Katy, Texas

Katy is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. The city is located partially in the counties of Fort Bend, Waller, and Harris. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 11,775.

Named for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (or "K-T") that ran through it in the 19th century, the Houston suburb's prime attraction is the Katy Mills Mall. A secondary attraction is an unusual outdoor museum of Chinese culture and history called the Forbidden Gardens.

Actresses Renée Zellweger and Renee O'Connor were born in Katy. Country music performer Clint Black, baseball player Roger Clemens, Trading Spaces designer Frank Bielec, and American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell are from there as well.

Geography

Location of Katy, Texas

Katy is located at 29°47'33" North, 95°49'21" West (29.792582, -95.822436)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.6 km² (10.7 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

City of Katy vs. Katy Area

Katy residents often split the city into two informal sections: "Old Katy" (or Katy Proper) and "Katy Area". Old Katy is basically the actual City of Katy and lies for the most part north of Interstate 10. This is the original Katy from before the 1970s when Houston's Energy Corridor made its way west on I-10 and the development that came with it.

Katy Area is made up of large sections of unincorporated Harris and Fort Bend counties and for the most part sits east of the City of Katy. This area is within the Katy Independent School District and nearly everyone in this area has a Katy postal address. Katy Area includes newer developments such as Cinco Ranch and Grand Lakes, while also encompassing developments from the 1970s and 1980s such as Memorial Parkway and Nottingham Country. All of "Katy Area" lies in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), not Katy's ETJ. This means that the areas of "Katy Area" are controlled by the city of Houston and the city has the ability to annex it in the future. The city of Katy can not annex this area unless the city of Houston releases the area's ETJ to Katy, which has occured in several small chunks in recent years. The most recent instance of this was in 2001 when Houston ceded about 400 acres of ETJ to the City of Katy to allow the Katy Mills Mall and surrounding parking lot to be built entirely within the City of Katy.

Education

Pupils who live in Katy are zoned to schools in Katy Independent School District.

External links

• Master Plan Map of Katy Area / City of Katy
• City of Katy official web site
• Katy Independent School District web site
• Greater Katy Area Chamber of Commerce web site
• Katy Times web site--tri-weekly newspaper for the Katy region