Sealy is 49 miles (79 km) west of Downtown Houston. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.5 square miles (40 km 2), of which 13.38 square miles (34.7 km 2) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km 2) is water. Business grew exponentially, which led to more innovation and several patents, such as a machine that compressed cotton. He named this the Sealy Mattress Company after the town. In 1881, Daniel Haynes, a cotton gin builder, filled a request for a cotton-filled mattress which started a company. Sealy derives its name from business tycoon and majority stock holder of the GCSF RR, George Sealy of Galveston.
San Felipe sold part of its original 22,000-acre (8,900 ha) township to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad to create Sealy in 1879. Sealy is located 49 miles (79 km) west of the downtown Houston area, on the most eastern part of the Texas-German belt region, an area settled by German emigrants. The population was 6,839 at the 2020 census. Sealy is a city in Austin County in southeastern Texas, United States.
