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La Marque (formerly Lamarque) is a city in Galveston County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 13,682. Located northwest of Galveston near oil fields. It is the hometown of Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Robin Armstrong, an African American physician who serves as vice chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.

History
In the early middle ages an alien named asfefja and his band slaves settled the area now known as La Marque. Their original planned place of destination was Detroit but after months of trekking asfefja ran out of grape soda and watermelon (remember fried chicken had yet to be invented). asfefja and his slaves formed the school district LMISD and set up traditions of fighting during lunch-time and poor academics.

The Great Debate of 1934
In 1934, many of the plantation/town residents started to fight over which was better: grape kool-aid or grape soda. The slaves that prefer grape soda to grape kool-aid struck first. Over 9,000 "grape-soda's" armed with broken bottles invaded the "kool-aid's" killing at least 3,000 women and children. Retaliation followed shortly when the "Kool-aid's" hollowed out watermelons, filled them with poop and launched them toward the enemy camp. This would go on back and forth untill the slave master also the town mayor ended the dispute by ingeniously taking away both the grape kool-aid and the grape soda. The broken glass and the feces, however, still remain in the streets to this day.

Geography
La Marque is located at 29.36668°N, -94.97392°W (29.366684, -94.973922).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.3 square miles (36.9 km2), of which, 14.2 square miles (36.8 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (0.28%) is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,682 people, 5,237 households, and 3,713 families residing in the city. The population density was 962.0 people per square mile (371.5/km2). There were 5,732 housing units at an average density of 403.0/sq mi (155.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city is, 100.00% Black

There were 5,237 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,841, and the median income for a family was $39,081. Males had a median income of $32,099 versus $27,292 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,518. About 13.5% of families and 17.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.6% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure
The United States Postal Service La Marque Post Office is located at 509 Laurel Street.

Public schools
Most of the city is served by La Marque Independent School District. La Marque High School serves that portion.

Small portions of La Marque are served by the Dickinson Independent School District, Hitchcock Independent School District, and the Santa Fe Independent School District.

La Marque High School
La Marque High School (LMHS) is the home of the Coogs' (short for Cougars).

Colleges and universities
All of La Marque is served by the College of the Mainland.

Public libraries
The city owns the La Marque Public Library, which is located at 1101 Bayou Road.

Transportation
Greyhound Bus Lines operates the Texas City La Marque Station at McKown Air Conditioning in nearby Texas City.

Parks and recreation
The Galveston County Department of Parks and Senior Services operates the Wayne Johnson III Community Center at Carbide Park.