Sheldon
Sheldon is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in northeastern Harris County, Texas, United States, located completely inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,990 residents
- Description: human settlement in Harris County, Texas, United States of America
- Also known as: “Sheldon, Texas” and “Sheldon, TX”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buckhorn Lake.
Buckhorn Lake
Reservoir
Buckhorn Lake is a private lake in Harris County in the state of Texas, United States. The lake is approximately 60 acres filled with cypress trees and was created by an underwater creek and spring. It is well stocked for fishing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrett and Crosby.
Barrett
Hamlet
Barrett, also named Barrett Station, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,223 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1889 by Harrison Barrett, a formerly enslaved person. Barrett is situated 4 miles east of Sheldon.
Crosby
Town
Photo: Patrick Feller, CC BY 2.0.
Crosby is a census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,417 at the 2020 census. Crosby is situated 5 miles northeast of Sheldon.
Beaumont Place
Neighborhood
Beaumont Place is an unincorporated community in east central Harris County, Texas, United States. It is located along Beaumont Highway and the Southern Pacific Railroad. Beaumont Place is situated 5 miles southwest of Sheldon.
Sheldon
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.868° or 29° 52′ 5″ northLongitude
-95.12826° or 95° 7′ 42″ westPopulation
1,990Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)United Nations Location Code
US XMBOpen location code
76X6VV9C+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 151419173OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Sheldon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلدون”
- Basque: “Sheldon”
- Catalan: “Sheldon”
- Cebuano: “Sheldon”
- Chechen: “Шелдон”
- Chinese: “Sheldon”
- Croatian: “Sheldon”
- Dutch: “Sheldon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شلدون”
- French: “Sheldon”
- German: “Sheldon”
- Gilaki: “شلدون”
- Haitian: “Sheldon, Texas”
- Haitian: “Sheldon”
- Hungarian: “Sheldon”
- Irish: “Sheldon”
- Italian: “Sheldon”
- Ladin: “Sheldon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sheldon”
- Persian: “شلدون، تگزاس”
- Persian: “شلدون”
- Polish: “Sheldon”
- Portuguese: “Sheldon”
- Serbian: “Шелдон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sheldon, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sheldon”
- South Azerbaijani: “شلدون، تکزاس”
- Spanish: “Sheldon”
- Tatar: “Шелдон”
- Ukrainian: “Шелдон”
- Vietnamese: “Sheldon, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “Sheldon”
- Volapük: “Sheldon”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Magnolia Gardens and Edgewood Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include First Baptist Church of Sheldon and Sheldon Community Volunteer Fire / Rescue Station 2.
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