Galveston

Summary

Galveston is a city in the United States^[1]. Galveston ranks in the top 1% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,433 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Galveston is located in Galveston County^[3].
• Galveston is in the country of United States^[4].
• Galveston is on the body of water Galveston Bay^[5].
• Galveston is on the body of water Gulf of Mexico^[6].
• Galveston's head of government is recorded as Craig Brown^[7].
• Galveston's image is recorded as Galveston Texas Skyline From The Carnival Ecstasy.jpg^[8].
• Galveston's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[9].
• Galveston's instance of is recorded as county seat^[10].
• Galveston's coat of arms image is recorded as City of Galveston Texas Seal.png^[11].
• Bernardo de Gálvez is named after Galveston^[12].
• Galveston's seal image is recorded as City of Galveston Texas Seal.png^[13].
• Galveston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Málaga^[14].
• Galveston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stavanger^[15].
• Galveston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Niigata^[16].
• Galveston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143073278^[17].
• Galveston's GND ID is recorded as 4113662-7^[18].
• Galveston's locator map image is recorded as TXMap-doton-Galveston.PNG^[19].
• Galveston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81019985^[20].
• Galveston's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12440558n^[21].
• Galveston's postal code is recorded as 77550^[22].
• Galveston's postal code is recorded as 77551^[23].
• Galveston's postal code is recorded as 77552^[24].
• Galveston's postal code is recorded as 77553^[25].
• Galveston's postal code is recorded as 77554^[26].
• Galveston's postal code is recorded as 77555^[27].

Body

Founding

+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Galveston^[28].

Identity

Galveston's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Galveston'}^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Galveston include Scholes International Airport at Galveston^[30], an international airport^[31], in United States^[32] and Galveston^[33], a town in the United States^[34], in United States^[35].

Why It Matters

Galveston ranks in the top 1% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,433 views/month).^[2] Galveston has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Galveston is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Galveston include Scholes International Airport at Galveston^[30], an international airport^[31], in United States^[32] and Galveston^[33], a town in the United States^[34], in United States^[35].