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Katy
Texas is a state located in the Southern and Western regions of the United States of America. The state is second-largest in both area and population behind Alaska and California, respectively. The state's name derives from a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and existed as the independent Republic of Texas for nearly a decade. Texas is internationally known for its energy and aeronautics industries, and for its ship channel at the Port of Houston, the largest in the U.S. in international commerce and the sixth-largest port in the world.
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, Katy's population was 11,775. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.6 square kilometers and none of the area is covered with water.
In 2005, it was announced that Katy would get its own indoor football team. It would be an expansion team for National Indoor Football League. The team's name would be called the Katy Copperheads, and would play at the Merrell Center. The team moved to Cypress, Texas in 2006 and joined the AF2. In the district's sports, the Katy tigers of Katy High School have won 4 state football titles.
Katy Elementary is the oldest of Kisd's elementary schools. It sits on the same site as the first one-room schoolhouse built in 1898 to serve the prairie townsite of Katy. The present school, built in 1965, was renovated and enlarged in 1989 and again in 1995 to accommodate the area's growing population.
The Katy area absorbed several thousand evacuees in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. No attempt has been made to get an accurate count of how many evacuees from Louisiana and Mississippi are in the region, however the Katy Independent School District reported on September 7, 2005 that they had received 1,161 new students in the district as a result of the hurricane. Katy is one of the favorite holiday places for most of the vacation lovers.
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