Tag: Sealy
Sealy is a city in Austin County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 6,019 at the 2010 census. Sealy is located 50 miles west of the downtown Houston area.
Sealy is located at 29°46′27″N 96°9′27″W / 29.77417°N 96.1575°W / 29.77417; -96.1575 (29.774182, -96.157570).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18 km), of which, 6.9 square miles (18 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) of it (0.29%) is water.
San Felipe, Texas sold part of its original 22,000 acre township to Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad to create Sealy in 1879. In 1881, Daniel Haynes, a cotton gin builder, filled a request for a cotton-filled mattress which started a company. He named this the Sealy Mattress Company after the town. Business grew exponentially, which led to more innovation and several patents, such as a machine that compressed cotton.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,248 people,…
