Katy, Texas
|
|
Katy is a city located partially in the counties of Fort Bend, Waller, and Harris, in the state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,775. A 2003 U.S. Census (http://www.katytexas.com/html/demographics.html) shows that 97,341 people live within 5 miles and 463,057 people live within 10 miles of downtown Katy.
Named for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (or "K-T") that ran through it in the 19th century, the Houston suburb's prime attraction is the Katy Mills Mall. Renée Zellweger was born in Katy. Country music performer Clint Black, baseball player Roger Clemens, Trading Spaces designer Frank Bielec, and American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell are from there as well.
| Contents |
Geography
TXMap-doton-Katy.PNG
Location of Katy, Texas
Katy is located at 29°47'33" North, 95°49'21" West (29.792582, -95.822436)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.6 km² (10.7 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.
Katy City vs. Katy Region
Katy residents often split the city into two informal sections: "Old Katy" (or Katy Proper) and "New Katy". Old Katy is basically the actual City of Katy and lies for the most part north of Interstate 10. This is the original Katy from before the 1970s when Houston's Energy Corridor made its way west on I-10 and the development that came with it.
New Katy is made up of large sections of unincorporated Harris and Fort Bend counties and for the most part sits east of the City of Katy. This area is within the Katy Independent School District and nearly everyone in this area has a Katy postal address. New Katy includes newer developments such as Cinco Ranch and Grand Lakes, while also encompassing developments from the 1970s and 1980s such as Memorial Parkway and Nottingham Country. All of "New Katy" lies in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), not Katy's ETJ. This means that the areas of "New Katy" are controlled by the city of Houston and the city has the ability to annex it in the future. The city of Katy can not annex this area unless the city of Houston releases the area's ETJ to Katy.
Education
Pupils who live in Katy are zoned to schools in Katy Independent School District.
External links
- City of Katy official web site (http://www.cityofkaty.com/)
- Katy Independent School District web site (http://www.katyisd.org)
- Greater Katy Area Chamber of Commerce web site (http://www.katychamber.com)
- Katy Times web site--tri-weekly newspaper for the Katy region (http://www.katytimes.com)
| | 
|
|---|---|
| Regions: Arklatex | Big Bend | Central Texas | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | East Texas | Edwards Plateau | Houston Metropolitan Area | North Texas | Northeast Texas | Piney Woods | Rio Grande Valley | Texas Hill Country | Texas Panhandle | Llano Estacado | Southeast Texas | South Texas | West Texas | |
| Metropolitan Areas: Abilene | Amarillo | Austin-Round Rock | Beaumont-Port Arthur | Brownsville-Harlingen | College Station-Bryan | Corpus Christi | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | El Paso | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | Killeen-Temple | Laredo | Longview-Marshall | Lubbock | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | Midland | Odessa | San Angelo | San Antonio | Sherman-Denison | Texarkana | Tyler | Victoria | Waco | Wichita Falls | |
| See also: List of Texas counties |