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Jacinto City, TX - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Jacinto City  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Jacinto City Home page. The Jacinto City Home page provides as much information as possible on Jacinto City. Knowing Jacinto City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Jacinto City’s Home page, you will also find Jacinto City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Jacinto City has a population of 10544. 51.4% of Jacinto City’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.6 are female. 47.8% of Jacinto City is married and 70.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $82,499, and the average rent is $886. Household median income in Jacinto City is $41,784, and the individual median income is $24,723. Jacinto City’s Ethnic is the following: Hispanic(88.9%), White(81.3%), Other(8.2%), Multiple(6.6%), Black(3.4%), Native(0.4%).


In 1941 Frank Sharp established a subdivision which filled with shipyard workers and workers at nearby steel mills and war plants. Jacinto City incorporated in 1947 with nearly 3,800 residents; its first mayor was Inch Handler. Because of the 1947 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Jacinto City's territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were unincorporated.


The town still serves as a bedroom community for local industry. In the 1950s the city opened a city hall and recreational facilities. By 1960 the city had 9,500 people and by 1964 the city had 11,500 people. In 1966 the city had seventeen churches, two schools, one hospital, one bank, and one library.


A waste-water facility funded by the Environmental Protection Agency opened in 1972; the Handbook of Texas stated that this may be due to complaints from residents about chemical vapors in 1969. In 1990 the city had 9,343 people.Jacinto City was known for the murder of Louis "Buddy" Musso by Susan (or Suzanne) "Sue" Basso in 1998.


Basso lived in Jacinto City and held Musso against his will there; Musso died in an apartment unit used by an accomplice in Houston. Musso's corpse was dumped in neighboring Galena Park.From 1996 to 2006 the median price per square foot of the Jacinto City houses increased from approximately $35 to approximately $70.


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