The city of

Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from

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to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 ''super neighborhoods'' which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city, a super neighborhood is a "geographically designated area where residents, civic organizations, institutions and businesses work together to identify, plan, and set priorities to address the needs and concerns of their community." Houston_superneighborhoods

A list of the super neighborhoods, in the numerical order as assigned by the city, is shown below: In addition to the recognized super neighborhoods, Houston is further divided into a number of other formal and informal regions, including

special districts Special districts (also known as special service districts, special district governments, limited purpose entities, or special-purpose districts) are independent, special-purpose governmental units that exist separately from local governments such ...

and individual subdivisions. An ''incomplete'' list of these communities and jurisdictions is provided below.

Management districts

In Texas, ''municipal management districts'' (MMDs) are independent government agencies created by the

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to provide an additional layer of funding for infrastructure and public services in urban areas. Since the creation of the management district system in 1999, a variety of MMDs have been established in various business districts and neighborhoods across Houston; these organizations have taken visible roles in "branding" different areas of the city. Management districts are funded by

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es on commercial properties within their boundaries. As of 2016, there are 51 management districts in Greater Houston. An incomplete list is provided below:

Alphabetical list of neighborhoods

A

Acres Homes Acres Homes is a neighborhood located in northwest Houston, Texas. The mile area is loosely bounded by the city limits and West Gulf Bank Road to the north; Pinemont Drive to the south; North Shepherd Drive to the east; and Alabonson Drive to t ...

* Addicks * Afton Oaks * Aldine *

Alief Alief is a working-class suburb in Southwest Harris County, Texas, United States. Most of Alief is within the city limits of Houston, while a portion of the community is in unincorporated Harris County. First settled in 1894 as a rural farm co ...

* Almeda * Atascocita * Audubon Place *

Avenida Houston Avenida Houston (ah-veh-NEE-duh) is the name of the neighborhood generally surrounding the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. It is the finished product of the initial phase of Houston First Corporation’2025 GRB Master Planfor ...

* Avondale East

B

* Bay Forest * Bay Glen * Bay Knoll * Barrett Station * Bear Creek 1 & 2 * Binz * Blue Ridge * Bordersville *

Boulevard Oaks Boulevard Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, containing 21 subdivisions north of Rice University and south of U.S. Highway 59. Developed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, Boulevard Oaks contains two National Register hist ...

* Braeburn *

Braeswood Place Braeswood Place is a group of subdivisions in Harris County, Texas, United States. The vast majority of the land is in Houston while a small part is in Southside Place. Braeswood Place is a mainly single-family neighborhood inside the 610 Loop, e ...

Brays Oaks Brays Oaks, formerly known as Fondren Southwest, is an area in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States. The Brays Oaks Management District, also known as the Harris County Improvement District #5, governs the Brays Oaks area as well as other surro ...

* Brentwood * Briar Meadow * Briargrove * Briargrove Park * Briarhills * Briarmeadow * Broadacres * Brooke Smith * Brookline

C

*Camden Park *Camino South *

Camp Logan Camp Logan was a World War I-era army training camp in Houston, Texas named after U.S. Senator and Civil War General John A. Logan. The site of the camp is now primarily occupied by Memorial Park where it borders the Crestwood neighborhood, ...

*Candlelight Estates *Candlelight Place *Carverdale *

Central City In urban planning, a core city, principal city metropolitan core, or central city, is the largest or most important city or cities of a metropolitan area. A core city is surrounded by smaller satellite cities, towns, and suburbs. A central cit ...

* Champion Forest *Chasewood *Cherryhurst *Chevy Chase *

Chinatown A Chinatown () is an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Aust ...

* City Park *

CityCentre CityCentre is a mixed-use development in the Memorial City district of Houston, Texas, located at the southeastern corner of the intersection of Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) and Beltway 8. Opened in 2009, CityCentre is a development with of gr ...

* Clear Lake City * Clinton Park * Cloverland * Cole Creek Manor * Copperfield * Corinthian Pointe * Cottage Grove * Courtlandt Place * Crestwood / Glen Cove * Candlelight Forest West

D

Denver Harbor Denver Harbor was an American alternative rock band, based in San Diego, California. The band was formed in 2002 by former Fenix TX members Will Salazar and Chris Lewis, along with F.O.N. members Aaron Rubin and Ilan Rubin. After self-releasing ...

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ...

E

* East Downtown *

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* East Houston *Eastex / Jensen *East Little York / Homestead *

Eastwood Eastwood may refer to: Places ;in Australia *Eastwood, New South Wales **Eastwood railway station ** Electoral district of Eastwood *Eastwood, South Australia ;in Canada * Eastwood, Ontario *Eastwood, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighborhood ;in the P ...

*Edgebrook *El Dorado / Oates Prairie *Eldridge / West Oaks * Energy Corridor

F

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/ Northwest Crossing * Fondren Southwest * Fifth Ward * First Ward * Forum Park * Fourth Ward *Forest West / Pinemont * Forrest Lake *Foster Place * Frenchtown *Frostwood

G

* Garden Oaks * Garden Villas * Gaywood *

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* Glenbrook Valley * Glenshire *Golfcrest * Greenfield Village *

Greenspoint Greater Greenspoint, also referred to as the North Houston District, is a business district and a suburban neighborhood in northern Harris County, Texas, United States, located mostly within the city limits of Houston. Centered around the jun ...

Greenway Plaza Greenway Plaza is a business district located along Interstate 69 (U.S. Highway 59) within the Interstate 610 loop in southwestern Houston, Texas, west of Downtown and east of Uptown. The district is located immediately west of Upper Kirby ...

*Greenwood *Gulfgate / Pine Valley * Gulfton *Gulfway Terrace

H

Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in ...

*Heather Glen *Herschellwood *Hidden Valley * Highland Village *Hillwood *

Hiram Clarke Hiram Clarke is an area in Houston, Texas, United States, southwest of NRG Park (formerly Reliant Park). History Hiram Clarke Road was named after Hiram Clarke, a Houston Lighting & Power Co. assistant general manager and executive vice president ...

* Houston Gardens *

Houston Heights Houston Heights (often referred to simply as "The Heights") is a community in northwest-central Houston, Texas, United States. "The Heights" is often referred to colloquially to describe a larger collection of neighborhoods next to and includin ...

*Humble *Hunters Glen *Hunters Point *Hunterwood * Hyde Park

I

* Idylwood * Independence Heights * International District * Inwood Forest * Ingrando Park

J

* Jeanetta

K

* Kashmere Gardens * Kingwood *Kleinbrook * Knollwood Village

L

* Lake Houston * Lakes of Parkway *Lakewood *Langwood *

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*Lawndale / Wayside * Lazybrook / Timbergrove * Lindale Park * Link Valley *Linkwood * Little Saigon *Lincoln Greens * Lower Westheimer

M

* Magnolia Grove * Magnolia Park *

Mahatma Gandhi District The Mahatma Gandhi District (popularly known as Hillcroft or occasionally Little India) is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and h ...

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* Maplewood * Maplewood South–North * Marilyn Estates * Meadowcreek Village *

Memorial A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of ...

* Memorial Bend *

Memorial City Memorial City is a commercial district in the Memorial area of Houston, Texas, United States. Located along Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) between Beltway 8 and Bunker Hill Road, the district is anchored by Memorial City Mall, the nation's 38th-la ...

* Memorial Park *

Meyerland Meyerland is a community in southwest Houston, Texas, outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8. The neighborhood is named after the Meyer family, who bought and owned 6,000 acres (24 km²) of land in southwest Houston. Meyerland is ...

* Midtown * Montrose * Moonshine Hill * Morningside Place * Museum District * Museum Park * Mykawa

N

* Near Northside * Near Northwest * Neartown *North Lindale * Norhill *North Central * North Shore *Northcliffe *Northcliffe Manor *Northfield * Northline *

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*Nottingham Forest *Nottingham West

O

*Oak Brook *Oak Estates *

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*Oak Manor–University Woods * Old Braeswood * Overbrook

P

*Paradise Valley * Park Place * Parkway Villages * Pecan Park * Pierce Junction * Pine Valley * Pleasantville * Port Houston *Ponderosa Forest *Prestonwood Forest

R

*Recreation Acres * Rice Military * Rice Village * Richmond Strip *Ridgegate *Ridgemont * River Oaks *Rivercrest Estates *

Riverside Terrace Riverside Terrace is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. It is along Texas State Highway 288 and north of the Texas Medical Center and located near Texas Southern University and University of Houston. There about 20 sections of R ...

* Robindell *

Royal Oaks Country Club Royal Oaks Country Club is a country club and subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States, in the Alief community. The country club is located at 2910 Royal Oaks Club Drive,Sagemont * Scenic Woods * Second Ward * Settegast * Shady Acres * Shadyside * Sharpstown * Shenandoah * Shepherd Park Plaza * Sherwood Forest * Sherwood Oaks * Sixth Ward * Somerset Green * South Acres * South Bank * South Main *

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* South Union * Southcrest *

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* Southbelt / Ellington * Southgate * Southwest * Spring Branch * Spring Lakes * St. George Place * Sugar Valley * Sunnyside * Sunset Terrace / Montclair

T

Tanglewood Tanglewood is a music venue in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. It has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. Tanglewood is also home to three music schools: the ...

* Tanglewilde * Third Ward * Timbergrove Manor

U

* University Oaks * Upper Kirby *

Uptown Uptown may refer to: Neighborhoods or regions in several cities United States * Uptown, entertainment district east of Downtown and Midtown Albuquerque, New Mexico * Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina * Uptown, area surrounding the University of Ci ...

V

Village at Glen Iris Village at Glen Iris is a group of subdivisions in Houston, Texas. Village at Glen Iris is located in southern Houston near Almeda Road. Glen Iris was affected by a wave of foreclosures in the 1980s. From the beginning of 1990 until October 1991, t ...

W–Z

* Walnut Bend *

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* Washington Terrace *West Eleventh Place * West End * West Oaks * Westbury * Westmoreland *Westmoreland Farms * Westwood * Willow Meadows * Willowbend * Willowbrook * Willowick Place * Willowood *Windemere * Windsor Village * Woodland Heights *Woodland Trails *Woodshire *Woodside *Wrenwood *

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*Yorkshire *Yorkwood

References

External links

City of Houston – Super Neighborhoods
* Lane, Chris.
The Changing Face of Houston: The City That Welcomes and Transforms
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''. Tuesday December 16, 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Houston Neighborhoods * Texas geography-related lists Lists of neighborhoods in U.S. cities Neighborhoods

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