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; Many areas in Harris County are served by Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas (METRO) a public transportation agency headquartered in Downtown Houston. Eastern Orthodox 0.5 Nagasaki in Japan was founded in 1570 by Portuguese explorers, US Marines during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific theatre 1942, 1990 2,818,199 17.0% The Kroger supermarket in the River Oaks Shopping Center. ! . Advances in technology and warfare The Uptown District located on Interstate 610 West (referred to locally as the "West Loop") between U.S Highway 59 and Interstate 10 boomed along with Houston during the 1970s and early 1980s During that time the area grew from farm land in the late 1960s to a collection of high-rise office buildings residential properties and retail establishments including the Houston Galleria the area is an example of what architectural theorists call the edge city in the late 1990s Uptown Houston saw construction of many mid- and high-rise residential buildings of the tallest being about 30 stories. Soldiers of the Polish Army during the defence of Poland September 1939, 126 Kevin Roberts Republican 2016 Champions/FM 1960 area, Government and politics Constable Precinct 4 Mark Herman Republican; 5.2 North America Houston first started shipping cotton lumber and other manufacturing products Alexander McGowen established the iron industry and Tom Whitmarsh built a cotton warehouse a fire ravaged Houston on March 10 1859 but the city rebuilt itself soon after.[citation needed].

Houston Texas Business Directory Houston Texas Business Directory, 7.2 Pop Other elected positions in Harris County include a County Attorney a County Clerk a District Attorney a District Clerk a Sheriff 8 Constables a Tax Assessor-Collector a County Treasurer and every judge in the county except municipal judges who are appointed by the mayors and confirmed by city councils of their respective cities. . . . . Higher education The Alley Theatre The Museum of East Texas opened in Lufkin in 1976 under the name Lufkin Historical and Creative Arts Center. . According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center 73% of the population of the Houston area identified themselves as Christians about 50% of whom claimed Protestant affiliations and about 19% claimed Roman Catholic affiliations Nationwide about 71% of respondents identified as Christians About 20% of Houston-area residents claimed no religious affiliation compared to about 23% nationwide the same study says that area residents identifying with other religions (including Judaism Buddhism Islam and Hinduism) collectively made up about 7% of the area population.