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Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States with 2.3 million residents as of the 2020 census, located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and serving as the county seat of Harris County. Founded on August 30, 1836, at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou by land investors and named after General Sam Houston, the city briefly served as the capital of the Texas Republic before growing into a major regional trading center. Houston's 20th-century growth was driven by the development of its port and railroad industry, the construction of the Houston Ship Channel following Galveston's devastating 1900 hurricane, and the Texas oil boom, which later diversified to include the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions at the Texas Medical Center and NASA's Johnson Space Center. With a diverse economy spanning energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation, Houston hosts the second-most Fortune 500 headquarters of any U.S. city and operates the nation's top port in international waterborne tonnage. Known as the "Bayou City," "Space City," and the most racially and ethnically diverse major city in the United States, Houston has become a global center for culture, medicine, and research. Spring, Texas is a census-designated place in Harris County within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston and part of the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area, with a population of 62,559 as of the 2020 census. Originally inhabited by the Orcoquiza Native Americans, the area began developing after 1838 when William Pierpont established a trading post on Spring Creek, followed by German immigrant farmers in the mid-1840s who grew sugar cane, cotton, and vegetables. The International and Great Northern Railroad, completed through Spring in 1871 and expanded in 1901-1903, transformed the town into a major switchyard with 200 rail workers by 1910, though the roundhouse's 1923 relocation to Houston caused significant population decline until suburban expansion resumed in the 1970s. Old Town Spring, located at the intersection of Spring-Cypress and Hardy roads, was revitalized beginning in 1980 and developed into a tourist destination featuring restored historic houses converted into shops. The area is notable for housing the Goodyear airship America from 1969 to 1992, whose massive hangar was a major motorist attraction visible from Interstate 45 until demolition. Rosenberg is a city in Fort Bend County within the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area, located 32 miles southwest of downtown Houston via Interstate 69 and US Highway 59. Named after Swiss immigrant Henry Von Rosenberg, who arrived in Galveston in 1843 and served as the first president of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, the city is adjacent to Richmond, the Fort Bend County seat. With a population of 38,282 residents at the 2020 census - up 25% from 30,618 in 2010 - Rosenberg spans 22.5 square miles on the south side of the Brazos River and is characterized by a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. The city hosts the annual Fort Bend County fair each October and features a median age of 33.9 years with 27.4% of residents under age 18. Rosenberg's economy and growth are supported by its strategic location along major transportation corridors connecting to Houston, Victoria, and surrounding Gulf Coast regions.