3 : a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved : instrumentality communicated through the agency of the ambassador. 4 : an establishment engaged in doing business for another an advertising agency. 5 : an administrative division (as of a government) the agency for consumer protection.
Galveston County (/ËÉ¡Ã¦lváµ»stÉn/ GAL-viss-tÉn) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 291,309. Its county seat is Galveston. League City is the most populous city in Galveston County; between 2000 and 2005 it surpassed Galveston as the county's largest city. The county was founded in 1838. Galveston County is part of the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Texas City is a city in Galveston County in the US state of Texas. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a busy deepwater port on Texas' Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing center. The population was 45,099 at the 2010 census, making it the third-largest city in Galveston County, behind League City and Galveston.