Naming the Townsite
- When
- August 30, 1836
- Where
- Houston, Texas townsite
At the suggestion of Charlotte, the brothers named their townsite for General Sam Houston, the hero of the time.
The townsite was named Houston in honor of General Sam Houston. This naming occurred at the suggestion of Charlotte Allen. The brothers ran their first advertisement for Houston in the Telegraph and Texas Register four days after the land purchase, naming the notional town in honor of Sam Houston. The August 30 date rests on the 'four days later' advertisement passage; the passages do not document a specific site for the naming or advertisement, and Allen's Landing is the name now applied to the founding site at the bayou confluence, not a recorded location of this event.
Sources
- Augustus Chapman Allen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-15
- Houston Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
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