La Marque, Texas

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The city of La Marque is located in Galveston County.

La Marque is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: La Marque lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of La Marque, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, La Marque had a population of 13,682 people^<2> (or 5.46% of the total population of Galveston County). The population of La Marque represented 0.07% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 153rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, La Marque had a population of 14,236 people. This is an increase of 4.05% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for La Marque.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alvin	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	22,853	6.72% increase
	Dickinson	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	17,886	4.64% increase
	Friendswood	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	33,979	17.02% increase
	Galveston	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	57,086	0.28% decrease
	Hitchcock	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	7,201	12.76% increase
	League City	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	71,222	56.72% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for La Marque.

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) La Marque. 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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