Clear Lake City is a master-planned community located in southeast Harris County, Texas. The majority of the community lies in the corporate limits of Houston, while a small eastern portion is in the city limits of Pasadena. A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Location in the state of Texas Formed Seat Houston Area  - Total  - Water 4,604 km² (1,778 mi²) 127 km² (49 mi²) 2. ... Downtown Houston City nickname: Bayou City; Space City; H-Town Official website: www. ... Pasadena is a city southeast of Houston in Harris County, Texas — it is the largest suburb anchoring the Houston Metropolitan Area. ...

The culture in this area is still separate from the general Houstonian culture. The community is near NASA's Johnson Space Center, as well as other major aerospace companies including Boeing and Lockheed-Martin. Clear Lake City is a very diverse area, and has one of the largest Asian American communities in the city of Houston. Clear Lake City and its neighbors have a high concentration of engineers due to both NASA and the local petro-chemical industries. NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... An aerial view of the complete Johnson Space Center facility in Houston, Texas in 1989. ... Look up aerospace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Aerospace refers to the broad field of air and space travel and the associated research. ... The Boeing Company NYSE: BA is leading: American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, about 30 miles north of Seattle, Washington. ... Lockheed Martin NYSE: LMT is an aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ... NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... A petrochemical is any chemical derived from fossil fuel. ...

Clear Lake City is named for a lake south of the Johnson Space Center that separates Harris County from Galveston County and connects Clear Creek to Galveston Bay. An aerial view of the complete Johnson Space Center facility in Houston, Texas in 1989. ... Location in the state of Texas Formed Seat Houston Area  - Total  - Water 4,604 km² (1,778 mi²) 127 km² (49 mi²) 2. ... Galveston County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Galveston Bay is a large estuary located along Texass coastline. ...

The West mansion is still located on NASA Parkway overlooking Clear Lake. Texas State Highway NASA 1, also called NASA Parkway, is an east-west state highway that runs from Interstate 45 near Houston to SH 146 north of Galveston. ...

History

Clear Lake City was originally developed by the Friendswood Development Company on land sold to Humble Oil and Refining Company (later Exxon Company) by James Marion West in 1938.

The portion of Clear Lake City that was Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) was annexed by the city of Houston in 1977 despite a grass-roots campaign by its residents to stop it. Their slogan was "Free The Clear Lake 25,000!" Lawsuits over the annexation resulted in the conversion of Houston city government from at-large city councilmen to the current-day nine district and five at-large council seats. Resulting was the fall of influence of the traditional developer-led power structure behind Houston government. Extraterritorial jurisdiction or ETJ is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries. ...

Since 1980, part of Clear Lake City within the Houston City Limits is located in Council District E.

Kathy Whitmire was elected Mayor of Houston, in large part because of voting support from Clear Lake City, an area she promised to disannex; she did not keep her promise. For several years after the annexation, Clear Lake residents were paying Houston taxes but receiving no services, such as fire and police protection. Later on, the eastern portion in Pasadena's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) was annexed by the city of Pasadena. Kathryn J. Kathy Whitmire (born 29th October 1946) was Mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1982 to 1991. ... Extraterritorial jurisdiction or ETJ is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries. ... Pasadena is a city southeast of Houston in Harris County, Texas — it is the largest suburb anchoring the Houston Metropolitan Area. ...

The community became the focus of worldwide attention in the summer of 2001 when Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub in their home within the community. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Andrea Pia Yates (born July 2, 1964) is a woman from Houston, Texas, USA, who is currently serving a life sentence for methodically drowning her five children (ages six months to seven years) in a bathtub on June 20, 2001. ...

Education

Pupils in Clear Lake City attend Clear Creek Independent School District. There are three high schools in the district: Clear Brook High School, Clear Creek High School, and Clear Lake High School. Clear Creek Independent School District is a school district based in League City, Texas. ... Clear Brook High School is a secondary school located in Friendswood, Texas, in the Clear Creek Independent School District. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

The neighborhood is served by the Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch of the Harris County Public Library. This branch is administered by Harris County, but is funded in part by the Houston Public Library. Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ...

The University of Houston-Clear Lake is also located within the community (the majority of the 400 acre (1.6 km²) UHCL campus lies in the corporate limits of Pasadena, while the part of campus south of the bayou lies in the city of Houston). The University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) is an upper level institution located in Clear Lake City, Texas. ...

The city is particularly noted for its high school, Clear Lake High School, widely considered to be one of the best high schools in the state.

External links

• Clear Lake Information Page
• University of Houston-Clear Lake

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