Houston County, Texas

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Houston County, Texas is a rural county in East Texas known for its pine forests, small towns, and location within the state's historic and geographic heartland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Houston County, Texas canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Anderson County, Texas
Angelina County, Texas
Cherokee County, Texas
Leon County, Texas
Madison County, Texas
Trinity County, Texas
Walker County, Texas
containsProtectedArea Davy Crockett National Forest
containsSettlement Austonio, Texas
Crockett, Texas
Grapeland, Texas
Kennard, Texas
Latexo, Texas
Lovelady, Texas
Ratcliff, Texas
Weches, Texas
country United States of America
governingBody Houston County Commissioners Court
hasCharacteristic forested
rural
sparsely populated
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCountySeat Crockett, Texas
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture
forestry
ranching
timber industry
hasGeographicCharacteristic located near geographic center of East Texas
hasHistoricSignificance associated with Republic of Texas era
part of early Anglo-American settlement in Texas
hasLandscapeFeature pine forests
hasMajorHighway State Highway 19 (Texas)
State Highway 7 (Texas)
U.S. Route 190 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 287
hasNaturalResource pasture land
timber
locatedIn East Texas
Texas
locatedInRegion Piney Woods
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedInUSStateRegion historic and geographic heartland of Texas
namedAfter Sam Houston
partOf Deep East Texas
linked to: East Texas

State of Texas
linked to: Texas

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trinity River flowsThrough Houston County, Texas
Anderson County, Texas borders Houston County, Texas
Walker County, Texas bordersCounty Houston County, Texas