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Atascocita is a large census-designated place — an unincorporated community rather than a city — in northeastern Harris County, about 6 miles east of Humble and 18 miles northeast of downtown Houston.

Atascocita's name derives from the Atascocito military outpost and the road the Spanish built in 1756, which stretched from Spanish Louisiana in the east to San Antonio in the west and later carried American migrants into Texas in the 1820s and 1830s.

Modern construction in Atascocita only began in the 1970s, and by the 1990s it encompassed more than fifteen neighborhoods and was one of the fastest-growing developments in the Greater Houston area.

The Census Bureau first counted Atascocita as a census-designated place in 2000, when it had 35,757 people; the population nearly doubled to 65,844 by 2010 and reached 88,174 at the 2020 census.

Atascocita has about 32,581 households according to Census Bureau surveys, with roughly 82.5 percent of its homes owner-occupied.

Atascocita's eastern shore borders the 12,000-acre Lake Houston, which offers boating and fishing right at the community's edge.

Golf is a signature pastime in Atascocita, which is home to the Atascocita Country Club, the Walden on Lake Houston Golf and Country Club, and Tour 18, a course that recreates some of the most celebrated golf holes in the United States.

U.S. News & World Report named Atascocita one of its "Best Places to Retire," citing Lake Houston's boating and fishing opportunities and the community's numerous golf courses.

Atascocita's master-planned communities include Eagle Springs, Summerwood, Walden on Lake Houston, The Groves, Balmoral, Lakeshore, and Atascocita Shores.

Students in Atascocita attend Humble Independent School District schools, including Atascocita High School, which opened in 2006 as the district's third traditional high school and is its largest, organized around smaller "house" learning communities.