Huntsville Unit

Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit, nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in , United States.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: Texas state prison
  • Also known as: “Huntsville prison”, “Huntsville Unit in Texas”, “HV”, “TDCJ Huntsville”, and “Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville”
  • Address: 815 12th Street, Huntsville, TX 77342

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sam Houston Memorial Museum and Bowers Stadium.

Museum
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is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Huntsville Unit.

Stadium
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Elliott T. is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in . The stadium has been home to the Sam Houston State University Sam Houston Bearkats football team since 1986. is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Huntsville Unit.

Sports venue
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is a 6,110-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Sam Houston State University in . It was built in 1976 and is home to the Sam Houston Bearkats men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the Bearkats women's volleyball team. is situated 3,200 feet south of Huntsville Unit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huntsville.

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is a small city of about 45,000 residents, located in Walker County, part of the region of . 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.

Huntsville Unit

Latitude
30.72166° or 30° 43′ 18″ north
Longitude
-95.54659° or 95° 32′ 48″ west
Open location code
8626PFC3+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265926914
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q686494
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Huntsville Unit” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Hantsvill-yunit”
  • Catalan: “Huntsville Unit (Texas)”
  • Catalan: “Huntsville Unit en Texas”
  • Catalan: “Huntsville Unit”
  • Chinese: “亨茨維爾監獄”
  • Dutch: “Huntsville Unit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وحدة هنتسفيل فى ولاية تكساس”
  • Finnish: “Huntsville Unit”
  • French: “Huntsville Unit”
  • German: “Huntsville Unit”
  • German: “Staatsgefängnis von Huntsville”
  • Indonesian: “Huntsville Unit”
  • Italian: “carcere di Huntsville”
  • Italian: “Carcere di Huntsville”
  • Japanese: “ハンツヴィルユニット”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Huntsville Unit”
  • Norwegian: “Huntsville Unit”
  • Russian: “Хантсвилл-юнит”
  • Spanish: “Penitenciaría Estatal de Texas en Huntsville”
  • Spanish: “Unidad de Huntsville”
  • Swedish: “Huntsvillefängelset”
  • Turkish: “Teksas Huntsville Ceza İnfaz Kurumu”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Texas Prison Rodeo Stadium and Rather Park.

Nearby Places

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