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  2. Wards of Houston - Wikipedia

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    The City of Houston abolished the ward system in the early 1900s. [8] In 1902, at the beginning of O.T. Hold 's term as Mayor of Houston , the city's financial records were in poor shape, and independent auditors found that the city's coffers had a shortage of over $54,000 for the period 1899 to 1902.

  3. List of neighborhoods in Houston - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Category:Wards of Houston - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Geographic areas of Houston - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Third Ward, Houston - Wikipedia

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    A sign indicating Houston's Third Ward. Third Ward is an area of Houston, Texas, United States, that evolved from one of the six historic wards of the same name. It is located in the southeast Houston management district. Third Ward, located inside the 610 Loop is immediately southeast of Downtown Houston and to the east of the Texas Medical ...

  7. Fourth Ward, Houston - Wikipedia

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    The Fourth Ward was established as one of four wards by the City of Houston in 1839. [1] By 1906 it included much of what is, as of 2008, Downtown and Neartown; at that point the city stopped using the ward system. [2] The area was the site of Freedman's Town, composed of recently freed slaves. [2]

  8. Category:Neighborhoods in Houston - Wikipedia

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    S. Sagemont, Houston; Scenic Woods, Houston; Second Ward, Houston; Settegast, Houston; Shadyside, Houston; Sharpstown, Houston; Shenandoah, Houston; Sherwood Oaks

  9. Fifth Ward, Houston - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Ward, one of the six wards of Houston, was created partly from two other wards, the First Ward, which ceded the area to the north and east of White Oak Bayou and Little White Oak Bayou, and the Second Ward, which ceded all land within the Houston city limits to the north of Buffalo Bayou.