| GALVESTON COUNTY is
a county located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, on the plains of the Texas Gulf Coast
in the southeastern part of the state. Its county seat is Galveston. |
| American presence in
Galveston County began in 1815 when Henry Perry and Warren D.
C. Hall, former members of the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition,
landed at Bolivar Point in September with three ships and 200
men. Perry named the point for Simón Bolívar, the "Liberator,"
who commissioned him to attack Spanish commerce on the Gulf
and direct expeditions against the Spanish in Mexico. |
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period from 1815 to 1821, however, was dominated by
freebooters, filibusters, and pirates, notably the Frenchmen
Louis Michel Aury and Jean Laffite. Aury arrived with thirteen
ships on September 16, 1816, and established a base on
Galveston Island. Galveston
County was formed in 1838 under the republic from Harrisburg,
Liberty, and Brazoria counties and organized in 1839.
When Texas joined the Union, Galveston was the largest city in
Texas, with a population of 3,500. By the eve of the Civil
War, however, the county had only nine manufacturing
establishments, and Houston had begun to overshadow Galveston
as the state's largest port. |
Cities and towns |
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Bayou Vista
Clear Lake Shores
Dickinson
Friendswood
Galveston
Hitchcock
Jamaica Beach
Kemah
La Marque
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League City
Santa Fe
Texas City
Village: Tiki Island
Unincorporated Areas:
Bacliff
Bolivar Peninsula
High Island
Port Bolivar
San Leon
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The Rosenberg Library is the oldest public library in Texas and serves as the headquarters for the Galveston County
Library System. Its librarian also functions as the Galveston County librarian
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