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Hockley is an unincorporated community located in Harris County, Texas, United States, on Texas State Highway 6 and U.S. Route 290, approximately five miles (8.0 km) southeast of the city hall of Waller, and 36 mi (57.9 km) northwest of downtown Houston.
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]
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 ...
River Oaks is within Harris County Precinct 4. [88] As of 2020, R. Jack Cagle is the precinct's County Commissioner. [89] River Oaks is in Justice of the Peace/Constable Precinct One. As of 2012 Alan Rosen is the constable. [90] River Oaks is located in District 134 of the Texas House of Representatives and represented by Ann Johnson, a ...
As of 2016, Jack Morman heads Precinct 2. [105] Harris County Precinct Two operates the Raul C. Downtown Courthouse annex in Downtown. [106] The Harris County court system is located within a five block area bounded by Franklin, San Jacinto, Caroline, and Congress Streets. This complex includes the following: [107] [108] Harris County Civil Court
Fairbanks is within Harris County Precinct 4. [7] As of 2008 Jerry Eversole heads the precinct. [8] Fairbanks is located in District 135 of the Texas House of Representatives. As of 2019, Jon Rosenthal represents the district. [9] Fairbanks is within District 7 of the Texas Senate; as of 2015 Paul Bettencourt represents the district. [10]
Bordersville is within Harris County Precinct 4. [12] As of 2008 Jerry Eversole heads the precinct. [13] The unincorporated part of Bordersville is served by Harris County Sheriff's Office District II Patrol, [14] headquartered from the Humble Substation at 7900 Will Clayton Parkway in Humble. [15] The county operated a health clinic in ...
Firefighters on San Jacinto Street, circa 1914 The Harris County Courthouse in Houston, in 1913. Human remains date habitation to about 4000 BC. Other evidence of humans in the area dates from about 1400 BC, 1 AD, and later in the first millennium. The region became uninhabited from 1 AD to European contact. Little European activity predates 1821.