What County Is Houston, Texas In?

Houston is in Harris County, Fort Bend County, Montgomery County, and Waller County. Check a specific address near a county line.

Houston city: generalized boundary, north up. Open street map ↗
Official code
4835000
Representative coordinates
29.785743, -95.388806
Land area
1,659.712 km²
Water area
80.864 km²
State
Texas
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County boundaries in Houston

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Coordinates of Houston

29.785743, -95.388806 is the Census representative point, not a street address. Convert these coordinates or prepare a map link.

Elevation at the representative point

16 m · 52 ft. USGS ground estimate at 29.785743, -95.388806. USGS 3DEP terrain. Terrain cell (nominal): 1 m. Vertical datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). Terrain height varies across the place; this is not a city-wide or surveyed elevation. Request height at a different point.

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Time zones in Houston

Time zoneLocal time and UTC offsetNext clock change
America/ChicagoUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

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Census ZIP areas

77002 · 77003 · 77004 · 77005 · 77006 · 77007 · 77008 · 77009 · 77010 · 77011 · 77012 · 77013 · 77014 · 77015 · 77016 · 77017 · 77018 · 77019 · 77020 · 77021 · 77022 · 77023 · 77024 · 77025 · 77026 · 77027 · 77028 · 77029 · 77030 · 77031 · 77032 · 77033 · 77034 · 77035 · 77036 · 77037 · 77038 · 77039 · 77040 · 77041 · 77042 · 77043 · 77044 · 77045 · 77046 · 77047 · 77048 · 77049 · 77050 · 77051 · 77053 · 77054 · 77055 · 77056 · 77057 · 77058 · 77059 · 77060 · 77061 · 77062 · 77063 · 77064 · 77065 · 77066 · 77067 · 77068 · 77069 · 77070 · 77071 · 77072 · 77073 · 77074 · 77075 · 77076 · 77077 · 77078 · 77079 · 77080 · 77081 · 77082 · 77083 · 77084 · 77085 · 77086 · 77087 · 77088 · 77089 · 77090 · 77091 · 77092 · 77093 · 77094 · 77095 · 77096 · 77098 · 77099 · 77204 · 77336 · 77338 · 77339 · 77345 · 77346 · 77357 · 77365 · 77373 · 77375 · 77377 · 77379 · 77380 · 77386 · 77388 · 77389 · 77396 · 77401 · 77406 · 77407 · 77429 · 77433 · 77441 · 77449 · 77450 · 77477 · 77489 · 77493 · 77494 · 77498 · 77504 · 77505 · 77506 · 77520 · 77530 · 77532 · 77545 · 77546 · 77547 · 77571 · 77587 · 77598

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