History | Geography | Climate | Politics | Economy | Demographics | Culture | Architecture | Transportation | Education | Houstonians The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is a branch of the state government of Texas and oversees public primary and secondary education in the state. ... The Texas Education Agency rates schools and districts using four criteria. ... The Texas Education Agency rates schools and districts using four criteria. ... The Texas Education Agency rates schools and districts using four criteria. ... The Texas Education Agency rates schools and districts using four criteria. ... The Texas Education Agency rates schools and districts using four criteria. ... The Texas Education Agency rates schools and districts using four criteria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Houston,_Texas. ... Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Incorporated June 5, 1837 Government  - Mayor Bill White Area  - City  601. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Bill White, mayor of Houston as of 2006 Founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, Houston is one of the fastest growing major cities in the United States and the largest without zoning laws. ... As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,953,631 people, 717,945 households, and 457,330 families residing in the city. ... Houston is a multicultural city with a thriving international community supported by the nation’s third largest concentration of consular offices representing 77 nations. ... Downtown JPMorgan Chase Tower In the 1960s, Downtown Houston comprised of a modest collection of mid-rise office structures, but has since grown into one of the largest skylines in the United States. ...

Downtown | Uptown | Texas Medical Center | Midtown | Neartown | Museum District | Upper Kirby | Greenway Plaza | Rice Village | Westchase | Greenspoint Skyline District of Downtown Downtown Houston is Houstons largest business district. ... Uptown Houston Uptown Houston, or the Uptown District, is mainly centered around the the Galleria, the largest and most prestigious shopping mall in Houston. ... Texas Medical Center The Texas Medical Center, with more than five million patient visits annually and one of the highest densities of clinical facilities and basic science and translational research of any location, is the largest medical district in the world. ... Street signs in Midtown Houston are distinct from the plain green signs seen in most of Houston Another example of a Midtown street sign Midtown Houston is a district southwest of Downtown Houston, Texas, bordered by the Montrose area and U.S. Highway 59. ... Vintage shops along Westheimer Road—the main, and busiest, artery that traverses through Neartown Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas and is one of the citys major cultural areas. ... The Houston Museum District is an area of Houston, Texas. ... Upper Kirby is a commercial district in Houston, Texas. ... Picture of Greenway Plaza Skyline Greenway Plaza is a master-planned development off of U.S. Highway 59 in Houston, Texas, five miles (8 km) west of Downtown Houston and three miles (5 km) east of Uptown Houston. ... Rice Village is a shopping district in Houston, Texas. ... A street sign indicating Westchase For the community near Tampa , see Westchase, Florida. ... The Greater Greenspoint District—known as the downtown of Houstons north side—is a 12-square-mile area bordered by the Hardy Toll Road to the east, Airtex to the north, Veterans Memorial to the west, and West Road to the south. ...

Acres Homes | Addicks | Aldine | Alief | Braeburn | Braeswood Place | Clear Lake City | Genoa Township | Harrisburg | Houston Heights | Independence Heights | Inwood Forest | Kingwood | Maplewood | Memorial | Meyerland | North Shore | Oak Forest | River Oaks | Sharpstown | South Park | Spring Branch | Sunnyside
See also: The six wards of Houston Acres Homes is a wooded urban/inner-city community in northwest Houston, Texas. ... Addicks is an area of Houston that was formerly its own community. ... Aldine was once a town, but now a small portion of the area is in the corporate limits of Houston, in Harris County, Texas. ... Alief is an area in Harris County that is mostly within the city limits of Houston, Texas. ... Braeburn is a group of subdivisions in southwest Houston, Texas along Brays Bayou west of Hillcroft Avenue and south of the Sharpstown community. ... A sign marking Braeswood Place Braeswood Place is a group of subdivisions in Houston, Texas. ... Clear Lake City is a master-planned community located in southeast Harris County, Texas. ... Genoa Township was a township located about 15 miles south-east of Houston, Texas. ... Harrisburg was founded before 1825 on the east shore of the Buffalo Bayou in present-day Harris County, Texas, on land belonging to John Richardson Harris. ... A sign at the entrance to the Houston Heights A Victorian house seen in the Heights Houston Heights, often nicknamed The Heights, is a large community located in northwest-central Houston, Texas. ... Independence Heights known to many nowdays as simply Studewood was originally northeast of Houston, TX in an area now within the Houston city limits, bounded on the south by Thirtieth Avenue, on the north by Crosstimbers, on the west by Yale Street, and on the east by Airline Drive in... Inwood Forest is a community of 1,200 homes in near-northwest Houston, Texas. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this articles trivia section requires cleanup. ... Maplewood Maplewood is a community in Houston, Texas. ... The Memorial area of Houston, Texas is a wealthy distict west of the Galleria. ... A sign indicating Meyerland Meyerland Plaza The Meyer Library of the Houston Public Library system Meyerland is a 6000-acre community in southwest Houston, Texas, outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8. ... North Shore is a community in the far eastern city limits of Houston, Texas, generally north of the section of Interstate 10 known as the East Freeway and somewhat east of Interstate 610. ... Oak Forest is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... River Oaks is heavily wooded and has Houstons most expensive homes River Oaks is an affluent community located in the geographic center of Houston, Texas, United States. ... A sign in a median indicating Sharpstown Sharpstown is a master-planned community in southwest Houston, Texas. ... The South Park community of Houston, Texas is a broad post-World War II development in the south-central area of the city, just south of MacGregor Park (from which it gets its name) and the 610 Loop. ... Spring Branch is a community in west-northwest Houston, Texas, roughly bordered by Clay Road and U.S. Highway 290 to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south, and Interstate 610 to the east. ... Worthing High School Carnegie Vanguard High School, a magnet school located near Sunnyside. ... When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called wards. ...

See: List of Houston neighborhoods This is an incomplete list of neighborhoods/subdivisions in Houston, Texas, listed in alphabetical order. ...