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Humble (/ ˈ ʌ m b əl / UM-bəl) is a city located in the Houston metropolitan area. Humble became an oil boomtown in the early 20th century when oil was first discovered there in 1904. By 1905, the Humble oilfield was the largest producing oilfield in Texas. [5] Humble was home of the Humble Oil and Refining Company, a predecessor of Exxon. [5]
The City of Houston annexed portions of what would become Atascocita in the 1960s, but it was de-annexed in the late 1970s. [9] Construction in the area began in the 1970s. In the 1990s Atascocita included fifteen neighborhoods and was one of the fastest-growing developments in the Greater Houston area. [10]
Kingwood includes the zip codes 77325, 77339, 77345, and (in part) 77346. [24] Approximately 81,692 people live within these zip codes. [25] The population density is 2,006 people per square mile. The median age is 37.2 compared to the US median is 37.6. 68.27% of people in Kingwood (zip 77345), TX, are married, 8.42% are divorced.
[39] [40] Montgomery County operates the Precinct 3 Recycling Center at 1122 Pruitt Road in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, north of the Spring CDP. [41] [42] The Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated the E. A. "Squatty" Lyons Health Center in Humble for the ZIP code 77373.
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in 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 ...
Channelview was given its name since it is located on the northeastern curve of the Houston Ship Channel. [4] The site of Channelview was home to Lorenzo de Zavala, one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Texas.
The ExxonMobil Building (also known as Exxon Tower, and formerly as Humble Oil Building) at 800 Bell Street in Houston, Texas is a 45-story, 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m 2) skyscraper built in 1963, designed by Welton Becket & Associates. [1]
Deerbrook Mall is a mall located in the northern Houston suburb of Humble. It is at the major intersection of I-69/US 59 and FM 1960, near George Bush Intercontinental Airport . Deerbrook Mall is classified as a super-regional mall and is the only mall (for now) in suburban Northeast Houston.