Английская Википедия:Chambers County, Texas

Chambers County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 46,571.^[1]^[2] The county seat is Anahuac.^[3]

Chambers County is one of the nine counties that comprise Greater Houston, the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area.

History

Mission Nuestra Señora de la Luz, a Spanish mission in Texas, was established in 1756 near what is now Wallisville.^[4]

Chambers County was founded in 1858. It is named for Thomas Jefferson Chambers,^[5] a major general in the Texas Revolution.

In 2019, Atlas Air Flight 3591, a cargo flight operating for Amazon Air, crashed in the Trinity Bay, in Chambers County and near Anahuac, while flying from Miami to Houston. All three people on board were killed.^[6]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Шаблон:Convert, of which Шаблон:Convert are land and Шаблон:Convert (31%) are covered by water.^[7]

The south and southwestern parts of the county lie in the Galveston Bay Area on the shores of Trinity Bay and East Bay. A small portion of the southeastern area lies on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Adjacent counties

Liberty County (north)
Jefferson County (east)
Galveston County (southwest)
Harris County (west)

National protected areas

State and local protected areas

Communities

Cities

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Anahuac (county seat)
Baytown (mostly in Harris County)
Beach City
Cove
Mont Belvieu (small part in Liberty County)
Old River-Winfree (small part in Liberty County)

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Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

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Demographics

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**Chambers County, Texas - Demographic Profile**
(*NH = Non-Hispanic*)
Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2010^[8]	Pop 2020^[9]	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	24,767	29,858	70.57%	64.11%
Black or African American alone (NH)	2,817	3,148	8.03%	6.76%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	134	161	0.38%	0.35%
Asian alone (NH)	326	622	0.93%	1.34%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	13	0	0.04%	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	25	215	0.07%	0.46%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)	379	1,615	1.08%	3.47%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	6,635	10,952	18.91%	23.52%
Total	35,096	46,571	100.00%	100.00%

Note: the U.S. Census Bureau treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

As of the census of 2000,^[10] 26,031 people, 9,139 households, and 7,219 families were residing in the county. The population density was Шаблон:Convert. The 10,336 housing units averaged Шаблон:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 81.88% White, 9.77% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 6.02% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. About 10.79% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

Of the 9,139 households, 40.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.70% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.00% were not families. About 17.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82, and the average family size was 3.20.

In the county, the age distribution was 28.90% under 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 9.00% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $47,964, and for a family was $52,986. Males had a median income of $43,351 versus $25,478 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,863. About 8.30% of families and 11.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.30% of those under age 18 and 12.60% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Chambers County is governed by a five-member commissioners' court, consisting of the county judge and four county commissioners. The county judge is elected to four-year terms in a countywide election. Commissioners are elected to four-year terms from single-member districts.

Chambers County Commissioners' Court

	Name	Political party	First elected	Area(s) represented
County Judge	Jimmy Sylvia	Republican	1996	Countywide
Commissioner, Precinct 1	Jimmy E. Gore	Republican	2016	Anahuac, Double Bayou, Hankamer, Oak Island, Seabreeze, Smith Point, Stowell, Wallisville, Winnie
Commissioner, Precinct 2	Mark Tice	Republican	2018	Beach City, Cove, Turtle Bayou, Wallisville
Commissioner, Precinct 3	Tommy Hammond	Republican	2006	Mont Belvieu, Old River-Winfree
Commissioner, Precinct 4	Ryan Dagley	Republican	2018	Baytown, Beach City

Elected Officials

	Name	Political party
County Attorney	Ashley Cain Land	Republican
County Clerk	Heather H. Hawthorne	Republican
County Court Judge	Cindy S. Price	Republican
District Attorney	Cheryl Swope Lieck	Republican
District Clerk	Patti Henry	Republican
Sheriff	Brian Hawthorne	Republican
Tax Assessor-Collector	Laurie G. Payton	Republican
Treasurer	Nicole Whittington	Republican
County Surveyor	Michael W. Chandler

Constables

	Name	Political party	Area(s) represented
Constable, Precinct 1	Dennis Dugat	Republican	Stowell, Winnie
Constable, Precinct 2	John Mulryan	Republican	Anahuac, Turtle Bayou, Wallisville
Constable, Precinct 3	Donnie Standley	Republican	Double Bayou, Oak Island, Smith Point
Constable, Precinct 4	Ben L. "Butch" Bean	Republican	Mont Belvieu, Old River-Winfree
Constable, Precinct 5	Bradley W. Moon	Republican	Hankamer, Wallisville
Constable, Precinct 6	Kirk W. Ritch	Republican	Baytown, Beach City, Cove

United States Congress

Senators		Name	Political party	First elected	Level
	Senate Class 2	John Cornyn	Republican	2002	Senior Senator
	Senate Class 1	Ted Cruz	Republican	2012	Junior Senator
Representatives		Name	Political Party	First Elected	Area(s) Represented
	Texas's 14th District	Randy Weber	Republican	2012	A small, unpopulated portion of the county that extends to the Gulf of Mexico, across the Intracoastal Waterway.
	Texas's 36th District	Brian Babin	Republican	2014	All populated areas of the county

Texas Legislature

Texas Senate

District		Senator	Political party	First elected	Area(s) represented
	4	Brandon Creighton	Republican	2014	Countywide, district also covers portions of Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, and Montgomery Counties

Texas House of Representatives

District		Representative	Political party	First elected	Area(s) represented
	23	Terri Leo-Wilson	Republican	2022	Chambers County, Galveston County (part)

State Board of Education

District		Member	Political party	First elected	Area(s) represented
	7	Julie Pickren	Republican	2022	Countywide, district also covers all of Brazoria, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, and Tyler Counties and most of Fort Bend County

Courts

Justices of the Peace

	Name	Political party
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1	Celia Devillier	Republican
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2	Michael W. Wheat	Republican
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4	Blake D. Sylvia	Republican
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5	David Hatfield	Republican
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6	Larry Ray Cryer	Republican

District Courts

Office		Name	Political party	Area(s) represented
	253rd District Court	Chap B. Cain, III	Republican	Countywide, district also covers Liberty County
	344th District Court	Randy McDonald	Republican	Countywide

1st Court of Appeals

	Name	Political party	First elected
Chief Justice	Sherry Radack	Republican	2004, appointed in 2002
Place 2	Gordon Goodman	Democrat	2018
Place 3	Veronica Rivas-Molloy	Democrat	2020
Place 4	April Farris	Republican	2020 (appointed)
Place 5	Amparo Guerra	Democrat	2020
Place 6	Sarah Beth Landau	Democrat	2018
Place 7	Julie Countiss	Democrat	2018
Place 8	Richard Hightower	Democrat	2018
Place 9	Peter Kelly	Democrat	2018

14th Court of Appeals

	Name	Political party	First elected
Chief Justice	Tracy E. Christopher	Republican	2020
Place 2	Kevin Jewell	Republican	2016
Place 3	Jerry Zimmerer	Democrat	2018
Place 4	Charles A. Spain	Democrat	2018
Place 5	Frances Bourliot	Democrat	2018
Place 6	Meagan Hassan	Democrat	2018
Place 7	Ken Wise	Republican	2014, Appointed in 2013
Place 8	Margaret "Meg" Poissant	Democrat	2018
Place 9	Randy Wilson	Republican	2020 (appointed)

Politics

Education

Public School Districts^[11]

Local Primary and Secondary School Jurisdictions. Each are governed by their own respective school board.

Goose Creek CISD
Barbers Hill ISD
Anahuac ISD
East Chambers ISD
La Porte ISD (parts of uninhabited Galveston Bay)

Higher Education

Community Colleges

Lee College (for most all of Chambers County)^[12]
San Jacinto College (parts of uninhabited Galveston Bay)^[13]

Public libraries

The Chambers County Library System operates three libraries in the county.

Chambers County Library (main branch) in Anahuac
Juanita Hargraves Memorial Branch in Winnie
Sam and Carmena Goss Memorial Branch in Mont Belvieu

Transportation

Major highways

Airports

The county operates two airports in unincorporated areas:

Chambers County Airport is east of Anahuac.
Chambers County-Winnie Stowell Airport serves Stowell and Winnie.

In addition, RWJ Airpark, a privately owned airport for public use, is located in Beach City.

The Houston Airport System stated that Chambers County is within the primary service area of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, an international airport in Houston in Harris County.^[14]

References

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External links

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Chambers County government's website
Chambers County in Handbook of Texas Online from The University of Texas at Austin
Chambers County, TXGenWeb Focuses on genealogical research in Chambers County.

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