Galveston

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city coastal city port city

Galveston is a historic coastal city and port on Galveston Island in Texas, known for its role in 19th-century trade, the devastating 1900 hurricane, and its beaches and tourism.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Galveston, Texas 10
Galveston, Texas, United States 3
Galveston Island 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
coastal city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
connectedBy Interstate 45 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeatOf Galveston County, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Galveston County
elevation approximately 2 meters above sea level ⓘ
event 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ
foundedIn 1839 ⓘ
governingBody Galveston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of Galveston government
hasBeach East Beach ⓘ
Stewart Beach ⓘ
hasInstitution Texas A&M University at Galveston ⓘ
University of Texas Medical Branch ⓘ
hasLandmark Ashton Villa ⓘ
Bishop’s Palace ⓘ
Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier ⓘ
Galveston Seawall ⓘ
Moody Gardens ⓘ
The Strand Historic District ⓘ
hasMuseum Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier attractions ⓘ
Galveston Railroad Museum ⓘ
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum ⓘ
hasPort Galveston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Port of Galveston
historicalEvent Juneteenth announcement of emancipation in Texas ⓘ
incorporatedIn 1839 ⓘ
knownFor 1900 Galveston hurricane ⓘ
beaches ⓘ
cruise ship terminal ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Galveston County, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Galveston County
locatedOn Galveston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Galveston Island

Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
majorIndustry education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
namedAfter Bernardo de Gálvez ⓘ
partOf Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Houston metropolitan area
partOfRegion Southeast Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas Gulf Coast
populationAsOf2020 approximately 53000 ⓘ
role commercial center of Texas in the 19th century ⓘ
major 19th-century port ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Galveston Bay → adjacentTo → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Island
Galveston Bay → adjacentTo → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Galveston
Kay Bailey Hutchison → birthPlace → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas, United States
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
Galveston → governingBody → Galveston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Galveston government
Southeast Texas → hasMajorCity → Galveston ⓘ
Galveston → hasPort → Galveston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Galveston
Southeast Texas → hasPort → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Galveston
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
Galveston → locatedOn → Galveston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Island
Republic of Texas → majorCity → Galveston ⓘ
George Bannerman Dealey → movedTo → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
King Vidor → placeOfBirth → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas, United States
Tina Knowles → placeOfBirth → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas, United States
Braxton Bragg → placeOfDeath → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
David G. Burnet → placeOfDeath → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
David G. Burnet → residence → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas
Interstate 45 → terminusSouth → Galveston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston, Texas