Online Highways Home > Texas > Kemah Kemah is located in Galveston County and is part of the Galveston, Texas metropolitan area. It lies on Hwy 146 in a half-moon pocket on the bay. The community was established on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad about 1898 and called Evergreen; it was also known as Shell Siding in the period when the railroad hauled shell from the area. It was renamed Kemah, an Indian word meaning "facing the winds," for its position on the bay in 1907, when the post office opened. Once considered a shrimping town, Kemah continues to celebrate an annual August Blessing of the Fleet. In 1990 the population was 1,094. Count 0. See more Texas Cities and Towns. Other upcoming events include:

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kLaSsY_dIvO "LOL... JUST MADE IT BACK TO BEAUMONT FROM KEMAH BOARDWALK ZYDECO FEST.... J PAUL CONCERT WAS REALLY FUN...."
ughdrag "Back home from a weekend outside of Houston. Kids loved NASA & Kemah Boardwalk. Wouldn't stay @ Boardwalk Inn again, 2 noisy 2 late."
iamchosenone "@lilmissjaz leaving kemah with my MOM! Sunday family day girl.. You.? Where my twigga @FIRST_LADY21"
ThatBoyMP "RT @Dn_yella: Kemah Outriggers next weekend.<-- yuuupppp!"
Dn_yella "Kemah Outriggers next weekend."
AllieHBIC "Touche guy wearing the hatchet man shirt walking over the kemah bridge. hah, he's getting honked at left and right!"
tx_fish "TX Fishing News- 2CoolFishing: Kemah flats 11/27/09 http://bit.ly/7yQCpz\n #fishing"
LindsayMysior "@allighaylor well im really excited to go :) ill definitely look into going to that kemah place. :)"
racecarboobtat "Heading to Kemah to work on the boat in the rain. Will today be the day the motor runs?!!! Probably not."
Kemahnet "90 Images of Kemah by Claire of Kemah.net http://bit.ly/7o5DBt"
normanfrenk "Housing Mkt in Houston, Clear Lake, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook and rest of Bay area expected to rise last qtr 2009. http://bit.ly/YHDqs"
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