Channelview, Texas
census designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States
Channelview is a census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas on the east side of Houston in Harris County. Its population was 45,688 at the 2020 U.S. census.
History
Channelview was given its name from its located on the northeastern curve of the Houston Ship Channel. The site of Channelview was home to Lorenzo de Zavala, one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Texas. During World War II, the area south of Market to the Ship Channel, and what is now DeZavala St. to the tollway, was part of the U.S. Army San Jacinto Ordnance Depot.
In 1990, an explosion occurred at the ARCO petrochemical plant in Channelview that killed 17 people and injured five others.
In 1991, Channelview was the site of a notable murder plot. Wanda Webb Holloway was convicted of attempting to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her daughter's junior high school cheerleading rival.
In 1992, Channelview was struck by Houston's only ever recorded F4 tornado just before Thanksgiving on November 21st,1992.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Channelview, Texas” is census designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Channelview, Texas and census, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “census designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q982006. VIAF identifies the subject as 129433601. The Library of Congress control number is no2010134578. Authority coordinates are 29.776, -95.115. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1990, 1991 and 1992.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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This entry incorporates text from “Channelview, Texas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.