Kemah is a city in the U.S. state

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 of Texas

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 within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown

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 metropolitan area. The city's population was 2,330 as of the 2000 census. Located in Galveston County

Galveston County, Texas

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, Kemah's main industry comes from shipping. Originally a small fishing town, the city has become a tourist destination for the area's restaurants and attractions, which are contained within the Kemah Entertainment District.
Kemah is located at 29°32′22"N 95°1′9"W (29.539469, -95.019032) and is part of the Clear Lake Area

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According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 1.82 square miles (4.7 km²), of which, 1.79 square miles (4.6 km²) of it is land and 0.03 square mile (0.0776996433 km²) of it (1.65%) is water.


The city was originally founded as Evergreen in 1898 along the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, when John Henry Kipp and James H.