The city now known as Baytown was originally three separate towns. The first of these was Goose Creek, named for the bayou of the same name where Canada geese wintered and whose name is still reflected in the area’s Goose Creek school district, whose establishment dates back to before 1850.
With the discovery of the Goose Creek Oil Field, the rival communities of Pelly in the late 1910s, and East Baytown in the early 1920s, developed as early boomtowns. The “East” in East Baytown was later dropped because it was west of Goose Creek and incorporated as a city on January 24, 1948.
Locally, there are several outstanding jobs in various products and services like educational services, health care, social assistance, arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, clothing, fashion, music, food services, manufacturing, retail trade, foods, beverages, and construction available to residents in Baytown.
Today, Baytown embraces cultural diversity as a growing vibrant education-oriented community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses. As a business-friendly community, Baytown welcomes all culturally inspiring residents and value-based businesses.
Local Baytown entrepreneurs have created business opportunities in the city. With the help of local business leaders, the demand for startup ventures and the need for more goods and services has ignited the spirit of business ownership in the Baytown community.