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Harris County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
311historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
4,731,145pop. 2020
91cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 311 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Houston, Pasadena, Baytown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Harris titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

248 of 311 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

311 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1879 Houston WaterworksHoustonStructure1976
1884 Houston Cotton Exchange BuildingHoustonBuilding1971
500 Jefferson BuildingHoustonBuilding2019
All Saints Roman Catholic ChurchHoustonBuilding1983
Allbach HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Almeda Road Bridge over Brays BayouHoustonStructure2007
Anderson, John W., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Annunciation ChurchHoustonBuilding1975
Antioch Missionary Baptist ChurchHoustonBuilding1976
Apollo Mission Control Center NHLHoustonBuilding1985
Armand Bayou Archeological DistrictSeabrookDistrict1978
Astrodome, TheHoustonBuilding2014
Autry, James L., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Aviary at the Houston ZooHoustonStructure2005
Banta HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Baring, Otto H., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Barker HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Barker-Cypress Archeological Site (41HR436)HoustonSite1984
Battelstein'sHoustonBuilding2020
Bayou BendHoustonBuilding1979
BeaconsfieldHoustonBuilding1983
Benjamin ApartmentsHoustonBuilding2002
Bethel Baptist ChurchHoustonBuilding1998
Borgstrom HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Boulevard Oaks Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict2002
Broadacres Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1980
Burge HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Burlingame, George L., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Burnett HouseHoustonBuilding2004
Bute, James, Company WarehouseHoustonBuilding1994
Cameron Iron WorksHoustonBuilding2020
Carden, David A., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Carroll, J. J., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Carter, W. T., Jr., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Cedar Bayou Archeological DistrictBaytownDistrict1979
Cheek-Neal Coffee Company BuildingHoustonBuilding2016
Christ ChurchHoustonBuilding1979
City National Bank BuildingHoustonBuilding2000
Clanton, Moses A., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Clare, J. H., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Clarke & Courts BuildingHoustonBuilding1994
Clayton, William L., Summer HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Cleveland, A. S., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Cohn, Arthur B., HouseHoustonBuilding1985
Coombs, Charles E., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Coop, Dr. B. F., HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Copeland, Austin, House IHoustonBuilding1988
Copeland, Austin, House IIHoustonBuilding1988
Countryman HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Courtlandt Place Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1980
Cummings HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Cyrus, Ben C. and Jenetter, HouseHoustonBuilding1997
Dawson, James A., HouseHoustonBuilding1994
DePelchin Faith HomeHoustonBuilding1984
Dexter HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Donoghue, Thomas J., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Dorrance, John M., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Doughty, Lula J., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Downtown Houston Post Office, Processing and Distribution CenterHoustonBuilding2018
Duncan, Charles W., Sr. and Mary, HouseHoustonBuilding2017
Durham, Jay L., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Eaton HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Eldorado BallroomHoustonBuilding2022
Elkins HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Ellis, Dr. Billie V., HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Eppes, Ned A. and Linda S., HouseHoustonBuilding1997
Ezzell HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Farnsworth & Chambers BuildingHoustonBuilding2009
Farrar, Roy and Margaret, HouseHoustonBuilding2006
Fire Engine House No. 9HoustonBuilding1985
First City National BankHoustonBuilding2026
First Evangelical ChurchHoustonBuilding2006
Fluegel, William F., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Foley, W. L., BuildingHoustonBuilding1978
Forum of CivicsHoustonBuilding1988
Freedmen's Town Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1985
Gerloff HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Gillette HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Gulf BuildingHoustonBuilding1983
Harris County Boy's School SiteHoustonSite1979
Harris County Courthouse of 1910HoustonBuilding1981
Hartley HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Hawkins HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Heights Boulevard EsplanadeHoustonStructure1984
Heights Christian ChurchHoustonBuilding1983
Heights State Bank BuildingHoustonBuilding1983
Heights TheaterHoustonBuilding2017
Hermann Park Municipal Golf ClubhouseHoustonBuilding2020
Heyne, Fred J., HouseHoustonBuilding1994
Hill Street Bridge over Buffalo BayouHoustonStructure2007
Hogg BuildingHoustonBuilding1978
Hollyfield Laundry and Cleaners,HoustonBuilding2021
House at 1111 Heights BoulevardHoustonBuilding1984
House at 112 W. 4th StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 1210 Harvard StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 1217 HarvardHoustonBuilding1988
House at 122 East Fifth StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 1220 HarvardHoustonBuilding1988
House at 1222 Harvard StreetHoustonBuilding1990
House at 1227 Rutland StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 1230 Oxford StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 1237 Rutland StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1304 Cortlandt StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 1343 Allston StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1421 Harvard St.HoustonBuilding1983
House at 1421 Heights BoulevardHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1421-1423 Waverly StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1435 Heights BoulevardHoustonBuilding1988
House at 1437 Heights BoulevardHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1437 Waverly StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1443 Allston StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1509 Allston StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1515 Allston StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1517 Cortland StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1537 Tulane StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 1640 Harvard StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 201 W. 15th StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 2035 Rutland StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 217 E. 5th StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 2402 Rutland StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 402 E. 11th StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 444 West 24th StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 505 W. 18th StreetHoustonBuilding1984
House at 532 Harvard StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 828 Heights BoulevardHoustonBuilding1983
House at 844 Columbia StreetHoustonBuilding1983
House at 844 CourtlandtHoustonBuilding1983
House at 917 Heights BoulevardHoustonBuilding1984
House at 943 1/2 Cortlandt StreetHoustonBuilding1993
Houses at 1217 and 1219 Tulane StreetHoustonBuilding2020
Houston Bar Center BuildingHoustonBuilding2017
Houston City HallHoustonBuilding1990
Houston Fire Station No. 3HoustonBuilding2017
Houston Fire Station No. 7HoustonBuilding1986
Houston Heights Fire StationHoustonBuilding1983
Houston Heights Waterworks ReservoirHoustonBuilding1983
Houston Heights Woman's ClubHoustonBuilding1983
Houston Light Guard ArmoryHoustonBuilding2024
Houston Municipal Airport TerminalHoustonBuilding2019
Houston National CemeteryHoustonDistrict2017
Houston Negro HospitalHoustonBuilding1982
Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing BuildingHoustonBuilding1982
Houston PostHoustonBuilding2018
Houston Post-Dispatch BuildingHoustonBuilding2002
Houston Public LibraryHoustonBuilding1984
Humble Oil BuildingHoustonBuilding1999
Humble-Exxon BuildingHoustonBuilding2025
Ideson, Julia, BuildingHoustonBuilding1977
Idylwood Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict2011
Immanuel Lutheran ChurchHoustonBuilding1983
Independence Heights Residential Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1997
Independence ParkHoustonSite1997
Inwood ManorHoustonBuilding2026
Isabella CourtHoustonBuilding1994
Isbell HouseHoustonBuilding1983
J. A. Folger and Company PlantHoustonBuilding2021
Jefferson Davis HospitalHoustonBuilding2005
Jensen, James L., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Johnson, Charles, HouseHoustonBuilding1997
Johnson, Morris and Mary, HouseHoustonBuilding1997
Jones HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Jones-Hunt HouseHoustonBuilding1979
K'nesseth Israel SynagogueBaytownBuilding2024
Keller HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Kellum-Noble HouseHoustonBuilding1975
Kennedy BakeryHoustonBuilding1979
Kennedy, Marshall W., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Kleinhaus HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Knapp Building (1940)HoustonBuilding2024
Knittel HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Kress BuildingHoustonBuilding2002
Kronenberger HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Lewis Apartment BuildingHoustonBuilding1996
Lewis, Ella, Store and Rental HousesHoustonBuilding1997
Lightfoot, Ewart H. and Lillian, HouseHoustonBuilding2024
Lindenburg, Emil, HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Lindsay, Oscar, HouseHoustonBuilding1997
Link-Lee HouseHoustonBuilding2000
Logue HouseHoustonBuilding1998
Lowry, Fayette C., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Lund HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Macatee, Leonard W., HouseHoustonBuilding2005
Mackey, William, HouseHoustonBuilding1997
Main Street/Market Square Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1983
Main Street/Market Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)HoustonDistrict1984
Mansfield HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Mansfield Street Archeological SiteHoustonSite1978
Margarett Root Brown CollegeHoustonBuilding2026
Maria Boswell Flake Home for Old WomenHoustonBuilding2018
McCain, Henry Hicks, HouseHoustonBuilding1988
McCollum, D. C., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
McDonald HouseHoustonBuilding1983
McKee Street BridgeHoustonStructure2002
Mechanical Laboratory and Power HouseHoustonBuilding2021
Medical TowersHoustonBuilding2016
Meek, James V., HouseHoustonBuilding1994
Meitzen HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Mellinger, Marguerite Meachum & John S., HouseHoustonBuilding2012
Melrose BuildingHoustonBuilding2014
Merchants and Manufacturers BuildingHoustonBuilding1980
Miller HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Miller, Ezekial and Mary Jane, HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Milroy HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Milroy, John, HouseHoustonBuilding1980
Milroy-Muller HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Minchen, Simon and Mamie, HouseHoustonBuilding2000
Minella, Angelo and Lillian, HouseHoustonBuilding2006
Moncrief-Lenoir Manufacturing CompanyHoustonBuilding2023
Morgan's Point Historic DistrictMorgan's PointDistrict1994
Morris, Glenn W., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Morton Brothers GroceryHoustonBuilding1988
Mulcahy HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Myer, Sterling, HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Myers-Spalti Manufacturing PlantHoustonDistrict2003
Nairn, Forrest A., HouseHoustonBuilding1991
Nash, William R., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
National Biscuit Company BuildingHoustonBuilding1998
Near Northside Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict2010
Neuhaus, C. L., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Neuhaus, Hugo V., Jr. HouseHoustonBuilding2005
Ogle, Joseph, HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Old Houston National BankHoustonBuilding1975
Old Sixth Ward Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1978
Orange Show, TheHoustonBuilding2006
Oriental Textile MillHoustonBuilding1983
Otto HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Palace HotelHoustonBuilding2006
Palmer, Edward Albert, Memorial Chapel and Autry HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Parker, John W., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Pasadena Post OfficePasadenaBuilding2022
Paul BuildingHoustonBuilding1979
Peden, D. D., HouseHoustonBuilding1991
Perry-Swilley HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Petroleum BuildingHoustonBuilding2019
Pomeroy HomesteadPasadenaBuilding2003
Reed, Thomas B., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Rice HotelHoustonBuilding1978
River Oaks TheatreHoustonBuilding2024
Roessler, Charles, HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Rogers, Ghent W., HouseHoustonBuilding1990
Rothko ChapelHoustonBuilding2000
Sabine Street Bridge over Buffalo BayouHoustonStructure2007
Sam Houston HotelHoustonBuilding2002
San Felipe Courts Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1988
San Felipe Courts Historic District (Boundary Decrease)HoustonDistrict1998
San Jacinto Battlefield NHLHoustonSite1966
San Jacinto Senior High SchoolHoustonBuilding2012
San Jacinto Street Bridge over Buffalo BayouHoustonStructure2007
San Jacinto WarehouseHoustonBuilding2025
Saturn V Launch VehicleHoustonStructure2003
Scanlan BuildingHoustonBuilding1980
Schlesser-Burrows HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation BuildingHoustonBuilding2018
Sears, Roebuck and Company Warehouse and Service CenterHoustonBuilding2020
Sessums-James HouseHoustonBuilding1998
Sewall, Cleveland Harding, HouseHoustonBuilding1975
Sheridan ApartmentsHoustonBuilding1984
Shoaf, John H., HouseHoustonBuilding1988
Sills BuildingHoustonBuilding2024
South Texas National BankHoustonBuilding1978
Southwestern Bell Capitol Main OfficeHoustonBuilding2016
Space Environment Simulation Laboratory NHLHoustonStructure1985
St. Elizabeth's HospitalHoustonBuilding2019
St. Mark’s Methodist ChurchHoustonBuilding2022
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal ChurchHoustonBuilding2019
Star Engraving Company BuildingHoustonBuilding1995
State Highway 35 Bridge at the West Fork of the San Jacinto RiverHumbleStructure1996
State National Bank BuildingHoustonBuilding1982
Sterling, Ross,S., HouseMorgan's PointBuilding1982
Sterling-Berry HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Stevenson, Joseph R. and Mary M., HouseHoustonBuilding1996
Stewart, Dr. James M. and Dove, HouseKatyBuilding1996
Stowers BuildingHoustonBuilding2015
Sweeney, Coombs & Fredericks BuildingHoustonBuilding1974
Swift & Company Packing PlantHoustonBuilding2026
Sylvan Beach PavilionLa PorteBuilding2010
Taylor, Judson L., HouseHoustonBuilding1979
Telephone Road Bridge over Brays BayouHoustonStructure2007
Temple Beth IsraelHoustonBuilding1984
Texas Company BuildingHoustonBuilding2003
Texas State HotelHoustonBuilding2008
Thornton, Dr. Penn B., HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Todd, Lucie Wray and Anderson, HouseHoustonBuilding2018
Trinity ChurchHoustonBuilding1983
U.S. CustomhouseHoustonBuilding1974
U.S.S. TEXAS NHLHoustonStructure1976
Union StationHoustonBuilding1977
Union Transfer and Storage BuildingHoustonBuilding2001
Upchurch HouseHoustonBuilding1983
W-K-M Company, Inc. Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict2018
Walker HouseShoreacresBuilding2012
Ward HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Washburn TunnelHoustonStructure2008
Webber HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Webber, Samuel H., HouseHoustonBuilding1983
West Eleventh Place Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1997
West, James and Jessie, MansionPasadenaBuilding1994
Westmoreland Historic DistrictHoustonDistrict1994
Wilkins HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Williams-Brueder HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Willow Street Pump StationHoustonDistrict2004
Wilson HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Wimberly HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Wisnoski HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Woodard HouseHoustonBuilding1984
Woodlawn Garden of Memories CemeteryHoustonSite2004
Woodward HouseHoustonBuilding1983
Wray, Andrew Jackson and Margaret Cullinan, HouseHoustonBuilding1993
Wunderlich, Peter and Sophie, FarmKleinBuilding1997
Wunsche Bros. Saloon and HotelSpringBuilding1984
Yale Street Bridge over White Oak BayouHoustonStructure2011

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Harris was formed in 1836 (1836-03-02) from unknown / original county.

Mexican municipality of HARRISBURG became part of the Republic of Texas.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Harris County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

4.7M2.4M4,6681850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,6689,07027,98563,786186,667528,961806,7011,243,1582,409,5473,400,5784,731,145

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

91 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 91 listed
NameLatLon
Adath Emeth Cemetery29.81273-95.37994
Adath Israel Cemetery29.83578-95.38355
Aldine Cemetery29.9355-95.35244
Alief Cemetery29.70301-95.60495
Arthur - Hale Cemetery29.73392-95.01824
Baker Cemetery29.75622-95.70878
Beth El Cemetery29.78495-95.45716
Beth Jacob Cemetery29.61329-95.38966
Beth Yeshurun Cemetery29.75979-95.403
Betheny Cemetery29.66551-95.10465
Bonin Cemetery30.10661-95.50883
Brookside Memorial Park29.91356-95.31271
Budde Cemetery30.05189-95.44827
Cedar Crest Cemetery29.75636-94.92622
Cemetery Beautiful29.87654-95.43108
Clow Cemetery (historical)30.00383-95.50244
College Memorial Park Cemetery29.75634-95.40522
Crosby Cemetery29.88078-95.05354
Dagg Cemetery29.59079-95.34494
DeZavalla Cemetery29.76023-95.09354
Dowdell Cemetery29.96109-95.62138
Earthman Memory Gardens Cemetery29.82812-94.98293
Earthman Resthaven Cemetery29.95987-95.41391
Ehrhardt Cemetery30.00272-95.47744
Emanuel Memorial Park29.67884-95.52328
Eternity Park30.02939-95.38327
Evergreen Cemetery29.73912-95.32049
Evergreen Cemetery29.88578-95.03521
Fairview Cemetery29.80161-94.38991
Forest Park Cemetery29.72023-95.30521
Forest Park Cemetery29.73856-95.60883
Fritsche Cemetery30.00911-95.66411
Gaillard-Mitchell Cemetery29.71053-94.98638
Genoa Cemetery29.62773-95.26105
Glameyer Cemetery30.01411-95.46466
Glendale Cemetery29.71967-95.27466
Glenwood Cemetery29.76601-95.38529
Harrington Cemetery29.8855-95.1416
Harris County Cemetery29.81467-95.23632
Hill of Rest Cemetery29.7323-94.98637
Hollywood Cemetery29.77439-95.39244
Hollywood Cemetery29.79106-95.36772
Holy Cross Cemetery29.78912-95.3691
Houston National Cemetery29.93095-95.44379
Huckabee Cemetery30.1005-95.54633
Huffman Cemetery30.05307-95.0876
Huffman Community Cemetery30.00494-95.08048
Jackson Cemetery29.71328-95.28216
Klein Cemetery30.04633-95.52133
Klein Memorial Park Cemetery30.09067-95.57215
Knigge Cemetery29.95161-95.63772
La Porte Cemetery29.6494-95.02604
Lynch Cemetery29.908-95.06715
Magnolia Cemetery29.75944-95.39292
Martens Cemetery30.11966-95.6255
Mathis Cemetery30.03605-95.90773
McCall Cemetery30.12715-95.58724
McDougle Cemetery30.03522-95.53244
Memorial Oaks Cemetery29.78217-95.61522
Meyer Cemetery30.00689-95.6255
Morales Cemetery29.92939-95.37271
Mueschkle Cemetery30.02383-95.39521
Muller Cemetery29.95217-95.658
Oak Park Cemetery29.83689-95.32494
Paradise North Cemetery29.88908-95.45936
Perry Cemetery29.96661-95.57605
Pillot Cemetery30.06439-95.60439
Restlawn Cemetery29.87772-95.42883
Riceville Cemetery29.67051-95.53744
Roberts Cemetery30.08022-95.76467
Roeder Cemetery29.98633-95.63411
Rose Hill Cemetery30.07411-95.69606
Rosewood Park Cemetery29.963-95.26577
Sacred Heart Cemetery29.88078-95.05243
Saint John Cemetery30.01411-95.71328
Saint Joseph Cemetery29.87772-95.38688
Saint Vincent Cemetery29.75912-95.34383
Salem Cemetery30.10327-95.66189
San Jacinto Memorial Park29.773-95.15993
Sander Cemetery30.09187-95.73642
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Kilkare29.58-95.06667
New Washington29.76217-95.09188

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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