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Llano is a city in Llano County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010, the city population was 3,232. It is the county seat of Llano County. Llano is located at 30°45′03″N 98°40′48″W / 30.750953°N 98.680038°W / 30.750953;... -98.680038 . It is on the Llano River, 65 miles northwest of Austin and 102 miles north of San Antonio. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles , of which, 4.4 square miles of it is land and 0.3 square miles of it is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,325 people, 1,353 households, and 880 families residing in the city. The population density was 748.1 people per square mile . There were 1,539 housing units at an average density of 346.3/sq mi . The racial makeup of the city was 94.35% White, 0.57% African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 3.40% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.90% of the population. There were 1,353 households out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.
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Texas City is a city in Chambers and Galveston counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a busy deepwater port on Texas' Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing center. The population was 45,099 at the... 2010 census. It is a part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is notable as the site of a major explosion in 1947 that demolished the port and nearly destroyed the city. Three duck hunters in 1891 noted that a location along Galveston Bay, known locally as Shoal Point, had the potential to become a major port. Shoal Point had existed since the 1830s, when veterans of the Texas Revolution were awarded land for their services. The name was applied to the community when a post office opened in 1878. The duck hunters were three brothers from Duluth, Minnesota named Benjamin, Henry and Jacob Myers. After they returned to Duluth, they formed the Myers Brothers syndicate, convinced other investors to put up money to buy 10,000 acres of Galveston Bay Frontage, including Shoal Point. They renamed the area Texas City.
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