Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the 4th most populous city in the United States. As of 2020, more than 2 million people lived there. John Whitmire became the mayor of Houston in 2024. Houston is named after Samuel Houston, who fought for Texas to leave Mexico in 1836. The Johnson Space Center of NASA is in Houston. Houston has the largest medical center and complex in the world, the Texas Medical Center. George Bush Intercontinental Airport is the main international airport serving Houston, and William P. Hobby Airport is the other international airport that is close to downtown Houston. Houston has the second-most Fortune 500 headquarters of any U.S. city within its city limits after New York City. Sports Houston has many sports teams, including the Astros, Texans, Rockets, and Houston Dynamo. The Astros play baseball, the Rockets play basketball, the Texans play American Football, and the Houston Dynamo play soccer. Climate Houston has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification). History Many of the confederate monuments and buildings have been removed or renamed. Dowling Street. Named for Confederate commander Richard W. Dowling. Renamed Emancipation Avenue in 2017. The street leads to Emancipation Park. The site originally was the only municipal park available to blacks, who pooled their money in 1872 to buy the property to celebrate their freedom. In 2016, Jackson Middle School was renamed for Hispanic community activist Yolanda Black Navarro. Lee High School (1962). Originally known as Robert E. Lee High School, district leaders dropped the "Robert E." from the school's title to distance the school from the Confederate general. School officials changed the name to Margaret Long Wisdom High School in 2016. Westbury High School changed the nickname of its athletic teams from the "Rebels" to the "Huskies". References