Alief is an area in Harris County that is mostly within the city limits of Houston, Texas. A small portion of the community is in unincorporated Harris County, which is in Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). The area is within the zip codes of 77072 and 77083. Location in the state of Texas Formed Seat Houston Area  - Total  - Water 4,604 km² (1,778 mi²) 127 km² (49 mi²) 2. ... Nickname: Space City Motto: Official website: www. ... Extraterritorial jurisdiction or ETJ is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries. ...

Alief was originally called Dairy when it was first settled in the early 1900s. It was later renamed Alief after Alief Ozella Magee, the community's first postmistress. The city was originally founded by Chris "Big C." Anderson, a fur-trapper originally from the Dakotas. // Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United... If you are looking for different meanings of this word, see Postmaster (disambiguation) A postmaster is a term used in post offices to denote the head or master of the office. ...

Alief initially was a rural community. Corn, cotton, and rice were grown in Alief. Cattle were also raised in Alief. Alief became heavily urbanized during the 1970's 1980's; the population quadrupled between 1970 and 1985. The city of Houston annexed large portions of the city starting in 1977. METRO established bus routes to Alief. Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Sheep eating grass in rural Australia Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Cotton plant as imagined and drawn by John Mandeville in the 14th century Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant (Gossypium spp. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage, or kine [archaic]) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro...

Portions of the second Chinatown are within the Alief area. There are two Chinatowns in Houston, Texas. ...

The Alief Independent School District serves the area. High schools in Alief ISD are assigned by a lottery, which can result in the student going to either Alief Elsik High School, Alief Hastings High School, or Alief Taylor High School. Alief Independent School District is a school district that is based in southwest Houston, Texas. ... Alief Elsik High School is a secondary school located in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ... Alief Hastings High School is a secondary school in the Alief neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ... Alief Taylor High School is a secondary school located in Alief Independent School District, Houston, Texas. ...

It is served by the Henington-Alief Regional Branch of Houston Public Library. Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ...

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