Houston, Texas

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Houston is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Pasadena. It is located about 16 miles [25 km] to the southeast of Houston and has a population of 141,674 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alvin	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	22,853	6.72% increase
	Angleton	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	18,613	2.66% increase
	Baytown	E	25 mi [40.23 km]	70,330	5.87% increase
	Conroe	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	55,429	50.58% increase
	Deer Park	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	30,890	8.31% increase
	Friendswood	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	33,979	17.02% increase
	Galveston	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	57,086	0.28% decrease
	La Porte	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	34,274	7.51% increase
	Lake Jackson	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	27,417	3.91% increase
	League City	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	71,222	56.72% increase
	Missouri City	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	74,723	41.22% increase
	Pearland	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	82,903	120.25% increase
	Rosenberg	SW	30 mi [48.28 km]	33,595	39.73% increase
	Sugar Land	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	80,704	27.44% increase
	Texas City	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	44,491	7.15% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bellaire	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	18,197	16.33% increase
	Bunker Hill Village	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	3,852	5.42% increase
	Candlelight Oaks Village	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Garden City Park	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Greenwood Village	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Hedwig Village	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,344	0.43% increase
	Hilshire Village	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	736	2.22% increase
	Hunters Creek Village	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	4,577	4.64% increase
	Lincoln City	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Pinewood Village	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Piney Point Village	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	3,534	4.56% increase
	Southside Place	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	1,667	7.83% increase
	City of Spring Valley Village	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Spring Valley	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	3,879	7.42% increase
	West University Place	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	15,583	9.65% increase

Fort Bend County

Houston is primarily located in Fort Bend County and is the county seat. A portion of Houston extends into Harris County and Montgomery County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fort Bend: Austin, Brazoria, Harris, Waller and Wharton.

While not sharing a border with Fort Bend, the following counties are close to Houston: Dallas, Galveston and Montgomery.

Below are counties that are near Houston (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Houston:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Houston
	Austin County	W	Brazos Country	39 miles [62 km]
	Brazoria County	S	Brookside Village	13 miles [20 km]
	Chambers County	SE	Shoreacres	24 miles [38 km]
	Dallas County	NW	Brookhollow	4 miles [6 km]
	Galveston County	SE	Briarwood States	18 miles [28 km]
	Harris County	NE	Woodland Heights	0 miles [0 km]
	Liberty County	NE	Sheeks	28 miles [45 km]
	Montgomery County	N	River Club Estates	20 miles [32 km]
	Waller County	W	Johnsue	29 miles [46 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Houston. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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