| Name |
Location |
Notes |
| Downtown |
Bordered by I-45, I-10, and Route 59 |
Original founding point of Houston. Areas which are, as of 2008, considered to be a part of Downtown Houston were once considered to be within the Third Ward and the Fourth Ward communities; the construction of I-45 in the 1950s separated the areas from their former communities and placed them in Downtown. |
| East Downtown |
East of Downtown and north of the Gulf Freeway, between the George R. Brown Convention Center and the East End district |
Includes Houston's original Chinatown - established by Cantonese immigrants in the 1930s and now called Old Chinatown. Not to be confused with the current Chinatown |
| East End |
Located between the eastern edge of Downtown and the Port of Houston and north of Hobby Airport. |
Site of Harrisburg, the seat of government for the Republic of Texas in 1836. The area also includes two of Houston’s oldest Hispanic neighborhoods, Magnolia Park and Second Ward. |
| Greenspoint |
North- Airtex Boulevard; East- Hardy Toll Road; South- West Road; West- Veterans Memorial Drive |
Large business district located in north Houston. The district and the surrounding residential areas are a designated Super-Neighborhood |
| Memorial City |
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| Midtown[1] |
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| Northside |
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Created by the Texas State Legislature in 2006 and Managed by the Greater Northside Management District |
| Southeast Houston |
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Managed by the Greater Southeast Management District (GSMD). The Consulate-General of Mexico is located in Southeast Houston.[2] Communities within the district include the Third Ward, Texas Medical Center, Riverside Terrace, University Oaks, and Washington Terrace.[3] |
| Spring Branch |
North- Clay Road and Highway 290; East- the 610 Loop; South- I-10; West- Beltway 8 |
Large community in west-northwest Houston that is divided into four Super-Neighborhoods. Spring Branch has its own school district. |
| Westchase |
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| Upper Kirby |
North- Westheimer Road; East- South Shepherd Drive; South- Bissonnet Street; West- Buffalo Speedway. |
Created by the Texas Legislature as the Harris County Improvement District #3, also known as the Upper Kirby Management District, which governs the Upper Kirby area.[4] In 1999 the Houston city council created the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 19, which covers 15 acres.[5] |
| Name |
Location (approx) |
Notes |
| Magnolia Grove |
Inside the 610 loop; North- Washington Avenue, East- South Heights Boulevard/Waugh Avenue, South- Memorial Drive, West- Shepherd Drive |
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| Magnolia Park |
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| Manchester |
Southeastern Houston (outside, though bordering the 610 loop) |
Began as a railroad switch in the 1860s. Part of the Harrisburg/Manchester Super-Neighborhood |
| Maplewood |
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| Maplewood South/North |
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| Memorial |
West Houston; North- border with Westview (just north of the Katy Freeway), East- Interstate 610, South- Buffalo Bayou, West- Highway 6 |
Contains an area called "The Villages" (Bunker Hill Village, Hedwig Village, Spring Valley Village, Hilshire Village, Piney Point Village, and Hunters Creek Village), independent cities that operate autonomously of Houston. Areas of Memorial inside the city are divided between the Memorial and Greater Uptown Super-Neighborhoods |
| Memorial Park |
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| Meyerland |
Southwest Houston (outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8) |
Named for the Meyer family, who owned 6,000 acres of land in southwest Houston. The land was developed by George Meyer in 1955 |
| Montrose |
Inside the 610 loop; |
Established in 1911 |
| Moonshine Hill |
Northeast Houston (located on the Humble oilfield) |
Once a distinct Harris County community prior to its annexation. |
| Morningside Place |
Inside the 610 loop; North- Shakespeare Road, East- Greenbriar Drive, South- Holcombe Boulevard, West- Kirby Drive |
Subdivision of the University Place Super-Neighborhood |
| Mykawa |
South Houston; Area around Mykawa Road (south of the 610 loop between I-45 and SH 288) |
Named for a Japanese immigrant and nurseryman Shinpei Mykawa who introduced rice cultivation into the area by 1906. |
| Name |
Location |
Notes |
| Sanctuary |
| Scenic Woods |
| Settegast |
This neighborhood is located outside the 610 Loop on the northeast side of Houston. |
The area is surrounded by the largest train yard in northeast Houston. The area is served by North Forest Independent School District. |
| Shady Acres |
Its boundaries are 610 Loop North, Ella Boulevard, West 15th Street, and North Durham Drive. It is located between the Houston Heights and Timbergrove Manor.[8] |
| Sharpstown |
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It was one of the first communities to be built as a master-planned, automobile centered community and the first in Houston. |
| Old Sixth Ward |
This neighborhood lies on the western edge of downtown Houston, bounded by Memorial Drive to the south, Glenwood Cemetery to the west, Washington Avenue to the north, and Houston Avenue to the east. |
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| South Acres |
| Southampton |
It is located inside the 610 Loop, near Rice University and Downtown Houston. |
Homes in Southampton, always expensive by Houston standards, have increased considerably in value in the past several years, to a neighborhood-wide average in 2006 of around $250 per square foot of structure area. Land values in the best locations in the neighborhood (e.g. Sunset Blvd, Rice Blvd) are nearing $100 per square foot, rivaling the most expensive areas.[citation needed] |
| Southbelt/Ellington |
| Southgate |
Southgate is located inside the 610 Loop west of the Texas Medical Center and Rice University, north of Old Braeswood and Reliant Park, south of Rice Village, and east of the city of West University Place and the neighborhood of Braeswood Place. The neighborhood is bordered by West Holcombe, Greenbriar, University, and Travis. |
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| South Main |
This is an area in the southwestern part of Houston, Texas that straddles the 610 Loop Freeway and is inside Beltway 8. South Main is bounded by Main Street and Old Spanish Trail on the northwest, Reliant Park on the northeast, Holmes on the south, and Almeda on the east. It is located east of the Willowbend, Willow Meadows, and Westwood neighborhoods, and southwest of Braeswood Place. |
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| South Park |
This is located in the south-central area of the city, just south of MacGregor Park (from which it gets its name) and the 610 Loop. |
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| St. George Place |
This is located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in the Uptown Houston area. |
St. George Place was formed out of portions of an older subdivision, Lamar Terrace, in the early 1990s. |
| Sugar Valley |
| Sunnyside |
This is outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 off State Highway 288 south of Downtown Houston. |
| Sunset Terrace |
This is an inner Loop neighborhood of Houston, Texas, United States in an area roughly bounded by Westpark Drive to the north, Weslayan Street to the west, Bissonnet to the south, and Edloe Street to the east. |
The neighborhood was created in the late 1940s and annexed by the city shortly thereafter. |
| Spring Lakes |
| South Bank |
| South Union,Houston, Texas |
| Shepard Park Plaza |
A neighborhood located on ella street near 610 across from oak forest. |
| Name |
Location |
Notes |
| University Oaks |
The subdivision is located inside the 610 Loop and is north of the Brays Bayou. The neighborhood is currently bounded by Wheeler Avenue to the north, Cullen Boulevard to the west, South MacGregor Way to the south, and Calhoun Road to the east. It is near the University of Houston |
The subdivision has approximately 240 homes. The neighborhood was first platted in 1939. The land that the neighborhood occupies was formerly owned by Ben Taub. |
| Greater Uptown |
The Uptown District is bounded by Woodway Drive to the north, the I-610 (West Loop) to the east, U.S. Highway 59 to the south, and Yorktown Street to the west.[9]
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At 23.6 million square feet (2,193,000 m²) of office space, the Uptown District is the 17th-largest business district in the United States, comparable in size to the downtowns of Denver, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles .[10] The district is home to approximately 2000 companies and represents more than 11 percent of Houston's total office space.[10] |
