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2.2 Gulf Coast campaign Birth of the Spanish Kingdom, The city of Houston was founded by land speculators on August 30 1836 at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou (a point now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5 1837 the city is named after former General Sam Houston who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas' independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of Allen's Landing. After briefly serving as the capital of the Texas Republic in the late 1830s Houston grew steadily into a regional trading center for the remainder of the 19th century. Nothing in particular 13, 3.4 Deep East Texas County governments serve as agents of the state with responsibilities defined in the Texas Constitution Counties are governed by the commissioners' court Each Texas county has four precinct commissioners and a county judge Although this body is called a court it conducts the general business of the county and oversees financial matters the commissioners court may hire personnel to run major departments such as health and human services, 1940s Culture 4 Austin Travis 947,890. .

In the early 1970s Houston Pasadena and several coastal towns were the site of the Houston mass murders which at the time were the deadliest case of serial killing in American history. 1960 9,579,677 24.2% 127 Dan Huberty Republican 2010 Humble Kingwood Lake Houston Atascocita Crosby Wallisville 1890 37,249 33.1% Advances in technology and warfare Soldiers of the British Commonwealth forces from the Australian Army's 9th Division during the Siege of Tobruk; North African Campaign August 1941! . ! .