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English: Districts map for the Houston City Council, to be in effect from the 2023 election (elected councilors will be start their terms in 2024). Created with Dave's Redistricting App using the PDF file and precinct list of the districts from the Planning and Development Department of the City of Houston, and modified with Mapshaper.
The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
The current mayor of Houston is John Whitmire. The city council lineup was based on a U.S. Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979. Under the current city charter, when the population in the Houston city limits passed 2.2 million residents, the nine-member city council districts expanded to include two more city council districts. [2]
1920 map of the six wards of Houston. When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders— John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen —divided it into political geographic districts called "wards". [citation needed] The ward system, a precursor to today's City Council districts, was a common political tool ...
Third Ward is Houston City Council part of council District D and, as of 2020, is represented by Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz. [48] In the 2000s Third Ward was split between districts D and I. [49] [50] In the 1990s it was split between districts D, E, and I. [51] In the 1991 Mayor of Houston election most Third Ward voters voted for Sylvester ...
Spring Branch, Houston. / 29.81611; -95.517719. Spring Branch is a district in west-northwest Harris County, Texas, United States, roughly bordered by Tanner Road and Hempstead Road to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south, and the 610 Loop to the east; it is almost entirely within the city of Houston. [ 4]
Westchase is located in Houston City Council district F. [51] Two Houston Fire Department stations, Station 69 Westchase and Station 83 Royal Oaks, serve Westchase. [52] Both stations are a part of Fire District 83. [53] Station 69, located on Beltway 8, opened in 1980, after rapid area development stressed existing emergency infrastructure. [54]
Southwest Management District, formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District, is a district in Houston, Texas, United States. The district is split into 6 neighborhoods: Sharpstown, Chinatown, Mahatma Gandhi District/Little India, Westwood, Harwin, and University . It is governed by a management district which is created by the Texas Legislature.