Texas City, Texas

Texas City, Texas
City
Motto:  "The city that would not die"
Location in Galveston County in the state of Texas
Coordinates: 29°24′0″N 94°56′2″W / 29.40000°N 94.93389°W / 29.40000; -94.93389
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Galveston
Founded	1830s
Incorporated	1911
Government
• Type	Council-Mayor
• Mayor	Dedrick D. Johnson, Sr.
• City commission	Thelma Bowie Abel Garza, Jr. DeAndre' Knoxson Felix Herrera Dorthea Pointer Jami Clark
Area [1]
• City	186.58 sq mi (483.24 km2)
• Land	66.27 sq mi (171.62 km2)
• Water	120.31 sq mi (311.61 km2)
Elevation [2]	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• City	51,898
• Estimate  (2022)[4]	55,667
• Rank	US: 719th TX: 66th
• Density	840/sq mi (324.4/km2)
• Urban	191,863 (US: 200th)
• Urban density	1,760.5/sq mi (679.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC–6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	77510, 77539, 77568, 77590, 77591, 77592
Area code	409
FIPS code	48-72392
GNIS feature ID	1376420[2]
Website	texascitytx.gov

Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a busy deepwater port on Texas's Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum-refining and petrochemical-manufacturing center. The population was 51,898 at the 2020 census,^[3] making it the third-largest city in Galveston County, behind League City and Galveston. It is a part of the Houston metropolitan area. The city is notable as the site of a major explosion in 1947 that demolished the port and much of the city.