Hempstead, Texas

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Hempstead, Texas is a small city in Waller County known as a gateway between the Houston metropolitan area and Central Texas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode 979
belongsToCountrySubdivision Waller County, Texas NERFINISHED
belongsToFirstLevelSubdivision Texas NERFINISHED
climateClassification humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Waller County, Texas NERFINISHED
distanceToHoustonInMiles approximately 50 GENERATED
elevationInFeet 187
elevationInMeters 57
fipsCode 48-33440
gnisFeatureID 1337703
governmentType council–manager government
hasAreaCode 979
hasHigherEducationInstitutionNearby Prairie View A&M University NERFINISHED
hasLocalGovernment City of Hempstead NERFINISHED
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Hempstead Independent School District NERFINISHED
hasRailHistoryWith Houston and Texas Central Railway NERFINISHED
hasZIPCode 77445
incorporatedInYear 1871
isCountySeatOf Waller County, Texas NERFINISHED
isSeatOf Waller County government NERFINISHED
knownFor watermelon production
locatedEastOf Brenham, Texas NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Southeast Texas NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedNear Brazos River NERFINISHED
Houston metropolitan area NERFINISHED
Prairie View, Texas NERFINISHED
locatedOnTransportCorridor Texas State Highway 6 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 290 NERFINISHED
locatedWestOf Houston, Texas NERFINISHED
majorHighwayAccess Texas State Highway 6 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 290 NERFINISHED
namedAfter Dr. G. B. Hempstead NERFINISHED
nickname Watermelon Capital of Texas NERFINISHED
partOfStatisticalArea Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area NERFINISHED
postalCode 77445
region Central Texas gateway
role gateway between the Houston metropolitan area and Central Texas
state Texas
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time

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U.S. Route 290 passesThrough Hempstead, Texas