Harris County
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, and was estimated to be 5,009,302 in 2024, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: county of Texas with 4,090,000 residents
- Description: county in Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Harris”, “Harris County, Texas”, and “Harris County, TX”
- Historically known as: “Harrisburg County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include McCullough Park and Northline Transit Center/HCC.
McCullough Park
Park
McCullough Park is a park located in the Independence Heights neighborhood of Houston, Texas, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Northline Transit Center/HCC
Railway station
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The Northline Transit Center/HCC is an intermodal transit center in the Northline neighborhood of Houston, Texas. The transit center is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, serving six bus routes and the Red Line of its METRORail system.
Melbourne/North Lindale station
Railway station
Melbourne/North Lindale station is a METRORail light rail station in Houston, Texas. It serves the Red Line and opened as part of the Red Line extension on December 21, 2013. The station has a single island platform. Melbourne/North Lindale station is situated 3 miles southeast of Harris County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greater Heights and Independence Heights.
Greater Heights
The Greater Heights area includes some of Houston's most pleasant neighborhoods as well as a burgeoning restaurant and nightlife scene, especially on the Washington Street corridor.
Independence Heights
Suburb
Independence Heights also known as “Studewood”, is a community in Houston, Texas, bordered by 40th Street to the north, Yale Street to the west, the 610 Loop to the south, and Airline Drive to the east.
Aldine
Town
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Aldine is a census-designated place in unincorporated central Harris County, Texas, United States, located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston. Aldine is situated 5 miles north of Harris County.
Harris County
- Location: Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Harris County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Harris County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة هاريس”
- Arabic: “مقاطعه هاريس، تكساس”
- Armenian: “Հարիս շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Harris”
- Basque: “Harris konderria”
- Bavarian: “Harris County, Texas”
- Bavarian: “Harris County”
- Belarusian: “акруга Харыс”
- Belarusian: “Харыс (акруга, Тэхас)”
- Belarusian: “Харыс”
- Bishnupriya: “হারিস কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস”
- Bishnupriya: “হারিস কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Харис”
- Catalan: “Comtat de Harris”
- Cebuano: “Harris County”
- Chinese: “Harris Kūn”
- Chinese: “哈里斯縣”
- Cornish: “Konteth Harris, Teksas”
- Cornish: “Konteth Harris”
- Czech: “Harris County”
- Danish: “Harris County”
- Dutch: “Harris County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Harris”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Harris”
- Estonian: “Harrise maakond”
- Finnish: “Harrisin piirikunta”
- French: “Comte de Harris”
- French: “comté de Harris”
- French: “Comté de Harris”
- Ganda: “Harris County, Texas”
- Ganda: “Harris County”
- Georgian: “ჰარისის ოლქი”
- German: “Harris County”
- Gilaki: “هریس ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “Harris County”
- Greek: “κομητεία Χάρις”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Χάρις”
- Hebrew: “מחוז האריס”
- Hungarian: “Harris megye”
- Indonesian: “County Harris, Texas”
- Indonesian: “County Harris”
- Indonesian: “Harris County”
- Irish: “Contae Harris, Texas”
- Irish: “Contae Harris”
- Italian: “contea di Harris”
- Italian: “Contea di Harris”
- Japanese: “ハリス郡”
- Korean: “해리스군”
- Latin: “Harris Comitatus”
- Low German: “Harris County”
- Malayalam: “Harris County”
- Malayalam: “ഹാരിസ് കൗണ്ടി”
- Mazanderani: “هریس شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Harris Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Harris Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harris County i Texas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harris County”
- Norwegian: “Harris County”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hægerrīsċīr (Texas)”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hægerrīsċīr”
- Ossetian: “Харрис (зылд, Техас)”
- Ossetian: “Харрис”
- Persian: “شهرستان هریس، تگزاس”
- Persian: “شهرستان هریس”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Harris”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Harris”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Harris, Texas”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Harris”
- Russian: “Харрис”
- Sardinian: “contea de Harris”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Harris County”
- Serbian: “Округ Харис”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Harris County, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Harris County”
- Slovenian: “Harris County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Harris”
- South Azerbaijani: “هریس بؤلگهسی، تکزاس”
- Spanish: “Condado de Harris Texas”
- Spanish: “Condado de Harris”
- Spanish: “Harris County Texas”
- Spanish: “Harris County”
- Swedish: “Harris County, Texas”
- Swedish: “Harris County”
- Tatar: “Харрис (округ, Техас)”
- Tatar: “Харрис”
- Tumbuka: “Harris County, Texas”
- Tumbuka: “Harris County”
- Turkish: “Harris County, Teksas”
- Turkish: “Harris County, Tex.”
- Turkish: “Harris County, TX”
- Turkish: “Harris County”
- Turkish: “Harris ilçesi, Teksas”
- Turkish: “Harris ilçesi, Tex.”
- Turkish: “Harris ilçesi, TX”
- Turkish: “Harris ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Гарріс”
- Urdu: “ہیرس کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس”
- Urdu: “ہیرس کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Harris”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Harris, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Harris”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Harris, Texas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Harris”
- Welsh: “Harris County, Texas”
- Welsh: “Harris County”
- Welsh: “Swydd Harris”
- Western Panjabi: “ہیرس کاؤنٹی”
- Yue Chinese: “哈里斯縣”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Northside/Northline and Pembroke Place.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Northline Park and Parkway Hospital.
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