Channelview, Texas By J. Griffin

Channelview Where is Channelview? Former name- Rivers

The community was named for its location on a bend of the Houston Ship Channel The latitude of Channelview is N. The longitude is W. Elevation is 26 feet.

Channelview, an oil refinery suburb of Houston, is at the site where the San Jacinto River forms Old River, south of Interstate Highway 10 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad and eight miles southeast of Houston in eastern Harris County. It was named for its location on the northeastern curve of the Houston Ship Channel and was populated by blue-collar oil refinery workers and their families after oil discoveries in the area in After 1910, schools opened as ship channel industries grew.

A post office was established at the community in 1933, and the 1936 county highway map showed a sawmill, a school, several businesses, and multiple dwellings at the site. By 1938 the Channelview school district covered twenty square miles.

Channelview reported a population of fifty and two businesses in 1940, and grew to 700 residents and twenty-three businesses by In 1967 a new Sinclair Petrochemical plant began production near the ship channel. At that time the town had a population of 7,860 and seventy-five businesses. Its population was 8,227 in the mid-1970s. In 1985 Channelview had 347 businesses. In the early 1990s it had a population of 26,115 and 385 businesses. In 2000 the population was 29,685 with 659 businesses. In 2006, it has been estimated that our population is 40,000 to 45,000.

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What people make up the town of Channelview? Population (year 2000): 29,685 males: 14,888 (50.2%) Females: 14,797 (49.8%) In 2006, it is estimated that our population is 40% white, 29% Hispanic, 29% Black, and 2% other.

What primary schools are in Channelview? Crenshaw Primary- This is our school! Brown Primary McMullan PrimarySchochler Primary

What elementary schools are in Channelview? Cobb ElementaryDeZavala Elementary Hamblin Elementary

Jr. High and High School Alice Johnson Jr. High Channelview High School