Morgan's Point, Texas
| Morgan's Point, Texas | |
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| City | |
 Location of Morgan's Point, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 29°40′35″N 94°59′58″W / 29.67639°N 94.99944°WCoordinates: 29°40′35″N 94°59′58″W / 29.67639°N 94.99944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Harris |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.8 sq mi (4.6 km2) |
| • Land | 1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 339 |
| • Density | 190/sq mi (74/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 77571 |
| Area code(s) | 281 |
| FIPS code | 48-49380 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1388192 |
Morgan's Point is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, located on the shores of Galveston Bay at the inlet to the Houston Ship Channel, near La Porte and Pasadena. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 339. It earned fame in Texas' early history for being the home of the legendary Emily West (Morgan), known as The Yellow Rose of Texas. It later became a Houston-area resort community for the wealthy in the early 20th century. Today, thanks to the construction of the Barbours Cut shipping terminal, it is at the center of one the area's most important shipping hubs.
The area was first settled in 1822 by Nicholas Rightor, a surveyor commissioned by Stephen F. Austin to explore and survey the areas between the Brazos and Lavaca rivers. He soon sold the property to Johnson Calhoun Hunter, and it subsequently was bought by Joseph C. Clopper, who used the property to grow orange and lemon trees. The property was finally sold to James Morgan in 1834, who established the short-lived colony of New Washington. Morgan had helped supply the Texian army during the Texas Revolution and was given the rank of colonel. The settlement was destroyed by the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution. A legend surfaced much later surrounding a mulatto woman named Emily West. She became an indentured servant (but not a slave) of Morgan and, according to legend, used her beauty to occupy Mexican General Santa Anna, thereby facilitating his capture by the Texan army, thus ending the revolutionary war. Historians differ on the degree of truth of this legend.
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