Place:Harris, Texas, United States

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NameHarris
Alt namesHarrissource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Harrisburgsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCounty
Coordinates29.833°N 95.4°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1836 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Forest Park East Cemetery
Hollywood Cemetery
Memorial Oaks Cemetery
Census-designated place
Aldine
Atascocita
Channelview
Cloverleaf
Spring
Inhabited place
Addicks
Avonak
Bacliff
Bammel
Barker
Barrett
Bay Oaks
Bay Shore Park
Bayridge Park
Bayside Terrace
Baytown
Beaumont Place
Bellaire
Briargrove
Brownwood
Bunker Hill Village
Calgary Woods
Coady
Crosby
Cypress
Deer Park
Dunnam
Dyersdale
East La Porte
Edgeworth Place
El Lago
Emerson Place
Figridge
Galena Park
Gilbert Landing
Gilchrist
Golden Acres
Golfcrest
Greenwood Village
Hardy Heights
Harmaston
Hawthorne Place
Heaker
Heakers
Hedwig Village
Hidden Echo
Highlands
Hilshire Village
Hockley
Hot Wells
Houmont Park
Houston Heights
Houston ( 1826 - )
Huffman
Hufsmith
Humble Camp
Humble
Hunters Creek Village
Jacinto City
Jeanetta
Jersey Village
Katy
Kingwood
Kinwood
Klein
Kohrville
La Porte
Lynchburg Landing
Lynchburg
Magnolia Gardens
Magnolia Park
Manchester
McNair
Melrose Park
Minnetex
Moonshine Hill
Morgan's Point
Mount Houston
Mykawa
Myrtle
Nassau Bay
North Houston
North Shadydale
North Shore
Oates Prairie
Pasadena
Pecan Park
Pelly
Piney Point Village
Red Bluff
River Terrace
Riverside Terrace
Rollover
Rose Hill
Rotherwood
Satsuma
Seabrook
Settegast
Sheldon
Sherwood Place
Shoreacres
South Houston
South Lawn
Southside Place
Spring Creek
Spring Valley
Stowell
Sunny Side
Taylor Lake Village
Todville
Tomball
Treichel
Victor
Walden Woods
Webster
West University Place
Westfield
Willow
Winnie
Unknown
Cedar Bayou
San Jacinto Monument
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Harris County is located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, the largest city in Texas and fourth largest city in the United States. The county was founded in 1836 and organized in 1837. It is named for John Richardson Harris, who founded the town of Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou in 1826.[1] According to the July 2021 census estimate, Harris County's population has shifted to 4,728,030 comprising over 16% of Texas's population. Harris County is included in the nine-county Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1831 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 4,668
1860 9,070
1870 17,375
1880 27,985
1890 37,249
1900 63,786
1910 115,693
1920 186,667
1930 359,328
1940 528,961
1950 806,701
1960 1,243,158
1970 1,741,912
1980 2,409,547
1990 2,818,199
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