Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Acres Homes Multi-Service Center. Acres Homes is a neighborhood located in northwest Houston, Texas.The 9-square-mile (23 km 2) mile area is loosely bounded by the city limits and West Gulf Bank Road to the north; Pinemont Drive to the south; North Shepherd Drive to the east; and Alabonson Drive to the west.
Magnolia Estates - northeast Harris County; Primrose at Heritage Park - northwest Harris County; Sierra Meadows; The Retreat at Westlock The complex, in the SH249/1960 area, [4] has 166,762 square feet (15,492.7 m 2) of space, and has 140 units. Residents may be aged 65 or older.
The Harris County Courthouse of 1910 is one of the courthouse buildings operated by the Harris County, Texas government, in Downtown Houston. It is in the Classical Revival architectural style and has six stories. Two courtrooms inside are two stories each. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1981. [3]
After statehood, Texas county courthouses kept their powers. [2] The counties of Texas were often first served by a tree, tent, or another building before judicial functions moved into a log cabin or dugout. [3] During the later 19th century, most county courthouses were simple wooden or stone two-story rectangular buildings. [4]
Harris County Criminal Courts Building. The Harris County Flood Control District manages the effects of flooding in the county. The Harris County Sheriff's Office operates jail facilities and is the primary provider of law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county. The sheriff is the conservator of the peace in the county.
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Harris County, Texas" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Clinton Winkler, an appeals court judge, Texas state representative, and Confederate colonel 7,414: 841 sq mi (2,178 km 2) Wise County: 497: Decatur: 1856: Cooke County: Henry Alexander Wise, the U.S. Congressman and future thirty-eighth governor of Virginia (1856–1860) who supported the annexation of Texas: 78,097: 905 sq mi (2,344 km 2 ...
Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...