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Katy is a city located in Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller Counties west of Houston, Texas along Interstate 10. Part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, the city's population was 14,102 at the 2010 US Census.
Incorporated in 1945, Katy's name derived from the former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (commonly referred to as the M-K-T or "Katy" Railroad) that ran through the city in the 19th century. Katy was once known as Cane Island, believed to be from the fact that the area was a major sugar cane and rice producer.
Local residents often split the city into two informal sections: "Old Katy" and "the Katy Area". Old Katy is the actual city limits and lies mostly north of Interstate 10. The "Katy area" is made up of large sections of unincorporated Harris and Fort Bend counties and lies mostly to the east and southeast of the city limits (both areas are within the Katy Independent School District).
Incorporated in 1945, Katy's name derived from the former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (commonly referred to as the M-K-T or "Katy" Railroad) that ran through the city in the 19th century. Katy was once known as Cane Island, believed to be from the fact that the area was a major sugar cane and rice producer.
Local residents often split the city into two informal sections: "Old Katy" and "the Katy Area". Old Katy is the actual city limits and lies mostly north of Interstate 10. The "Katy area" is made up of large sections of unincorporated Harris and Fort Bend counties and lies mostly to the east and southeast of the city limits (both areas are within the Katy Independent School District).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy,_Texas
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Coordinates: 29°47'34"N 95°49'43"W
- College Station, Texas 110 km
- Bryan, Texas 121 km
- San Marcos, Texas 211 km
- Austin, Texas 218 km
- Georgetown, Texas 220 km
- Waco, Texas 251 km
- Corpus Christi, Texas 278 km
- San Antonio, Texas 281 km
- Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 446 km
- Laredo, Texas 446 km
- Cane Island 1.7 km
- West Ten 2.7 km
- Woodcreek Reserve 2.9 km
- Katy Mills 2.9 km
- Falcon Point 4.4 km
- Remington Trails 5.1 km
- Firethorne 5.2 km
- Young Ranch 5.3 km
- Willow Creek Farms 6.8 km
- Waller County 27 km
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