Each ward was represented by two aldermen, though by 1870, local representation was un...
Gilded Age
Houston continued its rapid population growth which started in the 1860s. Houston, like many other cities, attracted many Americans seeking job opportunities. In 1870, Houston counted 9,382 residents and grew by rates of 77 percent, 67 percent, and 62 percent in the following three decades. The percentage of foreign-born Houstonians declined from 17 percent in 1870 to 11 percent in 1890, but the percentage of African-American residents held steady. Houston City Streetway Company (HCSC) began...
On September 8, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 savagely tore apart the city of Galveston, Texas. Houston suffered mainly property damage from high winds and four inches of rainfall, though one death was reported. The city mobilized to convey fresh water, food, medical supplies, and clothing to Galveston via steamboat and repaired damaged railroads...
In May 1929, a flood caused millions of damage to Houston property. Houston's population in 1930 was 292,352. Despite the stock market crash, Houston was still building. The Sterling Building was one of a dozen skyscrapers completed in 1930. Yet unemployment was still high and a cause for concern to Mayor Walter Monteith. Modernization of downtown ...
When World War II started, tonnage levels fell at the port and five shipping lines ended service. April 1940 saw streetcar service replaced by buses. Robertson Stadium, then known as Houston Public School Stadium, was erected from March 1941 to September 1942. Also that year, Pan Am started air service. World War II sparked the reopening of Ellingt...
The Texas Medical Center became operational in the 1950s. The Galveston Freeway and the International Terminal at Houston International Airport (nowadays Hobby Airport) were signs of increasing wealth in the area. Millions of dollars were spent replacing aging infrastructure. In 1951, the Texas Children's Hospital and the Shriner's Hospital were bu...
In the 1970s, the Chinese Americancommunity in Houston, which had been relatively small, started growing at a rapid rate. The Sharpstown scandal, which concerned government bribes involving real estate developer Frank Sharp (neighborhood of Sharpstownis named after him) occurred in 1970 and 1971. One Shell Plaza and Two Shell Plaza were completed i...
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.
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Houston é a cidade mais populosa do estado do Texas e a quarta mais populosa dos Estados Unidos. É a sede do Condado de Harris e possui território nos condados de Fort Bend e Montgomery. Foi fundada em 30 de agosto de 1836 pelos irmãos Augustus Chapman Allen e John Kirby Allen junto à baía de Búfalo.
Geography of Houston. A true-color image of Greater Houston. Astronaut photograph of Houston at night. Map of the Houston city limits. Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston.
