Houston is a city in Texas.
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving river which flows through Houston in Harris County , Texas . Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas . Houston . Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico , it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area , which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States . Houston was founded on August 28 , 1836 , near the banks of Buffalo Bayou ( now known as Allen 's Landing ) and incorporated as a city on June 5 , 1837 . The Port of Houston is a port in Houston , Texas , the fourth-largest city in the United States .