Kemah Property Management

The city of Kemah got its start in August 1824 when a 177-acre piece of land along Galveston Bay was granted to a farmer and stockraiser named Michael Gouldrich. However, Gouldrich mysteriously disappeared and the land was taken over by a man who sold it to an Alamo fighter named John Flanders. He appropriately named the land “Flanders Grove.”

John Flanders died, and the land exchanged hands multiple times until it was eventually sold to the Kipp and Bradford families in the mid 1800s. When they portioned the land off into smaller parcels, the town became known as “Evergreen.”

For about three decades between the 1920s and 1950s, Kemah was a booming tourist town. There was a boardwalk complete with casinos and restaurant venues like the Chili Bowl and the Kemah Den. When the casinos were shut down in the 1950s, the whole tourist aspect of the town came to a halt. That halt wouldn’t last forever, though. In the 1990s the town became more than a tourist spot, it became a spot for recreation, complete with an amusement park on the boardwalk with plenty of restaurants, entertainment activities, and even an inn.

The city of Kemah is served by the Clear Creek Independent School District for grades K-12, with 47 schools and 37,396 students in this district. This district sits along the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the beautiful waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

As the 29th largest school district in Texas, CCISD spans across 103 square miles and covers both Harris and Galveston counties. Decisions are always made in the best interest of the children, making CCISD one of the top school district choices for families in Texas.

When you’re up for some wholesome fun, the Boardwalk is one of the best attractions for the whole family, and is also a popular choice for school field trips. The Boardwalk has waterfront restaurants, and fun amusement rides for kids of all ages that spin, twist, drop and twirl.

You can experience marine life up close at the stingray reef, where you can pet and feed live stingrays. A program called “Rock the Dock” provides live music entertainment at night during some summer months, and you can always make your own group event with a birthday party or special occasion.

Some other family fun in Kemah includes:

• Plenty of city parks to explore. With parks connecting green corridors with hiking and biking trails along the bayou, and live music at the Levitt Pavillion at Willow Waterhole Greenspace, expected to be completed by 2020, this town has no shortage of nature.
• Battleship Texas State historic site. Meet the battleship that took part in one of the biggest naval battles in the 20th century in both world wars. This magnificent piece of naval history is docked along the Houston Ship Channel and you and your family can walk the decks and picture what it must have been like to be on the ship as a sailor.
• Galveston Duck Tours. You haven’t seen anything like this. On this Galveston Bay duck tour, you get to be the duck. This tour starts off in a funny shaped blue and yellow tour bus that drives right into the water and turns into a boat, and your fearless leaders, aka captains, will take you along historic downtown and show you all the sights.

If you’re looking to move to Kemah or even League city, Green Residential Property Management can help. As a professional property management in Kemah with decades of experience, we can help you with all of your real estate needs, so you can find your new home.

Contact us today and let us help!