galveston

Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. Th…
Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of 211.31 square miles, with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county. It is also within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area at its southern end on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: Galveston (erected 1838)
  • Incorporated: 1839
  • Elevation: 7 ft (2 m)
  • Area code: 409
  • Named after: Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Count of Gálvez (1746–1786)

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