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Before 1850, most Winfield residents were migrants from New England; however, by 1860, half of the residents were from Germany and Alsace-Lorraine. [11] Winfield retained a community of German-speaking farmers until the 1920s. [11] In the late 1800s, the settlement's name was changed again to Winfield after the war hero Winfield Scott. [12] [13]
The 25th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census.The district was originally anchored in the southern parts of Houston and Harris County, including the Texas Medical Center, the Astrodome, Astroworld and the southern shores of the Houston Ship Channel, as well as Rice University, Hobby Airport and Ellington Field.
The Houston Business Development, Inc. (HBD) and the Business Information Center (BIC) are in Palm Center. [19] Over 40 small businesses are in the complex. [18] The Houston Texans YMCA was built on 5-acre (2.0 ha) of land, [20] on the site of a previous building that had been abandoned; this building had the original Palms Center sign. [18]
The Fifth Ward, nicknamed the Nickel, is a community of Houston, Texas, United States, derived from a historical political district , [1] about 2 miles (3.2 km) [2] northeast of Downtown. Its boundaries are Buffalo Bayou on the south, Little White Oak Bayou on the west, Collingsworth Rd on the north, and Lockwood Drive on the east. [1]
A sign indicating the Westbury neighborhood. Westbury is a neighborhood in the Brays Oaks district of Southwest Houston, Texas, United States.It is located east of Bob White Road, north of U.S. Highway 90 Alternate (South Main Street), and west of South Post Oak Road, adjacent to the Fondren Southwest and Meyerland neighborhoods, just west of the southwest corner of the 610 Loop.
Located on Interstate 30, approximately halfway between Mount Pleasant and Mount Vernon, Winfield is the second largest town in Titus County.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square mile (2.4 km 2), of which 0.9 square mile (2.4 km 2) is land and 1.06% is water.
Farm to Market Road 1960 (FM 1960) is a farm-to-market road in the U.S. state of Texas, maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation.Its western terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 290 (US 290) and State Highway 6 (SH 6) in northwestern Harris County.
This is a complete list of all incorporated cities, towns, and villages and CDPs within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area defined by the U.S. Census as of April 2010. Cities with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants