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Woodlands, Texas

The Woodlands, Texas
Census-designated place and Special-purpose district
Skyline of The Woodlands, Texas
Location in the state of Texas
Location in the state of Texas
Coordinates: 30°10′39″N 95°30′14″W / 30.17750°N 95.50389°W / 30.17750; -95.50389Coordinates: 30°10′39″N 95°30′14″W / 30.17750°N 95.50389°W / 30.17750; -95.50389
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Montgomery & Harris
Established 1974
Government
 • Board of Directors Gordy Bunch (Chairman)
John McMullan (Vice Chairman)
Laura Fillault (Secretary)
Ann Snyder (Treasurer)
Brian Boniface
John A. Brown
Bruce Rieser
 • General Manager Don Norrell
Area
 • Total 43.9 sq mi (113.6 km2)
 • Land 43.3 sq mi (112.1 km2)
 • Water 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)
Elevation 160 ft (50 m)
Population (2015)
 • Total 109,679
 • Density 2,500/sq mi (970/km2)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 281/346/713/832/936
FIPS code 48-72656
GNIS feature ID 1867568
Website www.thewoodlands.com
www.thewoodlandstownship-tx.gov

The Woodlands is a master-planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. According to The Woodlands Development Company, the population was 107,769 as of a January 2014 estimate, an increase of 93.7% over its population of 55,649 at the 2000 census.

The Woodlands is 28 miles (45 km) north of Houston along Interstate 45. Though it began as a suburban development and a bedroom community, it has also attracted corporations and has several corporate campuses, most notably Chevron Phillips, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Huntsman Corporation, Woodforest National Bank, Baker Hughes, CB&I, McKesson Corporation, Aon plc, Maersk Line, Safmarine, GeoSouthern Energy, ExxonMobil, Halliburton and SWN or Southwestern Energy Company. It won a Special Award for Excellence in 1994 from the Urban Land Institute.


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