Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Grimes (formerly Grimes Landing [1]) is a census-designated place [4] in Colusa County, California on the Southern Pacific Railroad. It lies at an elevation of 46 feet (14 m). The two main roads that run through it are State Route 45 and Grimes-Arbuckle Road. Its ZIP code is 95950, and its area code is 530.
The first Globe Discount City opened in Houston in November 1960 by United Mercantile Inc. United had formed earlier in 1960 to operate the existing seven-store chain of Danburg's Department Stores which had existed since the 1930s and the forthcoming big-box Globe retail locations – the first three of which were each built with over 100,000 square feet of space. [2]
Rice Village began operations in 1938. [1] It is an unplanned, high density hodge-podge of old and new retail stores. [citation needed]David Kaplan of Cite wrote that during the 1950s and 1960s Rice Village "filled up and prospered" but the economic boom in Greater Houston in the 1970s caused development to come elsewhere. [2]
As of 2010 Sunnyside has two grocery stores within its area, which serve a regional population of 22,000. Toral Sindha, a nutritionist in the City of Houston's health department and the manager of the city's Community Garden Program, stated that because of this Sunnyside was "a true food desert" and that "healthy produce in fresh fruits and ...
With a 1850 United States census population of 2,396—and 596,163 a century later, in 1950—Houston's population has experienced positive growth trends. [1] In 2000, the city had a population of 1,953,631 people in 717,945 households and 457,330 families, [ 2 ] increasing to 2,304,580 at the 2020 census .
This is a complete list of all incorporated cities, towns, and villages and CDPs within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area defined by the U.S. Census as of April 2010. Cities with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second ...
At the time of its opening, the mall consisted of 43 stores on one level including the first suburban branch of the Houston-based Foley's department store chain, as well as the first suburban locations of Houston Trunk Factory, Battelstein's and Florsheim Shoes. [4]