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  2. Wards of Houston - Wikipedia

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    Houston's municipal charter of 1840 recognized a square area of 9 square miles, which was divided into four wards. Though the surveyors chose the Harris County Courthouse as the geographical center of Houston, the ward boundaries were formed by two axes converging at the corner of Main and Congress Streets. These resulted in four pie-shaped ...

  3. Geographic areas of Houston - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of neighborhoods in Houston - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston ...

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    Location of Houston County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Houston County, Texas. There are seven properties listed on the National Register in the county.

  6. File:Map of Houston Texas and Harris County.svg - Wikipedia

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    Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

  7. File:Map of Texas highlighting Houston County.svg - Wikipedia

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    Houston County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Texas) Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Houston County (Texas) Usage on cy.wikipedia.org Houston County, Texas; Usage on da.wikipedia.org Houston County (Texas) Usage on de.wikipedia.org Liste der Countys in Texas; Houston County (Texas) Grapeland; Crockett (Texas) Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Orte im Houston ...

  8. East End, Houston - Wikipedia

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    East End Houston was a primary area for relocation for Germans, Italians and Mexican Americans that settled in areas near the port of Houston. Second Ward and Magnolia Park, in the district, are two of Houston's oldest Hispanic neighborhoods. [citation needed]

  9. Southeast Houston - Wikipedia

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    Southeast Houston is an area in Houston, Texas, United States. The Greater Southeast Management District (GSMD) manages a district using the name Southeast Houston. Communities within the district include the Third Ward , Texas Medical Center , Riverside Terrace , University Oaks , and Washington Terrace .