Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston?Sugar Land?Baytown metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion within Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 52,913 (though a 2004 estimate placed the population at 62,570).
[edit] Transportation
Missouri City is served by U.S. 90-A, Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) and FM 2234 (Texas parkway). Other nearby highways are U.S. 59, Highway 6 and Interstate 610. Although it does not have public transportation in the city limits itself, it is part of the service area of METRO. METRO operates the Missouri City Park and Ride located on Beltway 8 and Fondren Road and is served by express bus route 163 Fondren to Sharpstown and Downtown Houston and route 170 Missouri City Express to Texas Medical Center (where it terminates with a METRORail station there).
Points of interest
Missouri City is home to the much of the Houston area's "antenna farm" for radio and television outlets. These include:
Senior Road Tower
KRIV-TV Tower
KHOU-TV Tower
KTRK-TV Tower
Houston Tower Joint Venture Tower
American Towers Tower Missouri City
Richland Towers Tower Missouri City
Blue Ridge Tower Missouri City
