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kitchen into living area. Living area and Bedroom both look over the Marina.
Balcony off of Living area. Very secure. Security gates to access property and
again to get to underground parking.
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League City is in Galveston County in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 45,444 (though a 2004 estimate placed the population at 57,981). League City is home to several water-side resorts that are used by people from nearby Houston.League City was settled at the former site of a Karankawa Indian
village. Three families, the Butlers, Cowarts, and Perkins, are considered to be
founding families of the city. The Cowart family settled on a creek now called
Cowart's Creek after them (now often called "Coward's Creek"). The Perkins
family built on a creek notably lined with magnolia trees, and named it Magnolia
Bayou. The Butler family settled inland.
The first resident of the town proper, George W. Butler, arrived from Louisiana
in 1873 and settled at the junction of Clear Creek and Chigger Bayou. The area
was known as Butler's Ranch or Clear Creek until J. C. League acquired the land
from a man named Muldoon on his entering the priesthood. League laid out his
town site on Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad, already established in
the area. This began a small feud over the name, as Butler was the postmaster.
The name was changed several times, alternating between Clear Creek and the new
League City. In the end, League City was chosen.
In 1907, League had two railroad flatcars of live oak trees left by the railroad
tracks. These were for the residents to plant on their property. Butler and his
son Milby supervised the planting of these trees, now known as the Butler Oaks.
Many of them line Main Street to this day.