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Northampton, Texas. Northampton is an unincorporated area in Harris County, Texas, United States. The Northampton Municipal Utility District manages park, electricity, water, and sewage services for the community. [1] As of 2007 the MUD had 1,625 households. [2] The names "Spring, Texas", [3] or "Klein, Texas" may be used in postal correspondence.
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving body of water which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas.Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie surrounding Katy, Fort Bend County, and flows approximately 53 miles (85 km) east through the Houston Ship Channel into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. [2]
15523. Designated RTHL. 2008. Jefferson Davis Hospital operated from 1924 to 1989 and was the first centralized municipal hospital to treat indigent patients in Houston, Texas. [2] It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The building, located in Houston's Historic First Ward, was designated as a protected historic landmark ...
August 20, 2024 at 7:49 PM. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Multiple levels of local government are seeking additional revenue from hard-pressed Houston -area taxpayers, a development that's alarmed ...
Coordinates: 29.75°N 95.37°W. A tunnel in the west part of the downtown loop. The Houston tunnel system is a network of subterranean, climate-controlled, pedestrian walkways that links 95 full city blocks 20 feet (6 m) below Houston 's downtown streets. It is approximately six miles (9.7 km) long. [1] There are similar systems in Chicago ...
Four out of the six living presidents have endorsed Harris. Former president Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, while George W. Bush declined to endorse a candidate as he is "retired from presidential politics." [1] Three out of the five living vice presidents besides Harris herself have endorsed her. Biden is also the outgoing incumbent ...
The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) is a government agency that was established to reduce the effects of flooding in Harris County, Texas, United States. The flood control district has its headquarters in Houston. [2] After destructive floods occurred in 1929 and 1935, residents of Harris County advocated for relief of flooding issues.
The murder of Darren Goforth refers to the shooting death of a ten-year deputy sheriff of the Harris County Sheriff's Office on August 28, 2015. [1] [2] Goforth, who was in uniform at the time, [3] was killed by Shannon Miles, a repeat offender with a history of mental illness, who shot Goforth repeatedly in the back of the head with a .40 caliber handgun while Goforth was fueling his car.