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Addicks
is known at various times as Letitia, Bear Hill, and
Bear Creek, is just north of Interstate Highway 10 on the
outskirts of Houston in western Harris County. The town was
named after its first postmaster, Henry Addicks, in 1884. In
1891, when the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad was built,
the town became a commercial center for local farmers and
ranchers.
- Barker is on Interstate Highway 10 seventeen miles west
of downtown Houston in western Harris County. In 1895 the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad had laid tracks and was
operating through Barker. The town was named for the
track-laying contractor, Ed Barker. George Miller built two
houses in early Barker. One was north of the railroad tracks and
served as an inn.
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Baytown
is a highly industrialized city of oil refining,
rubber, chemical, and carbon black plants, is on Interstate
Highway 10 and State Highway 146, thirty miles east of downtown
Houston in southeastern Harris and western Chambers counties
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Bellaire
is a premier residential area within Houston. It
has an average household income of more than $100,000 a year.
Home styles are a mixture of mid century two- and three-bedroom
ranch style homes and new Georgian brick and Mediterranean
stucco estate homes.
in many of the new home developments. The Much older homes are
being replaced by owners with modern housing.
- Bunker Hill Village
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Cloverleaf
- Cloverleaf, north of Interstate Highway 10 between
Channelview and Jacinto City in east central Harris County,
began as a railroad station on the Beaumont, Sour Lake and
Western Railway. By 1990 Cloverleaf, in
the Houston metropolitan area, had two elementary schools, a
junior high school, a high school, eighteen churches, and a
population of 18,230. The population had grown to 23,508 by
2000.
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Deer Park
The population during the 1950s increased six fold,
from 736 in 1950 to 4,865 in 1960. The 1970 population of 12,773
represented a 162.5 percent increase over the previous decade,
and from 1970 to 1990 the population continued a steady rise,
reaching a high of 27,652 in 1990.
- El Lago
- Galena Park
- Hedwig Village
- Hilshire Village
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Houston
The Galleria Mall in Huston is 1.7 million square feet in size, and
boosts being the fifth largest shopping center in the country. You
will find numerous upscale retailers, like Gucci, Cartier, Tiffany &
Co., and Neiman Marcus. The mall attracts more than 18 million
visitors annually, making it Houston’s most popular tourist
attraction.
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Humble
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Hunters Creek Village
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Jacinto City
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Jersey Village
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Katy
Texas real estate If you are looking for a new house
in Katy TX, you will be pleasantly surprised at the Katy
real estate market.
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La Porte During the 1920s and 1930s La Porte gained
national attention because of Sylvan Beach Amusement Park, where a
number of big bands, including those of Rudy Vallee, Phil Harris,
and Benny Goodman, performed at dances and beauty contests. La Porte continued
as a sleepy little village, with only Sylvan Beach and the summer
residents at Bay Ridge sustaining the economy Until World War II.
Morgan's Point
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La Porte During the 1920s and 1930s La Porte gained
national attention because of Sylvan Beach Amusement Park, where a
number of big bands, including those of Rudy Vallee, Phil Harris,
and Benny Goodman, performed at dances and beauty contests. La Porte continued
as a sleepy little village, with only Sylvan Beach and the summer
residents at Bay Ridge sustaining the economy Until World War II.
Morgan's Point
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Nassua Bay
- Nassau Bay is on Nassau Lake across Farm Road 528 from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lyndon B. Johnson Space
Centerqv in southeastern Harris
County. The community was developed by the Ernest W. Roe Company
from the former Spirit of 1776 Ranch of Col. Raymond Pearson.
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Pasadena
Pasadena, off State Highway 225 between
Houston and Deer Park in southeastern Harris County, was founded in
1893 by John H. Burnett of
Galveston. Because of its lush vegetation the site was named for
Pasadena, California.
- Piney Point city
- Seabrook
is on State Highway 146 twenty-five miles from Houston near the
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
on the north side of Galveston Bay in Harris, Chambers, and
Galveston counties. It was founded on the site of the Ritson Morris
league, which became Elmwood Plantation, and was named for Seabrook
Sydnor, son of John Sydnor of the Clear Creek
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Shoreacres
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South Houston
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Southside Place
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Spring Valley
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Taylor Lake Village
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Tomball
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Waller
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Webster
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West University Place
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Tomball
Tomball, Harris County's northernmost town, is thirty miles
north of downtown Houston. It is at a higher elevation than most
of Harris County and encompasses nine square miles. In 1990 the
town's population was 6,370. Tomball continued to grow with the
addition of many retail and computer-related businesses. The
town also served as a bedroom community for Houston commuters.
In 2002 Tomball had a population of 9,544 and more than 1,700
businesses.
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