Texas Gulf Coast · TX
Galveston
The island city of the 1900 Storm and the first Juneteenth.
- Population
- 53,695 (2020 census)
- Juneteenth
- June 19, 1865
- Seawall
- 10 miles, 17 feet high
Then
- 1817–1821
Pirate Jean Lafitte rules the island as his “Campeche” until the U.S. Navy drives him out.
- 1800s
The Strand is known as the Wall Street of the South.
- 1865
On June 19, Gen. Gordon Granger's General Order No. 3 tells enslaved Texans they are free, the origin of Juneteenth.
- 1900
A hurricane kills an estimated 6,000 to 12,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The city builds a seawall and raises its ground level.
- 2008
Hurricane Ike makes landfall on September 13.
Now
Galveston is the Gulf Coast's top cruise port, and the Historic Pleasure Pier rose after Ike. The University of Texas Medical Branch is the biggest employer.
14 tide stations around Galveston
- GALVESTON, Galveston Channel0.7 mi
- Galveston Pleasure Pier1.2 mi
- Port Bolivar4.5 mi
- Galveston Bay Entrance, North Jetty5.9 mi
- Galveston Railroad Bridge6.0 mi
- Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty6.5 mi
- Texas City, Turning Basin7.7 mi
- Texas City, Galveston Bay8.1 mi
- Sievers Cove, Goat Island10.4 mi
- Eagle Point14.4 mi
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- Smith Point16.2 mi
- Rollover Pass22.6 mi
- Gilchrist, East Bay24.1 mi
- High Island, ICWW31.8 mi