La MarqueLa Marque (lə märk) [key], city (1990 pop. 14,120), Galveston co., SE Tex., in an agricultural and oil area; settled c.1860, inc. 1953. A residential suburb of Texas City, La Marque was originally a farm settlement and later became a railroad shipping point between Houston and Galveston. It also has oil refining, machining, and the manufacture of machinery, electronic equipment and cable wire. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on La Marque from Infoplease:
See more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. Political Geography
|
24 X 7Private Tutor
Explore 9th Grade Math , Grade 4 Math
|
Atlas
Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Day in History
