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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
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 ...
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 Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
The current mayor of Houston is John Whitmire. The city council lineup was based on a U.S. Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979. Under the current city charter, when the population in the Houston city limits passed 2.2 million residents, the nine-member city council districts expanded to include two more city council districts. [2]
When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called "wards". [ citation needed ] The ward system, a precursor to today's City Council districts, was a common political tool of the early 19th century, and is still ...
The Upper Kirby Management District is headquartered in Suite 250 in the Upper Kirby District Center at 3015 Richmond Avenue. [17] Upper Kirby is a part of the Houston City Council District C. [18] Upper Kirby also makes up a large portion of Harris County Precinct 139, which is the smallest political subdivision in Texas. The current Precinct ...
Clinton Park is in Houston City Council District I. [14] The Houston Fire Department Fire Station 42 Ship Channel, a part of Fire District 20, serves Clinton Park. [15] The station, originally a city hall/volunteer fire station located in Clinton Park, was annexed by the City of Houston in 1955. The city moved the station to its current ...