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Timeline Of City Of Houston

     09/08/2020    History, World
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, fourth most populous city in the United States, most populous city in the Southern United States, as well as the sixth most populous in North America, with an estimated 2019 population of 2,320,268. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second most populous in Texas after the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with a population of 7,066,141 in 2019.

Houston is a large metropolis in Texas, extending to Galveston Bay. It’s closely linked with the Space Center Houston, the coastal visitor center at NASA’s astronaut training and flight control complex.

Read the Timeline Of Houston’s History below:

1836

On April 21, General Sam Houston’s army wins Texas’ independence from Mexico in the Battle of San Jacinto.

1836

Houston founded on August 30 by brothers Augustus C. and John K. Allen, who pay just over $1.40 per acre for 6,642 acres near headwaters of Buffalo Bayou.

1836

Allen Brothers call on Gail Borden (publisher, surveyor, originator of condensed milk) and Thomas H. Borden to survey the site. Gail Borden lays out the town’s streets 80’ wide, with the principal east-west street (Texas Ave.) 100’ wide.

1837

General Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, signs an act authorizing Houston to incorporate. Houston is capital of the Republic from 1837-1839.

1837

The Laura is the first steamship to visit Houston.

1838

A bucket brigade, Protection Fire Company No. 1, is formed to fight fires.

1850

First census after Texas joins the United States counts 2,396 Houstonians. Galveston, with 4,117 residents, is the state’s largest city.

1853

Houston’s first railroad — the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad — begins operations.

1853

Texas Legislature appropriates $4,000 for Buffalo Bayou improvements.

1859

Three competing firefighting companies combined into the Houston Volunteer Fire Department.

1870

Texas readmitted to the Union.

1870

Census shows Houston’s population up to 9,332. Harris County’s has reached 17,375, ranking it second in the state.

1870

Congress designates Houston a port; first survey of Houston’s proposed ship channel is conducted.

1872

Congress makes its first appropriation — $10,000 — for ship channel improvements.

1874

Houston Board of Trade and Cotton Exchange are organized.

1875

First grain elevator is built on the Houston Ship Channel.

1877

Houston’s first free public school is established.

 

Sources:

https://www.houston.org/timeline
https://www.visithoustontexas.com/about-houston/history/

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