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The federal government constructed the reservoir on Carpenter's Bayou in 1942 in order to support growing war-related industries along the Houston Ship Channel. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the reservoir in 1952 to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl , a public fishing lake and a fish hatchery .
On March 19, 1983, the numbering plan area was divided: the immediate Houston area retained 713, while the northern, eastern and western portions became area code 409. On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to 281. The dividing line roughly followed Beltway 8. Generally, most of Houston itself and ...
Map of Deer Park Deer Park is located in Southeastern Harris County at 29°41′31″N 95°7′5″W / 29.69194°N 95.11806°W / 29.69194; -95.11806 (29.692003, –95.118108 According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.52 square miles (27.25 km 2 ), of which 10.46 square miles (27.08 km 2 ) are land ...
Children's Museum Houston (CMH) is a nonprofit children's museum in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. Founded in 1980 and designed by Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, it offers exhibits and bilingual learning programs for children aged 0–12. It is one of 190 children's museums in the United States and 15 children's museums in Texas ...
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
Peppermint Park (also called "Peppermint Park Kiddieland") was an amusement park in Houston, Texas, United States, which opened in the late 1950s.It first started out in the parking lot of Sears in Pasadena, Texas and was co-founded by Bill Watson in 1956. [1]
A 1-year-old girl died after she was fatally struck by an Uber SUV that had just dropped her off with family members in a northern suburb of Houston, authorities said.
Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center is the headquarters of the Houston Independent School District. The following is a complete list of school districts serving the city limits of Houston, Texas. Aldine Independent School District; Alief Independent School District; Clear Creek Independent School District; Crosby Independent School District