The Woodlands, Texas
| The Woodlands, Texas | |
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| Census-designated place and Special-purpose district | |
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 Location in the state of Texas |
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| Coordinates: 30°10′39″N 95°30′14″W / 30.17750°N 95.50389°WCoordinates: 30°10′39″N 95°30′14″W / 30.17750°N 95.50389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Counties | Montgomery & Harris |
| Established | 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Board of Directors | Gordy Bunch (Chairman) John McMullan (Vice Chairman) Laura Fillault (Secretary) Ann Snyder (Treasurer) Brian Boniface John A. Brown Bruce Rieser |
| • General Manager | Don Norrell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.9 sq mi (113.6 km2) |
| • Land | 43.3 sq mi (112.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 160 ft (50 m) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 109,679 |
| • Density | 2,500/sq mi (970/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 281/346/713/832/936 |
| FIPS code | 48-72656 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1867568 |
| Website |
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The Woodlands is a master-planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. According to The Woodlands Development Company, the population was 107,769 as of a January 2014 estimate[update], an increase of 93.7% over its population of 55,649 at the 2000 census.
It is 28 miles (45 km) north of Houston along Interstate 45. Though it began as a suburban development and a bedroom community, it has also attracted corporations and has several corporate campuses, most notably Chevron Phillips, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Huntsman Corporation, Woodforest National Bank, Baker Hughes, CB&I, McKesson Corporation, Aon plc, Maersk Line, Safmarine, GeoSouthern Energy, ExxonMobil, and SWN or Southwestern Energy Company. It won a Special Award for Excellence in 1994 from the Urban Land Institute.
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