Baytown, Texas

Baytown, Texas
City
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Baytown, Texas
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Coordinates: 29°44′38″N 94°57′57″W / 29.74389°N 94.96583°W / 29.74389; -94.96583
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Harris, Chambers
Congressional District	36th
Incorporated	January 24, 1948
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• City council	Mayor Brandon Capetillo Laura Alvarado, District 1 Sarah Graham, District 2 Ken Griffith, District 3 Heather Betancourth, District 4 Jacob Powell, District 5 Mike Lester, District 6
• City manager	Jason Reynolds
Area [1]
• Total	37.99 sq mi (98.39 km2)
• Land	36.91 sq mi (95.59 km2)
• Water	1.08 sq mi (2.80 km2)
Elevation [2]	23 ft (7 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	83,701
• Density	2,091.58/sq mi (807.57/km2)
• Metro	7,206,841 (6th)
Demonym	Baytonian
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	77520-77523
Area code	Area code 281
FIPS code	48-06128[4]
GNIS feature ID	1380966[2]
Website	www.baytown.org

Baytown is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Harris and Chambers counties. Located in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area, it lies on the northern side of the Galveston Bay complex near the outlets of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. It is the sixth-largest city within this metropolitan area and seventh largest community (including The Woodlands CDP). Major highways serving the city include State Highway 99, State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. At the 2020 U.S. census, Baytown had a population of 83,701, and it had an estimated population of 84,324 in 2022.^[3]