Texas City, Texas
Texas City lies on the mainland shore of Galveston Bay along the upper Texas coast, an industrial port city about 11 miles from Galveston and roughly 36 miles southeast of Houston. Flat and low, its waterfront is lined with deepwater docks, refineries, and petrochemical plants, a heavy concentration of industry along the Gulf. The city is also marked in local memory by a catastrophic 1947 dock explosion that reshaped how hazardous cargo is handled.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 59,733
- Change from 2020 base
- +15.2%
- Land area
- 66.3 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Chambers County and Galveston County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Texas City crosses county lines, so the appraisal district and tax office depend on the parcel address. School, city-limit, MUD, PID, and other special-district lines can be different too. Start with the full county list below instead of treating one county as the answer.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Texas City
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Texas City.
County history
Anahuac Was Not Always the County Seat
Chambers County was formed in 1858 with Wallisville as its county seat. By 1908, Anahuac supporters won a lawsuit to move the seat there, and the courthouse has been in Anahuac ever since.
Property tax
Homestead Exemption Cuts Your School Tax Bill
Texas law requires school districts to subtract $140,000 from the appraised value of your primary home before figuring school taxes, but you have to apply at the Chambers County Appraisal District to claim it.
Historic Engineering
Galveston Lifted Buildings Before It Raised the Ground
After the 1900 storm, Galveston raised more than 2,100 buildings and the ground beneath much of the city.
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