Galveston is a resort city and port on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Texas. It encompasses 211.31 square miles (547.3 km2) on Galveston Island and Pelican Island. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 53,695, making it the second-largest municipality in Galveston County, where it also serves as the county seat. Located at the southern end of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, Galveston sits on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Southwest
Galveston
Galveston County, TX
Population
53,265
Walk Score
83 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,200
Median home value
$258,300
[[Municipal corporation
1839
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Broadway Cemetery Historic District · listed 2014
- Cedar Lawn Historic District · listed 2002
- Denver Court Historic District · listed 2002
- East End Historic District · listed 1975
- Lost Bayou Historic District · listed 2017
- Parkland Apartments · listed 2022
- Silk Stocking Residential Historic District · listed 1996
- Strand Historic District, The · listed 1970
Notable landmarks
- American National Insurance Company (ANICO) · listed 2021
- Ashbel Smith Building · listed 1969
- Ashton Villa · listed 1969
- Beissner, Henry, House · listed 1978
- Bishop's Palace · listed 1970
- Building at 1921-1921 1/2 Avenue D · listed 1984
- Building at 1925-1927 Market Street · listed 1984
- City Hall · listed 1984
- City National Bank · listed 1984
- Congregation Beth Jacob · listed 2024
- Eiband's · listed 1984
- ELISSA · listed 1978
- Falstaff Brewery · listed 2018
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church · listed 1984
- First Presbyterian Church · listed 1979
- Fort Point Warehouse
- Galveston Causeway · listed 1976
- Galveston Orphans Home · listed 1979
- Galveston Seawall · listed 1977
- Galveston US Post Office, Custom House and Courthouse · listed 2001
- Galveston, Houston & Henderson (GH&H) Freight Depot · listed 2020
- Galvez Hotel · listed 1979
- Garten Verein Pavilion · listed 1977
- Grace Episcopal Church · listed 1975
- Grand Opera House · listed 1974
- …and 44 more
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