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The City of Houston participated in the City Park project to provide jobs, lower housing prices, and encourage the development of retail businesses in the surrounding area. [3] The first subdivision, built on former farmland, was intended to provide living space for people who work in the Texas Medical Center and Downtown Houston. The project ...
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 ...
Houston County: 225: Crockett: 1837: Nacogdoches County: Sam Houston (1793–1863), general of the Texan Revolution, commander at the Battle of San Jacinto and later president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator and governor of the state of Texas 22,066: 1,231 sq mi (3,188 km 2) Howard County: 227: Big Spring: 1876: Bexar County
Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1]: Rank Company name 7: ExxonMobil: 15 Chevron 26: Phillips 66: 54: Sysco: 90: Enterprise Products Partners: 92: Plains GP Holdings: 106: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The area is primarily composed of the ZIP codes 77085, 77045, and 77047. The ZIP code 77085, which covers an area similar to a triangle, roughly bounded by U.S. Route 90A (South Main), Hiram Clarke Road, and Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway), saw the number of population rise to over 200% of its original population, between 2000 and 2010.
Colony Ridge is a collection of subdivisions in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Downtown Houston. [1] The Colony Ridge subdivisions have been developed by Colony Ridge, LLC, led by brothers John Harris and William Trey Harris.
Houston, Texas, United States: Coordinates: Address: 800 Town & Country Boulevard: Opening date: 2009 (16 years ago) () Developer: Midway Companies [1] Total retail floor area: 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m 2) Public transit access: METRO Route 39: Website: citycentrehouston.com
Harris County Constable Precinct 7 has its offices in Palm Center. [15] [16] A branch of the Harris County Tax Office is in the same complex. [17] There is a U.S. post office and an office of Neighborhood Centers, Inc. within Palm Center. [18] The Houston Business Development, Inc. (HBD) and the Business Information Center (BIC) are in Palm ...