City of Huntsville
Huntsville is a small city of about 45,000 residents, located in Walker County, part of the Piney Woods region of Texas. Huntsville is famous as the home of Texas hero, General Sam Houston with an enormous statue of Sam Houston next to Interstate 45, it's famous as a prison town, and is also home to Sam Houston State University.Places of Interest
Highlights include Huntsville Unit and Sam Houston Memorial Museum.
Huntsville Unit
Prison
Photo: Nick DiFonzo, CC BY 2.0.
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit, nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States.
Bowers Stadium
Stadium
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Huntsville, Texas. The stadium has been home to the Sam Houston State University Sam Houston Bearkats football team since 1986.
City of Huntsville
- Type: Locality with 38,500 residents
- Location: Walker, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.705° or 30° 42′ 18″ northLongitude
-95.5544° or 95° 33′ 16″ westPopulation
38,500Elevation
404 feet (123 metres)Open location code
8626PC4W+26GeoNames ID
7173127
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