Houston, Texas

Houston
Country	United States
State	Texas
Flag of Houston, Texas
Designer	W.A. Wheeldon
Adopted	1915
Score in 2004 NAVA survey	4.55/10 (55 of 150)
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The flag of Houston, Texas, is a blue background with a big white star in the middle, with the city's seal inside it.

Symbolism

The blue background, the star in both the flag and the seal represents Texas as "The Lone Star State".

The locomotive on the seal anticipates by about a decade the first railroad (Houston and Brazos Rail Road Company) in Houston and in Texas. The plow is said to represent the cultivation of fields for the important cash crop of cotton, which the railroads shipped to buyers.

2004 NAVA survey

The flag scored 4.55/10 on the 2004 NAVA survey, behind Memphis, Tennessee.