Tomball, Texas

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The city of Tomball is primarily located in Harris County. A portion of Tomball extends into Montgomery County.

Tomball is 50 feet [15.24 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Tomball 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 Tomball, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Tomball had a population of 9,089 people^<2> (or 0.27% of the total population of Harris County). The population of Tomball represented 0.04% of the total of Texas.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Tomball had a population of 10,234 people. This is an increase of 12.6% 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 Tomball.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Conroe	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	55,429	50.58% increase
	Jersey Village	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	7,279	5.8% increase
	Magnolia	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,249	12.42% increase
	Oak Ridge North	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	3,410	14.01% increase
	Pinehurst	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Shenandoah	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,002	33.2% increase

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

Websites for Tomball

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Tomball. 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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