Houston, Minnesota
[9] In 1852, William McSpadden platted the original site of the Village of Houston.[10] The 2007 Midwest flooding caused the Root River to rise to 19 feet (5.8Â m), which is about a foot short of the height of the dike protecting the town, necessitating evacuation of the community.The event includes tractor pulls, the Minnesota State Horsepull, dances and flea markets.[14] The "International Festival of Owls" is held each year in Houston, and is the only full-weekend, all-owl event in North America.[15] Houston is the eastern terminus of the Root River segment of the Blufflands State Trail.In November 2008 the Houston Hurricanes won the Minnesota 9-Man Football State Championship.Open to students statewide, these programs are unique in that there are no others of their kind in Minnesota.
MinnesotaCountyHoustonTime zoneCentral (CST)ZIP codeArea codeFIPS codeHouston County2020 censusSam HoustonRepublic of TexasMexican–American War2007 Midwest floodingRoot RiverUnited States Census Bureaucensuspopulation densityNative AmericanHispanicLatinomarried couplesAfrican Americanother racesper capita incomepoverty lineBlufflands State Trail9-Man FootballUW-La CrosseLuther CollegeHouston Public SchoolsK12 Inc.Everett BidwellWisconsin State AssemblyWisconsin SenateJohn Q. BriggsFrancis Martin KellyRoman Catholic Diocese of WinonaJeanne PoppeMinnesota House of RepresentativesJohn J. SliterHouston Public Library (Minnesota)Associated PressePodunkHouston County, MinnesotaCounty seatCaledoniaCitiesBrownsvilleEitzenLa CrescentSpring GroveTownshipsBlack HammerCrooked CreekJeffersonMayvilleMoney CreekMound PrairieSheldonWilmingtonWinnebagoYucatanUnincorporatedcommunitiesFreeburgNewhousePine CreekPerkinsRicefordRiver JunctionSchechs MillSouth RidgeWillington GroveIndianreservationHo-Chunk Indian Reservation