The Winfield Family purchased land in League City from the great nephew of Stephen F. Austin and moved there, to a place near what is now Hobbs Road.

[11] The first resident of the town proper, George W. Butler, arrived from Louisiana in 1854 and settled at the junction of Clear Creek and Chigger Bayou.

The area was known as Butler's Ranch or Clear Creek until J. C. League acquired the land from a man named Muldoon on his entering the priesthood.

[9] League laid out his townsite along the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad, already established in the area.

In the 2000s, rising real estate costs in Galveston forced many families to move to other areas, including League City.

[14] League City is located 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Houston, and the same distance northwest of Galveston.

[3] As with the rest of the Houston area, League City features a humid subtropical climate characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters (corresponding to Cfa in Köppen Climate Classification).

As of 2008 Hall, with 29,000 square feet (2,700 m2) of space, is the largest and busiest unit of the Galveston County Library System.

[25] In 2022 two League City city council members created a resolution which would have a board of 15 people decide whether content is obscene, and if so, prevent the library from having tax dollars to house said material ruled obscene.

[29] The city's charter is purported to be a strong mayor form of government, but this issue has been debated for years.

In November city council voted to place Chief Jez on administrative leave.

The building is across the street from the old police department that now houses other city offices that were previously in leased space.

The city held an open house in January 2015 to serve as a grand opening to the public, allowing citizens to come see the inner workings of the police department.Clear Creek Independent School District is based in League City, and serves pupils in the Harris County portion and most of the Galveston County portion.

[citation needed] CCISD was established in 1948, partly from the former League City school district.

Bay Area Christian School started in 1973 and currently has an enrollment of over 800 students from grades K to 12.

[43] In 2008 the University of Texas Medical Branch board of regents approved the creation of the 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) Specialty Care Center facility, located on 35 acres (140,000 m2) of land near Interstate 45, Farm to Market Road 646, and the Victory Lakes community.