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    Acres Homes territory. Mack said that the appeal of Acres Homes ended around the 1970s. Before it was annexed by the city of Houston, Acres Homes was considered...
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    Greater Houston. An incomplete list is provided below: Acres Homes Addicks Afton Oaks Aldine Alief Almeda Atascocita Audubon Place Avenida Houston Avondale...
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    1990s, approximately 90% of Houston homes featured air conditioning systems. The record highest temperature recorded in Houston is 109 °F (43 °C) at Bush...
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    Houston Acres is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 507 at the 2010 census. Houston Acres is located...
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  • Texas EquuSearch (category Non-profit organizations based in Houston)
    search involving many regional SAR teams and spontaneous volunteers. Acres Homes, Houston, Texas: TES searched for possible bodies in a wooded area that had...
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    in Houston, gave free shotguns to residents. Patrick Swayze Lyle deLaunay Texas portal Garden Oaks, Houston Independence Heights, Houston Acres Homes, Houston...
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    insurance. In Harris County, Texas—which includes the city of Houston—only 15% of homes have flood insurance policies issued by the NFIP. Participation...
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    constructing infrastructure and the first set of homes. Kate Sayen Kirkland, author of James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941, said that "the Bakers conceived...
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  • Acres Homes, Houston Bordersville, Houston Clinton Park, Houston Fifth Ward, Houston Fourth Ward, Houston History of the African-Americans in Houston...
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    the center of Houston, Texas, United States. Located within the 610 Loop and between Downtown and Uptown, the community spans 1,100 acres (450 ha). Established...
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    Kingwood is a 14,000-acre (57 km2) master-planned community located in northeast Houston, Texas, United States. The majority of the community is located...
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  • the Super Neighborhood and has about 16.2575 acres (6.5792 ha) of area along Plum Creek. The city of Houston bought the property for $14,866 from a couple...
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  • Northline is a community district located in North Houston, Texas near I-45. It is east of Acres Homes and South of Aldine. The area is mostly a Hispanic...
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    what was part of William Marsh Rice's 9,449 acres (38.24 km2) ranch. Baldwin surveyed the eastern 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of the ranch into small truck farms...
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  • students. The university's campus, which is primarily in southeast Houston, spans 894 acres (3.62 km2), with the inclusion of its two instructional sites located...
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  • first 258 acres (1.04 km2) straddled Westheimer Road, with 18 acres (73,000 m2) for commercial and retail establishments. The 1957 Parade of Homes showcased...
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    The Houston Zoo is a 55-acre (22 ha) zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The zoo houses over 6,000 animals from...
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    service from Houston Hobby to Mexico and Central and South America on October 15, 2015. The William P. Hobby Airport covers 1,304 acres (528 ha), and...
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    Inwood Forest is a community about a 3/4 mile west of historic Acres Homes in northwest Houston, Texas, United States. Land in what is now Inwood Forest was...
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    the northwest part of Houston, including the neighborhoods of Independence Heights, Highland Heights, and most of Acres Homes. The school was named after...
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    1,800 acres (7.3 km2) of land. Horsepen Bayou and its tributaries are within the community. Friendswood Development Company bought 1,800 acres (7.3 km2)...
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  • city of Houston, Texas. The area includes subdivisions such as Songwood, Holiday Forest, Wood Bayou, Cimarron, Home Owned Estates, Woodland Acres, Hidden...
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    at-large council seats. The 1977 annexation added 3,174 acres (1,284 ha) of land to the Houston city limits. At the time, under a Texas law established...
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    acre-feet (490 million cubic meters) of storage during large rainfall events and cover a total land area of 26,100 acres (106 km2). Greater Houston's...
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    In the U.S. state of Texas, Houston is the largest city by both population and area. With a 1850 United States census population of 2,396—and 596,163...
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    designed to make a difference in Houston's Acres Homes subdivision by collaboratively adopting three local Houston elementary schools "to help support...
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    000 homes were damaged or destroyed. The coastal hamlet of Chamela, home to 40 families, was completely flattened. More than 24,000 ha (59,000 acres) of...
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    Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the U.S. Senator from Texas, U.S. Representative...
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  • Sam Houston State University (Sam Houston, SHSU or Sam) is a public research university in Huntsville, Texas. Founded in 1879, it is the third-oldest...
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    Houston–Downtown College (UH–DC), it has a campus that spans 40 acres (0.16 km2) in Downtown Houston with a satellite location, UHD–Northwest, inside Lone Star...
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