Huntsville | |
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| City of Huntsville | |
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| Motto: Home Sweet Huntsville | |
 Location of Huntsville, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 30°43′20″N 95°33′12″W / 30.72222°N 95.55333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Walker |
| Founded | 1835 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Andy Brauninger Daiquiri Beebe Russell Humphrey Blake Irving Pat Graham Bert Lyle Vicki McKenzie Dee Howard Mullins Joe Rodriquez |
| • City Manager | Aron Kulhavy |
| Area | |
• City | 43.43 sq mi (112.47 km2) |
| • Land | 42.59 sq mi (110.30 km2) |
| • Water | 0.84 sq mi (2.17 km2) |
| Elevation | 371 ft (113 m) |
| Population | |
• City | 45,941 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 47,351 |
| • Density | 991.88/sq mi (382.97/km2) |
| • Metro | 77,038 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 77320, 77340–77344, 77348–77349 |
| Area code | 936 |
| FIPS code | 48-35528 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1382049[4] |
| Website | huntsvilletx.gov |
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States.[5] The population was 45,941 as of the 2020 census.[2] It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area. Huntsville is in the East Texas Piney Woods on Interstate 45 and home to Sam Houston State University, Texas State Prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville State Park, and HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas.
The city served as the residence of Sam Houston, the first and third president of the Republic of Texas who later represented the state in the U.S. Senate. He is recognized in Huntsville by the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, a statue on Interstate 45, and Sam Houston State University, located in central Huntsville.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2022was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.