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.
The 1900 Federal Census, taken in June 1900, records the total population of the city of Galveston as 37,789. This number is disputed by the Galveston city directory of 1901-02, which claims that because the census was taken in June, many business men and their families were out of town on vacation. The Galveston city directory of 1901-02 then claims that by its records the population in 1900 was 42,210.