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Separated from Texas by U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. the State of Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) and is now part of southwestern Oklahoma. Perdido County, formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s. Perdido was reportedly abolished in 1858 and again in 1871. Records of annexation to Dawson County are also ...
Hilshire Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 816 at the 2020 census. [4] The city is the smallest of the Memorial Villages [clarification needed] in terms of area. [5] As of 2000, Hilshire Village was the 10th wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income.
Texas does not have townships; areas within a county are either incorporated or unincorporated. Incorporated areas are part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services. Unincorporated areas are not part of a city; in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance.
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns , or census-designated places .
[1] [2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property. [3] Zoning laws in major cities originated with the Los Angeles zoning ordinances of 1904 [4] [5] and the New York City 1916 Zoning ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.9 km 2), of which 4.9 square miles (12.6 km 2) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.3 km 2), or 25.18%, is water. [6] Highlands is located on the banks of the San Jacinto River and the Houston Ship Channel. The majority of the land in Highlands is on a ...
The Capitol View Corridors are a series of legal restrictions on construction in Austin, Texas, aimed at preserving protected views of the Texas State Capitol from various points around the city. First established by the Texas Legislature in 1983 and recodified in 2001, the corridors are meant to protect the capitol dome from obstruction by ...
Kingsland is located in eastern Llano County at the confluence of the Colorado and the Llano rivers, which combine to form Lake Lyndon B. Johnson.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.8 square miles (25.4 km 2), of which 9.0 square miles (23.4 km 2) are land and 0.8 square miles (2.0 km 2), or 7.96%, are water.