Harris County

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administrative territorial entity county

Harris County is a populous county in southeastern Texas that includes the city of Houston and serves as a major economic and cultural hub of the region.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Harris County, Texas	6
Harris County (part)	1
Harris County Constable Precincts	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
borderedBy	Brazoria County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Chambers County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Bend County NERFINISHED ⓘ Galveston County, Texas ⓘ Liberty County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Baytown, Texas ⓘ Bellaire, Texas ⓘ Bunker Hill Village, Texas ⓘ Deer Park, Texas ⓘ Galena Park, Texas ⓘ Hedwig Village, Texas ⓘ Hilshire Village, Texas ⓘ Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ Humble, Texas ⓘ Hunters Creek Village, Texas ⓘ Jacinto City, Texas ⓘ Katy, Texas, United States ⓘ surface form: Katy, Texas La Porte, Texas ⓘ Pasadena, Texas ⓘ Piney Point Village, Texas ⓘ South Houston, Texas ⓘ Spring Valley Village, Texas ⓘ Tomball, Texas, United States ⓘ surface form: Tomball, Texas Webster, Texas ⓘ West University Place, Texas ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAsCounty	1836 ⓘ
governingOfficialTitle	County Judge ⓘ
hasAirport	George Bush Intercontinental Airport ⓘ William P. Hobby Airport ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCourthouse	Harris County Civil Courthouse ⓘ Harris County Criminal Justice Center ⓘ
hasGovernmentBody	Harris County Commissioners Court ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Harris County self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harris County Constable Precincts Harris County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
hasMajorMedicalCenter	Texas Medical Center ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Port of Houston ⓘ
hasMajorUniversity	Rice University ⓘ Texas Southern University ⓘ University of Houston ⓘ
hasProfessionalSportsTeam	Houston Astros ⓘ Houston Rockets ⓘ Houston Texans ⓘ
isCulturalHubOf	Southeast Texas ⓘ surface form: southeast Texas
isEconomicHubOf	Southeast Texas ⓘ surface form: southeast Texas
largestCity	Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Texas ⓘ surface form: southeastern Texas
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Houston metropolitan area
locatedNear	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter	John Richardson Harris ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	UTC−05:00 ⓘ
originalName	Harrisburg County ⓘ
partOf	Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Greater Houston Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ
renamed	Harris County NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedInYear	1839 ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ UTC−06:00 ⓘ
traversedBy	Buffalo Bayou ⓘ Houston Ship Channel ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Houston City Council → appliesToJurisdiction → Harris County ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harris County (part)

Houston Super Bowl Host Committee → collaboratedWith → Harris County ⓘ

Reliant Stadium → county → Harris County ⓘ

Houston → countySeatOf → Harris County ⓘ

Harris County → hasJurisdictionOver → Harris County self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harris County Constable Precincts

Texas's 2nd congressional district → locatedIn → Harris County ⓘ