General Info
Galveston County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 291,309. Its seat is Galveston. League City is the largest city in Galveston County in terms of population; between 2000 and 2005 it surpassed Galveston as the county’s largest city. Galveston County was founded in 1838.