Sealy: IH-10 West @ Ward Bend Rd
Tucked into the Texas Coastal Plain west of Houston, Sealy is a place whose character is shaped by its position on Interstate 10. The city grew as a railroad town in the late 19th century and took its name from George Sealy, a Galveston businessman and railroad figure. Today, I-10 gives Sealy a direct link to Houston and to the towns of central Texas, while broad grass verges, scattered trees and low-density development retain the open character of Austin County. The highway corridor around Ward Bend Road is part of this practical, car-oriented side of town, set within the flat-to-gently rolling prairie of southeastern Texas.
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Sealy lies along San Felipe Creek on Texas’s Gulf Coastal Plain, amid level country of prairie, pasture and cultivated fields. Founded in 1880 beside the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway, it was named for Galveston businessman George Sealy. Interstate 10 now runs through town, placing Sealy on a major east–west route between Houston and central Texas. Its Austin County setting also connects it with nearby San Felipe, once the capital of Stephen F. Austin’s colony in Mexican Texas. Move on to other webcams in Texas to compare the plains, towns and road corridors around Sealy.
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