Acres Homes is a community in NW Houston, Texas north of the 610 loop. It is a wooded urban/inner-city community in the northwest quadrant of the city. The community is also referred to as The 44, because of the "Acres Homes Limited" METRO bus route #44. Acres Homes is a rarity among inner-city neighborhoods as it has consistently avoided gentrification, largely through its strong community identity. Acres Homes is & has long been a notoriously dangerous section of Houston. The area suffers from extreme levels of violent crime. Located in the northwest portion of the city, the area is loosely bound by Pinemont Road to the south, North Shepherd Drive to the East, Gulf Bank to the north, and the city limits to the west. Houston redirects here. ... Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610 or in Texas IH-610) is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... A group of METRO buses parked at the Texas Medical Center Transit Center The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) operates bus, lift bus, and light rail service in Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston. ... In San Francisco, during the mid-1960s, the bohemian center of the city shifted from the old Beat enclave of North Beach to Haight-Ashbury (pictured) as a response to gentrification. ...

History

Acres Homes was established during World War I, when Houston landowners began selling homesites in the area that were large enough to contain small gardens and raise chickens or farm animals. These large areas were often divided by the acre and not by the plot, hence the name "Acres Homes". The farm capabilities of the home sites attracted many rural settlers, who dug their own wells, and built small, sanitary houses. “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

As time went on, the conditions began declining due to several decades of neglect. As the rural settlers moved out of their dilapidated homes, realtors began marketing the area, largely to African Americans, as a suburban area which was not far from the city. In reality, it was a heavily-wooded, sparsely-settled slum with out adequate transportation or educational facilities. The area did not even receive sewer lines until it was annexed by the city in the 1970s.

Before it was annexed by the city of Houston, Acres Homes was considered to be the largest unincorporated African American community in the Southern United States. The area's location close to Garden Oaks - a primarily working-class white neighborhood in the 1960s and 1970s- birthed racial tensions in north Houston during the racial equality movement of the time. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Historic Southern United States. ... Garden Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ...

Still primarily African American, the community now includes a combination of large areas of pine forests with a scattering of homes: small tract homes built in standard suburban subdivisions, and large comfortable homes on well-maintained wooded lots. There is little commercial or industrial development. It covers 5,733 acres (9.0 square miles).

On August 30, 2007, the Houston Chronicle published an article about a syphilis outbreak in Houston. Marlene McNeese-Ward, the Houston Health Department chief of HIV/STD and Viral Hepatitis Prevention, stated "We're really looking at Acres Homes especially, and Sunnyside, but there's not too many ZIP codes... where we're not seeing any (cases)" ("Houston targets syphilis increase," Houston Chronicle, August 29, 2007). is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Houston Chronicle is a daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is an illness caused by an infectious pathogen that has a significant probability of transmission between humans or animals by means of sexual contact, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex. ... Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to liver characterised by presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. ... Worthing High School Carnegie Vanguard High School, a magnet school located near Sunnyside. ... The Houston Chronicle is a daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, the current population of Acres Homes Super Neighborhood #6 is 23,512.^[1]

Public Services

• The area is served by the Houston Police Department's North Division [6].
• The area is served by the Acres Homes Branch of the Houston Public Library.

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Notable residents

The following rappers:

• Slim Thug
• Paul Wall
• Chamillionaire
• Mike Jones

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Education

• The eastern part of the community is located in the Houston Independent School District and is served by Booker T. Washington High School.
• The western part is in the Aldine Independent School District and is served by Eisenhower High School.
• A small section of Super Neighborhood #5 - Greater Inwood and some areas outside of the city limits still considered to be part of the "Acres Homes" area are within the Klein Independent School District and are served by Klein Forest High School

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Public Transportation

Acres Homes is served by many METRO bus routes, most notably bus route #44 ("Acres Homes Limited"). A group of METRO buses parked at the Texas Medical Center Transit Center The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) operates bus, lift bus, and light rail service in Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston. ...

References

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See also

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External links

• Acres Homes, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

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