Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a deepwater port on the Gulf Coast and is a petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing center.

Bacliff

Town

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Bacliff is a census-designated place in north-central Galveston County, Texas, United States, 16 miles northwest of Galveston. The population was 9,677 at the 2020 census, up from 8,619 at the 2010 census. Bacliff is situated 5 miles northwest of Shell Island.

Shell Island

Type: Island
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Galveston, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.4494° or 29° 26′ 58″ north

Longitude

-94.92576° or 94° 55′ 33″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

76X7C3XF+QM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356723922

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4728256

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