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Houston (/ ˈ h uː s t ən / HOO-stən; Scots: Houstoun), is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Houston lies within the Gryffe Valley on the banks of the River Gryffe 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Paisley and is the largest settlement in the ...
Under the name Houston, the civil parish's boundaries are similar to that of the modern community council area, the most local level of local government in Scotland. [1] The parish is situated in the Gryffe Valley , 5 miles (9 km) north of Paisley , covering an area of 11.9 sq. miles (30.9 km 2 ) [ 2 ] and bordering the parishes of Kilmacolm ...
City of Houston Planning & Development Department. U.S. Census Bureau maps: 2010 U.S. Census: Maps of the Houston city limits; 2000 U.S. Census: Maps of the Houston city limits; 1990 U.S. Census: See Maps of Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County (each has an index map showing all sections and individual maps for each piece)
The marine boundary was adjusted by the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 so that the boundary within the territorial waters (up to the 12-mile (19 km) limit) is 90 metres (300 ft) north of the boundary for oil installations established by the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987. [5]
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 ...
When Houston was established in 1837, the city's founders divided it into political geographic districts called "wards." The ward designation is the progenitor of the nine current-day Houston City Council districts. Much of the predominantly African American First Ward was demolished and renovated as part of a gentrification effort. Much of the ...
The Main Street Market Square District has irregular boundaries. The district includes all of the blocks between Travis and Main from Texas Street to the northern boundary of University of Houston-Downtown. From the southern edge of Market Square at Preston Street, it captures all of the blocks northward until Buffalo Bayou. It includes three ...
Sign indicating the Woodland Heights. The Woodland Heights neighborhood is one of the oldest and most historic in Houston, Texas.It encompasses approximately 2000 homes in the 77009 ZIP code and is bounded on the north by Pecore Street, on the west by Studewood Street, on the east by I-45, and on the south by I-10.