Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of 211.31 square miles, with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county. It is also within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area at its southern end on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Galveston, or Galvez's town, was named after 18th-century Spanish military and political leader Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Count of Gálvez, who was born in Macharaviaya, Málaga, in the Kingdom of Spain. Galveston's first European settlements on the Galveston Island were built around 1816 by French pirate Louis-Michel Aury to help the fledgling empire of Mexico fight for independence from Spain, along with other colonies in the Western Hemisphere of the Americas in Central and South America in the 1810s and 1820s.

Country: United States
State: Texas
County: Galveston (erected 1838)
Incorporated: 1839
Named for: Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Count of Gálvez (1746–1786)
Type: Council–manager
Body: City Council
Mayor: Craig Brown
City Manager: Brian Maxwell
Population (2020): 53,695
Estimate (2022): 53,089
Rank: US: 753rd, TX: 70th
Urban: 191,863 (US: 200th)
Demonym(s): Galvestonian or Galvestinian
Time zone: Central (CST) (UTC–6)
Summer (DST): CDT (UTC–5)
ZIP Codes: 77550, 77551, 77552, 77553, 77554, 77555
Area code(s): 409
FIPS code: 48-28068
GNIS feature ID: 1377745
Website: galvestontx.gov
Youtube channel: UCl9KJfbdA_5zLfp2JH5891g
Official Website: http://www.cityofgalveston.org/
Wikidata description: city in and county seat of Galveston County, Texas, United States; port and coastal city
Wikidata id: Q135744
Wikidata label: Galveston
Wikidata aliases: Array
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