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A map of the United States of America with the state of Texas highlighted. Texas is a state located in the Southern United States . As of the 2020 census , [ 1 ] 29,145,505 (95.55%) of the 30,503,301 residents of Texas lived in a municipality in the 2023 estimate.
This is a complete list of all incorporated cities, towns, and villages and CDPs within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area defined by the U.S. Census as of April 2010. Cities with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants
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 ...
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 .
Map of the Aldine CDP According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 7.92 square miles (20.50 km 2 ), of which 7.90 square miles (20.46 km 2 ) is land and 0.019 square miles (0.05 km 2 ), or 0.22%, is water.
[62] [63] The Houston Business Journal awarded the library a Landmark Award for Community Impact in 2006. [64] [65] In 2007 and 2010 the Houston Press ranked the branch the "Best Public Library Branch." [66] [67] The McGovern Library closed after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in 2017. Its tentative reopening is in 2019. [68]
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 ...
The Houston City Council approved $6.3 million for the construction of the new police station. [30] The Fondren Patrol Division operates the Braeburn Storefront Station at 10101 Fondren, also in Brays Oaks. [26] The storefront relocated there from a previous location. [19] The current station opened on Wednesday October 12, 2011. [31]