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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the reservoir in 1952 to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl, a public fishing lake and a fish hatchery. It opened in 1955 as the Sheldon Wildlife Management Area. The hatchery closed in 1975, and the land began to revert naturally to forest, ponds and marshes.
The properties are distributed across Harris County. There is a concentration in "Downtown Houston", defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 . More than 100 are in the "Houston Heights" neighborhood whose borders are, approximately, Highway I-10 on the South, I-610 on the North, 45 on the East and ...
The park is 2,154.63 acres (8.7195 km 2) in size and has paved roads and parking spaces that visitors can use.The park also has walking trails, an equestrian trail, a small zoo (including buffaloes, an ostrich, and emus) and aviary, playgrounds, soccer fields, little league and softball fields, a football field with a chalkboard, four lighted tennis courts, eight picnic pavilions, horseshoe ...
Most of East Aldine is in Harris County precinct 2, while some portions are in County Precinct 1. [15] Harris County Hospital District operates the Aldine Health Center at 4755 Aldine Mail Route in the district. [16] The community is served by Harris County Sheriff's Office District II Patrol, [17] headquartered from the Humble Substation at ...
Harris County Precinct 2 operates the 69-acre (280,000 m 2) I.T. May Park at 2100 Wolf Road. The park includes eight lighted baseball fields, two lighted American football fields, concession stands, barbecue pits, picnic areas, two playgrounds, a paved quarter-mile walking trail, and restroom facilities. [ 7 ]
Deer Park is located in Southeastern Harris County at (29.692003, –95.118108 According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.52 square miles (27.25 km 2 ), of which 10.46 square miles (27.08 km 2 ) are land and 0.07 square miles (0.17 km 2 ), or 0.62%, are water.
The 42,000 square feet (3,900 m 2) Clear Lake City–County Freeman Branch is administered by Harris County Public Library, and is funded in part by the Houston Public Library. The Freeman Branch Library, named after Theodore C. Freeman, opened in 1964. It moved to the Harris County multipurpose annex in 1976.
Highlands is located within Harris County Precinct 3; as of 2008 Ken Jones heads Precinct 3. [23] The United States Postal Service operates the Highlands Post Office at 608 Main Street. [24] Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Baytown Health Center in Baytown for ZIP code 77562.