Houston

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Houston

Total population

2,226

Median home value

$114,400

16%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$40,000

Houston$40k

National$74k

Founded

1857

Elevation355 m

Land area9.44 km²

Weather63°F · Patchy Drizzle

Coordinates37.32°, -91.96°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Houston is a city in and the county seat of Texas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,079 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Houston, MO from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

D

Dan W. Brown

American politician (1950–2021)

Donald O. Aldridge

former Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force

R

Robert Ross

Missouri politician

H

Hovey C. McDonald

American sports coach (1888–1941)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Missouri

• Raymondville
  7 mi away
• Licking
  13.6 mi away
• Cabool
  15.5 mi away
• Plato
  18.8 mi away
• Mountain View
  26.7 mi away
• Hartville
  30.7 mi away
• Pomona
  31.3 mi away
• Fort Leonard Wood
  31.4 mi away · pop. 15,432
• Montier
  31.6 mi away
• Salem
  32.1 mi away
• Birch Tree
  34.2 mi away
• Eminence
  35.2 mi away

Browse all places in Missouri →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Houston

Whoredome & Missouri & Illinois Dcfs Laws

Tineka Galloway · 2017

Status of baseball in the high schools of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma

Herbert Houston Dallis · 1967

Matilda Hawkins Houston & John Houston

Joyce D. Higgins · 2004

Urban atlas, tract data for standard metropolitan statistical areas

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1974

Ancestors and descendants of Leonard Houston, Sr., ca. 1633-1990

Mary Christine Houston · 1990

Civil War records in the St. Louis Republic

Kenneth Weant · 1999

Ethical issues in nursing

1976

7000 years of Iranian art

Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service. · 1964

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 243 mi
• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 250 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).