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Houston (/ ˈ h uː s t ən / HOO-stən; Scots: Houstoun), is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Houston lies within the Gryffe Valley on the banks of the River Gryffe 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Paisley and is the largest settlement in the ...
Under the name Houston, the civil parish's boundaries are similar to that of the modern community council area, the most local level of local government in Scotland. [1] The parish is situated in the Gryffe Valley , 5 miles (9 km) north of Paisley , covering an area of 11.9 sq. miles (30.9 km 2 ) [ 2 ] and bordering the parishes of Kilmacolm ...
part of the Renfrewshire Council ward of Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (northwestern area including the communities of Houston, Crosslee and Craigends). The Inverclyde Council area comprised the former constituency of Inverclyde; the parts in Renfrewshire Council were transferred almost entirely from the Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency.
The marine boundary was adjusted by the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 so that the boundary within the territorial waters (up to the 12-mile (19 km) limit) is 90 metres (300 ft) north of the boundary for oil installations established by the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987. [5]
For the purposes of the review the Boundary Commission for Scotland must take into account the boundaries of the local government council areas.In order to do this some council areas were grouped together, the largest of these groupings of provisional proposals consisted of four of Scotland's 32 council areas the smallest only containing one.
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 ...
For example, Glasgow City Council gave Warner Bros around £150,000 to shoot DC Comics film Batgirl in the city - only for the finished movie to never see the light of day after bosses at the ...
City of Houston Planning & Development Department. U.S. Census Bureau maps: 2010 U.S. Census: Maps of the Houston city limits; 2000 U.S. Census: Maps of the Houston city limits; 1990 U.S. Census: See Maps of Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County (each has an index map showing all sections and individual maps for each piece)