Channelview is a census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas on the east side of Houston in Harris County.

[4] The site of Channelview was home to Lorenzo de Zavala, one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Texas.

During World War II, the area south of Market to the Ship Channel, and what is now DeZavala St. to the tollway, was part of the U.S. Army San Jacinto Ordnance Depot.

In 1990, an explosion occurred at the ARCO petrochemical plant in Channelview that killed 17 people and injured five others.

Wanda Webb Holloway was convicted of attempting to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her daughter's junior high school cheerleading rival.

[5] In 1997, Coy Wayne Wesbrook committed mass murder in Channelview, killing five people.

[18] As of the 2020 United States census, 45,688 people, 11,893 households, and 9,752 families were residing in the CDP.

[27][28] Some residents are served by the Galena Park Independent School District, which is also headquartered in the Channelview CDP.

Flukinger Community Center at 16003 Lorenzo Street, and the Old River Terrace Park on Market St.[38] The United States Postal Service operates the Channelview Post Office at 531 Sheldon Road.

[40] NFL quarterback Jalen Hurts is a graduate of Channelview High School.