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The city of Houston changed to a commission form of government. In November 1915, a newly passed city ordinance officially abolished the wards. [2] On city maps, the wards continued to be used as geographic reference points until 1928. After 1928 other landmarks such as Memorial Park and River Oaks appeared in place of the wards as reference ...
English: Districts map for the Houston City Council, in effect from the 2013 election until councilors' terms end in January 2024. Shapefile from City of Houston GIS and modified & simplified with Mapshaper. Interactive version at Data:Houston City Council Districts (2014–2024).map
English: Districts map for the Houston City Council, to be in effect from the 2023 election (elected councilors will be start their terms in 2024). Created with Dave's Redistricting App using the PDF file and precinct list of the districts from the Planning and Development Department of the City of Houston, and modified with Mapshaper.
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
When Houston was established in 1837, the city's founders divided it into political geographic districts called "wards." The ward designation is the progenitor of the nine current-day Houston City Council districts. Much of the predominantly African American First Ward was demolished and renovated as part of a gentrification effort. Much of the ...
District K is in far southwestern Houston. [31] The editors of the Houston Chronicle said that it is "roughly at 7 o'clock if you pretend that our squiggly map is shaped like a circle." [52] District K's approximate boundaries are Almeda Road, South Braeswood Boulevard, Gessner Road, and Farm to Market Road 2234 in Fort Bend County. [53]
Fourth Ward, Houston (8 P) T. Third Ward, Houston (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Wards of Houston" This category contains only the following page.
The Houston Press dubbed the Old Sixth Ward the 2006 "Best Hidden Neighborhood." [7] Author and Houston's first poet laureate Gwendolyn Zepeda grew up in the Old Sixth Ward. [8] On August 1, 2007, the city of Houston approved an ordinance protecting the Old Sixth Ward and thereby prevented the demolition of over 200 buildings. [9]