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On March 19, 1983, the numbering plan area was divided: the immediate Houston area retained 713, while the northern, eastern and western portions became area code 409. On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to 281. The dividing line roughly followed Beltway 8. Generally, most of Houston itself and ...
Kashmere High School (most), [19] and Wheatley High School (some) [20] In 2008 criminals systematically burglarized several area schools. [21] The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston operated St.Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Kashmere Gardens. [22] It was established in 1955, [23] and closed in 2020. [24]
The Houston Heights, one of the earliest planned communities in Texas, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Downtown Houston.A National Geographic article says "stroll the area's broad, tree-canopied esplanades and side streets dotted with homes dating from the early 1900s and you may think you've landed in a small town."
Almeda is located in District 131 of the Texas House of Representatives. As of 2008, Alma A. Allen represents the district. [10] Genoa is within District 13 of the Texas Senate; as of 2008 Rodney Ellis represents that district. [11] Almeda is in Texas's 9th congressional district. As of 2008, Al Green represents the district. [12]
The community was located along a main street that is now known as Almeda Genoa Road (the road from Almeda to Genoa). The east end of the community was the Old Galveston Road (Texas State Highway 3) and the Galveston, Houston, Henderson Railroad. The western edge was Freestone Street and the railway just to the west.
When Northeast Houston ISD was segregated, Settegast had its own high school. [5] A grade 1-8 school called Settegast High School opened in 1951 to serve black students. It had a student body of 300. B.C. Elmore High School opened in 1957. [39] After Elmore High's opening, Settegast School and Hilliard School served as the community grade ...
In 2005 Houston City Council Member Mark Goldberg and Jim Myers, head of the nonprofit group Southwest Houston 2000 Inc., lobbied the state government, asking the state to create what was originally called the Fondren Ranch Management District. [6] In June 2005 the 79th Texas Legislature created the Brays Oaks Management District in the area. [7]
Two HISD zoned high schools, Northside (formerly Jefferson Davis) and Sam Houston, are in the Northside. [24] [25] Zoned high schools serving additional portions of the Northside include Heights (formerly John H. Reagan), [26] Kashmere, [27] and Washington. [28] North Houston Early College High School is an optional school in the Northside. [29]