Galveston
Galveston County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, located along the Gulf Coast adjacent to Galveston Bay. As of the 2020 census, its population was 350,682.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: county of Texas with 291,000 residents
- Description: county in Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Galveston County”, “Galveston County, Texas”, and “Galveston County, TX”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bishop’s Palace and Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier.
Bishop’s Palace
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bishop's Palace, also known as Gresham's Castle, is an ornate 19,082 square feet Victorian-style house, located on Broadway and 14th Street in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas.
Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier
Theme park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier is a pleasure pier in Galveston, Texas, United States. Opened in the summer of 2012, it has a roller coaster, 15 rides, carnival games and souvenir shops.
St. Mary Cathedral Basilica
Church
Photo: Nsaum75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary Cathedral Basilica is a Catholic cathedral in Galveston, Texas. It is the primary cathedral of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and the mother church of Catholics in Texas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galveston.
Galveston
Galveston is a city on Galveston Island, off the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 45 minutes southeast of Houston. Galveston is a port of entry and a destination for almost all the cruise ships with ports of call in Texas.
Galveston
- Location: Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Galveston” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Galveston County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة غالفيستون”
- Arabic: “مقاطعه غالفيستون، تكساس”
- Armenian: “Գալվեստոն շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Galveston”
- Basque: “Galveston konderria”
- Bavarian: “Galveston County, Texas”
- Bavarian: “Galveston County”
- Belarusian: “Галвестан”
- Bishnupriya: “গালভেসটন কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস”
- Bishnupriya: “গালভেসটন কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Галвистън”
- Catalan: “comtat de Galveston”
- Cebuano: “Galveston County”
- Chinese: “Galveston Kūn”
- Chinese: “加尔维斯顿县”
- Chinese: “加爾維斯敦縣”
- Czech: “Galveston County”
- Dutch: “Galveston County”
- Esperanto: “Galveston County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Galveston”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Galveston”
- Estonian: “Galvestoni maakond”
- Finnish: “Galvestonin piirikunta”
- French: “comté de Galveston”
- French: “Comté de Galveston”
- French: “Galveston County”
- Ganda: “Galveston County,Texas”
- Georgian: “გალვესტონის ოლქი”
- Georgian: “გალვისტონის ოლქი”
- German: “Galveston County”
- Gilaki: “گلویستن ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία Γκάλβεστον”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Γκάλβεστον”
- Hebrew: “מחוז גלבסטון”
- Hungarian: “Galveston megye”
- Indonesian: “County Galveston, Texas”
- Indonesian: “County Galveston”
- Indonesian: “Galveston County”
- Irish: “Contae Galveston, Texas”
- Irish: “Contae Galveston”
- Italian: “contea di Galveston”
- Italian: “Contea di Galveston”
- Italian: “Galveston County”
- Japanese: “ガルヴェストン郡”
- Japanese: “ガルベストン郡”
- Korean: “갤버스턴군”
- Latin: “Galveston Comitatus”
- Low German: “Galveston County”
- Mazanderani: “گلویستن شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Galveston Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Galveston Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galveston County”
- Norwegian: “Galveston County”
- Persian: “شهرستان گلوستون، تگزاس”
- Persian: “شهرستان گلوستون”
- Persian: “شهرستان گلویستن”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Galveston”
- Portuguese: “condado de Galveston”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Galveston”
- Portuguese: “Galveston County”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Galveston, Texas”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Galveston”
- Russian: “Галвестон”
- Sardinian: “contea de Galveston”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Galveston County”
- Serbian: “Округ Галвестон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Galveston County, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Galveston County”
- Silesian: “Hrabstwo Galveston”
- South Azerbaijani: “قالوزتون بؤلگهسی، تکزاس”
- Spanish: “condado de Galveston”
- Spanish: “Condado de Galveston”
- Spanish: “Galveston County”
- Swedish: “Galveston County”
- Tatar: “Галвестон (округ, Техас)”
- Tatar: “Галвестон”
- Tumbuka: “Galveston County,Texas”
- Turkish: “Galveston County, Teksas”
- Turkish: “Galveston County, Tex.”
- Turkish: “Galveston County, TX”
- Turkish: “Galveston County”
- Turkish: “Galveston ilçesi, Teksas”
- Turkish: “Galveston ilçesi, Tex.”
- Turkish: “Galveston ilçesi, TX”
- Turkish: “Galveston ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Галвестон”
- Ukrainian: “Ґалвестон”
- Urdu: “گیلویسٹن کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس”
- Urdu: “گیلویسٹن کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Galveston”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Galveston, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Galveston”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Galveston, Texas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Galveston”
- Welsh: “Galveston County, Texas”
- Welsh: “Galveston County”
- Western Panjabi: “گالووسٹن کاؤنٹی”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wright Cuney Park and Grace Episcopal Church.
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