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Alief, Houston

January 29, 2023

"Alief" redirects here. For the psychological and philosophical concept, see Alief (mental state).

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.[3]

Alief
Community of Houston, Texas
Alief
Location within the state of Texas
Alief
Alief (the United States)
Coordinates: 29°42′40″N 95°35′47″W / 29.71111°N 95.59639°W / 29.71111; -95.59639Coordinates: 29°42′40″N 95°35′47″W / 29.71111°N 95.59639°W / 29.71111; -95.59639
Country United States
State Texas
CountyHarris
City Houston
Settled1894
Annexed by Houston1967
Area
[1]
 • Total36.6 km2 (14.13 sq mi)
Elevation
24 m (79 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total106,657
 • Density2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
77411, 77099, 77072
Area codes281, 346, 713, 832
GNIS feature ID1329364[2]

First settled in 1894 as a rural farm community, Alief experienced rapid population growth in the 1970s and 1980s. The community became one of the most ethnically diverse areas in Houston.[4]

History

Early settlement (1861–1917)

In 1861, Reynolds Reynolds claimed 1,250 acres (5.1 km2) of land[5][6] near Brays Bayou. The land was sold to Jacamiah Seaman Daugherty in 1888 and in the following year, he allowed the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to build on his land.[5][6] Daugherty sold his land in 1893 to Francis Meston who planned to engineer a community.[5][6] Daugherty stayed to oversee land sales in Meston's Houston office.[6] In 1894, the community was surveyed[5][6] and recognized by Harris County. Surveyors named the town Dairy, Texas.[5][6] The first two town settlers, Dr. John S. Magee and his wife, Alief Ozelda Magee, moved from Ellis County to Dairy the same year.[5]

 
The Railroad Depot 1902

Alief Ozelda Magee, acting as the town's first postmistress, applied to open the first post office in 1895.[5][6][7] On August 16, 1895, the post office opened.[8] The postal service referred to the office as "Alief" in her honor to help avoid confusion with mail intended for the similarly named town of Daisy, Texas.[5][6][7] The site of the post office, which was operated from her home, was honored with a Texas State Historical Marker in 1990.[5] The marker (number 10644) is located on the south side of 7th Street between F Street and G Street.[5]

Meston deeded property to Dr. John S. Magee, Newton Gentry, and Hardy Price for use as a cemetery in 1900.[9] Alief Ozelda Magee, who died in 1899, is buried in the cemetery.[7][9] The cemetery is located at what is now the intersection of Bellaire Blvd. and Dairy Ashford.[7][9] The Texas Historical Commission recognized Alief Cemetery with a historical marker (number 10589) in 1984.[9]

The Flood of 1899 and the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 destroyed the Methodist Episcopal Church along with the town's cotton and corn crops, forcing 24 of the 30 families that resided in Alief to relocate.[6] The town reverted to prairie and wolves openly roamed during daytime.[6] Daugherty found a positive side to the flooding; He persuaded the remaining six families that rice was better suited to grow in Alief's flood plains than previous crops and spent his own money to help cultivate the first rice crops.[6] Daugherty succeeded: his rice became an instant cash crop[5] that persuaded many to return to Alief.[6] In 1901, Alief's first immigrant families, a small group of Germans arrived.[6] In 1904, the majority of those who had left in the wake of the 1900 hurricane returned.[6] The rapid growth period created a commercial district along the railroad tracks, convincing the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway to construct a depot.[6]

Due to its propensity for flooding, the citizens established the Harris County Flood Control District in Alief in 1909.[5][6] The chairman of the Harris County Drainage District was Daugherty.[10] Trustees S.B. (Shorter) Burleson and Will and Eddie Garmond for the Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church purchased land in 1910 which would later become the church's home.[11] The historic African American church's congregation met in the home of S.B. (Shorter) Burleson before the construction of the sanctuary.[11] Credit for the church's name is primarily attributed to Mamie Burleson.[11] In 1911, the Dairy School District was established[6] and a three-story school was built.[12]

The town was officially renamed "Alief, Texas" in 1917[5] and the Dairy School District became the Alief Independent School District[12] (Alief ISD).

Development (1918–1969)

Automobiles arrived in Alief by 1920.[12] The sanctuary for Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church was constructed between 1921 and 1922.[11] The Cane Belt Canal, which "ran from the Brazos River, eight miles north of Richmond, through Alief and south to Alvin," according to the Westchase District, was completed in 1934.[13] Daugherty promoted the canal, which was used for irrigation by rice farmers.[13] The year after the canal was completed, Alief obtained electricity.[12] Education in Alief was segregated.[6] From 1927 to 1937, African American children used Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church's sanctuary as a schoolhouse.[11] Previously, African American children attended school in a one-room schoolhouse.[6] Alief ISD's three-story schoolhouse was condemned in 1939,[12] and its students attended classes in a nearby building until a new school annex was added in 1940.[12] Also in 1940, Melissa Outley died.[11] Melissa Outley was married to David Outley. He was the first African American educator in Alief.[14][15] Hers is the first known burial in Prairie Grove Cemetery, which was adjacent to Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church.[11] The church's sanctuary was demolished in the 1940s as attendance fell.[11] Alief Community Church first opened its doors in 1941.[16] Population fluctuated wildly, ranging from a low of 35 in the 1930s to 200 by 1942.[6] Alief acquired telephone service in 1943.[17] E.W.K. "Andy" Andrau opened Andrau Airpark[13] in 1946.[18] In 1964, Alief ISD built its oldest remaining school, Alief Elementary School (later renamed for teacher Cynthia Youens).[12] By the same year, oilman Robert E. "Bob" Smith owned 11,000 acres of land including what is now the Westchase area.[13]

Growth, diversification, and annexation (1970–1989)

 
Aerial view of Alief in 1977

In 1970, Alief was still primarily pastureland and major thoroughfares, such as the Sam Houston Tollway, were still gravel roads.[12] The 1970s were a prosperous time for Houston,[19] and Alief continued to grow as people came to the area in search of housing.[19] Houston began expanding westward with the development of River Oaks and Memorial, and the trend continued to Alief.[20] Many of the new residents were low-income apartment dwellers.[19] The community's population increased by a factor of four between 1970 and 1985.[12] Between 1980 and 1985, approximately a third of the population growth experienced by Harris County occurred in the southwest quadrant of the county bounded by the Katy and South (288) freeways, with Alief accounting for half of that, or one-sixth of the overall growth of the county during that five-year time frame.[20] The Alief Independent School District struggled to find room for all of the new students.[19]

As the population of Alief increased in the 1980s,[21] the community began to diversify. In 1978, close to 80% of the people in the community were white.[22] Less than 4% of the people in the community were African American.[22] The shift was primarily for socio-economic reasons.[22] Many low-income Spanish-speaking immigrants settled in traditionally low-income areas of Houston inside Loop 610.[22] Many African-Americans who could afford to left traditional African-American neighborhoods to move to Alief and other parts of Southwest Houston during the 1980s.[21][22] White people who could afford to move to newer suburbs further from Houston than Alief began to leave the community.[22] In addition, many people of Asian ancestry settled in Alief, Sharpstown, and Westwood, creating one of the largest Asian-American concentrations in Houston.[21] Southwest Houston's Asian population included mainly immigrants from China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Korea.[21] In addition, Southwest Houston became home to many people from Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Laos, and Indonesia.[23] By the late 1980s, white students accounted for less than half of the students enrolled in Alief ISD.[22]

In addition changes in population and demographic, the community underwent several other important changes. Robert E. "Bob" Smith died in 1973, and his widow sold 760 acres of land to the Westchase Corporation which began developing the Westchase District.[13] Houston began annexing Alief in 1977.[12][24] The City of Houston voted to annex the Alief-Fondren area on November 23, 1977.[25] In 1978, Brown and Root built a large engineering complex at the corner of Bellaire Blvd. and Beltway 8.[26] Houston continued to annex pieces of Alief into the 1980s.[27] West Oaks Mall opened in 1984[28] and was annexed by the City of Houston the same year.[27] The community feared that annexation would lead to neglect by Houston's government and protested further annexations.[27] Despite these efforts, Houston succeeded in annexing most of the area.[29] Agriculture began to fade.[30][31] The last cotton gin in Alief closed in 1976,[31] and the area ceased growing cotton altogether by 1982.[30] Alief was one of the last places where cotton had been grown in Harris County.[30][31] Dairy, cattle, vegetable production, and rice production also declined.[30] Urban development took the place of agriculture.[30] In the spring of 1985, Houston Fire Station #76 was opened to serve the Alief area.[32] The Alief Branch Library (since renamed the David M. Henington-Alief Regional Library) was also opened in 1985.[33][34] As a sign of the community's growing diversity, the Houston Chronicle noted that the library staff spoke, "a variety of languages, including Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Farsi (referring to Persian)," when the library first opened.[34] West Houston Medical Center was constructed in 1985 as well.[35][36] The Alief General Hospital building was abandoned. The Fame City entertainment complex and water park (which later became Fun Plex and Adventure Bay) held its grand opening in 1986.[37] Fame City featured roller skating, movie theaters, a sound studio, miniature golf, bumper-cars, bowling, alley, games, rides, an arcade, restaurants and shops indoors, and a 10-acre water park outdoors.[37] The Alief Brown and Root building closed in May 1987, but was reopened in November 1988 when the industry saw increased growth.[26] Andrau Airpark was sold to the Camden Trust in 1988, although the airport continued to operate.[13]

Population boom (1990–2010)

The size and diversity of Alief's population continued to grow. Alief's population increased by 45% from 1990 to 2005.[38] By 1991, Alief ISD was growing at a rate of approximately 1,500 new students per year.[39] Houston City Council District F (which included Alief and Sharpstown) had a population that was approximately 46% white with quickly growing African American, Hispanic, and Asian segments.[40] Previously, District F had a mostly white population.[40] Alief ISD's student population was 24% African American by 1991.[22] By 1993, there were 34% more Asian businesses than there had been in 1982.[41] Canterbury United Methodist Church began offering services in Vietnamese in 1995.[42] By 1996, Alief was one of the most ethnically diverse school districts in the country.[43] The district's students spoke a total of 57 different languages. Christ the King Episcopal Church was offering an "African Thanksgiving Feast" since many of the church members had African heritage.[44] The district's main high schools, Hastings and Elsik, were the two largest high schools in Texas.[43] Alief ISD estimated a total enrollment of 39,000 students in the district, with 8,582 students attending either Hastings or Elsik.[43] Mik Giglio of the Houston Press said in 2000 that in 1997 Alief "was a blend of its affluent, white former self and the predominantly poor, ethnic enclave it has since become."[45] In the first 1991 Mayor of Houston election, most Alief voters voted for Bob Lanier. However, in the community Sylvester Turner, Lanier's opponent, had a large second-most following in terms of votes.[46][47] In 2008, M. J. Khan represented the District F (which includes Alief).[48] By December 3, 1991, increases in crime and changes of demographics in southwestern Houston neighborhoods led to many challengers desiring to fill the city council seat of District F.[49] By 1997, street signs in Alief near Bellaire and Corporate were in both English and Chinese.[50] The Chinese signs had the Chinese phonetic pronunciations of the English names so that English and Chinese speakers could understand each other.[50] In 1997, Hong Kong Development announced plans to build a center called Hong Kong City at the corner of Bellaire and Boone.[51] The developers hoped that building west of Beltway 8 would move the center of the growing Asian business community further west.[51] The Hong Kong City Mall opened in 1999.[52] At the same time that the African American, Hispanic, and Asian populations increased, the white population decreased.[53] Researchers cited social class differences as the reason most white people moved away from Alief.[53] People with greater financial means of all ethnicities moved to further outlying suburbs with greater amenities and better performing schools during the period, while people with lesser financial means moved into the area to take advantage of newer housing and better amenities and schools than those that they left behind.[53] The change was seen disproportionately in the white population since the white population was disproportionately wealthier.[53] Allen G. Breed of the Associated Press wrote: "Alief is an impoverished, multicultural enclave where many of the business and street signs are in both English and one of several Asian languages. The district's 47,000 students speak nearly 70 tongues, and the number of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch over 70%.".[54]

Many developments in education took place in the 1990s in Alief. In 1993, Alief ISD instituted a rule which made passing the statewide standardized test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Exit Exam, a requirement for high school graduation.[55] Many parents protested the measure.[55] In 1995, voters decided to allow Alief ISD to build the Hastings and Elsik Ninth Grade Centers.[56] In 1998, voters approved funds for Alief ISD to use to build a new high school,[57] which would later become Alief "Doc" Taylor. The period was also marked with political scandals. In 1991, a ballot box from the Boone Elementary polling location containing over 700 ballots went missing after the poll closed.[58]

In late 1994, David M. Henington, the director of the Houston Public Library, retired. In an article about his retirement plans he told the reporter he wanted personal computers placed in all of Houston's branch libraries so that all Houstonians could access the internet "information superhighway" during their visits.[59] In 1996, the Henington-Alief Library began offering free internet access to the public.[60] The service was text-only and was limited to 20 minutes when other users were waiting to use the computers.[60] The move by the Houston Public Library was intended to bring internet access to Houstonians who did not have a home computer and therefore did not have home access to the internet.[60]

In 2005, Alief became home to many Hurricane Katrina evacuees.[61] More than 3,000 evacuees enrolled in Alief ISD schools.[61] Alief ISD spent $12 million to accommodate Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 2005.[54] The United States government promised to reimburse the district, but in 2006 Alief had not yet received the money.[54] Many of the students who were displaced by the hurricane were academically behind their Texas peers.[61] In 2006, former United States President George H. W. Bush and Houston Mayor Bill White led a fundraising campaign to help Alief ISD and other districts pay for educating the displaced students.[61] Between 2005-2010 more than 30,000 evacuee families lived section 8 based apartment complexes throughout southwest Houston. Alief had the biggest concentration of Katrina evacuees in the city. Shortly after Katrina refugees moved in, the complexes and the area began to rapidly decline. Locals residents stated "the neighborhood already had problem before but nowhere near as bad as it is now." With overcrowded apartments, many landlords were forced to stop leasing after numerous property violations such as vandalism became a problem. Some apartments were completely demolished due to poor living conditions. The influx of evacuees caused an escalation of gang violence and crime. Houston’s homicide rate has shot up 18% since the storm, and police statistics show that one in every five homicides in the city involves a Katrina evacuee as suspect, victim or both. Locals fed up residents and community leaders began filing complaints to push out evacuees due to the rise in crime stating "It’s time for them to go home,” In response, Houston Police Chief Harold L. Hurtt hired 400 additional officers to deal with the city’s evacuee-fueled crime wave. HPD added the rise in murders were committed by New Orleans teenagers from rival housing projects shooting at each other over long-standing beefs. [62][63]

Cityscape

The Alief Community Association defines the boundaries of Alief as, "Westheimer on the north, Sam Houston Tollway on the east, Fort Bend County Line on the west and Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 on the south,"[64] while the Alief Independent School District boundaries extend as far east as Gessner in some places.[65] The Alief Super Neighborhood Council (ASNC) and the International Management District (IMD) have their own boundaries.[66]

Government

Municipal

Alief is partially annexed by the City of Houston, and partially unincorporated. This section pertains only to the annexed portion of Alief. Please see the "County" section for unincorporated Alief.

As of 2011 Houston City Council District F covers the parts of Alief in Houston.[67]

The portion of Alief in Houston is within Super Neighborhood #25 Alief. Its recognized council was established on June 25, 2000.[17] Each super neighborhood represents a group of civic clubs, places of worship, businesses, and other institutions and community interests.[68]

Represents Name First Elected District Boundaries
District F[69] Tiffany D. Thomas 2019 Map of District F (after 2011 redistricting)
At-Large Position 1[69] Mike Knox 2015 All of Houston
At-Large Position 2[69] David W. Robinson 2013 All of Houston
At-Large Position 3[69] Michael Kubosh 2013 All of Houston
At-Large Position 4[69] Letitia Plummer 2019 All of Houston
At-Large Position 5[69] Sallie Alcorn 2019 All of Houston

County

Commissioner Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries
  Precinct 3[70] Steve Radack Republican 1988 2012 Map of Precinct 3

State representation

Senators Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries
  District 13[71] Rodney Ellis Democrat 1990 2014
  District 17[72] Joan Huffman Republican 2008 2012
Representatives Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries
  District 133[73] Jim Murphy Republican 2010; Also served 2006-2008 2012 Map of District 133
  District 149[74] Hubert Vo (unseated Talmadge L. Heflin) Democrat 2004 2012 Map of District 149

National representation

Senators Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends Level
  Senate Class 1 Ted Cruz[75] Republican 2012 December 2024 Junior Senator
  Senate Class 2 John Cornyn[75] Republican 2002 December 2026 Senior Senator
Representatives Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries
  District 9[76] Al Green Democrat 2004 January 2023 Map of District 9

Demographics

In 2015 the Houston portion of the Alief Super Neighborhood had 106,657 people, with 7,544 people per square mile. 49% were Hispanic, 22% were non-Hispanic black, 19% were non-Hispanic Asians, 9% were non-Hispanic whites, and 1% were non-Hispanic others. The median income was $46,187.[77]

The annexed portion of Alief[which?] had a population of 108,971 people which was growing at a rate of 1.15% annually in 2009.[78] The City of Houston stated on its website that the "legendary diversity" in Alief "is evident in the large section of Asian residents and businesses along Bellaire Boulevard.[79]" According to the Alief Independent School District in 2011, "Virtually every culture of the modern world is represented in [the district's] 45,000 student enrollment; more than 80 languages and dialects are spoken" among its students.[12]

In 2009, the population of the annexed portion of Alief[which?]??? was 11.1% white(non-Hispanic), 28.4% black(non-Hispanic), 21.2% Asian, and 37.9% Hispanic.[78] The number of Asians and Hispanics in the annexed portion of Alief[which?] increased between the years 2000 and 2009 while the number of people from all other ethnic groups listed by the City of Houston Planning Department either declined or showed no change.[78] The number of households in the annexed portion of Alief increased from 31,033 in 2000 to 33,654 in 2009.[78] The average size of households in the area increased as well, from 3.15 to 3.22.[78] The median age of residents in the annexed portion of Alief was 29.6 in 2009.[78] The median household income in 2009 was $50,028 annually and the average household income was $54,295 annually for Alief households located in Houston.[78] The unemployment rate increased significantly, from 7.4% in 2000 to 11.5% in the annexed portion[which?] of Alief.[78]

In 2000 the Alief Super Neighborhood had 41,820 residents, with 2,962 people per square mile. 31% were Hispanic, 28% were non-Hispanic black, 21% were non-Hispanic Asian, 17% were non-Hispanic white, and 3% were non-Hispanic other.[77]

Media

The major citywide newspaper for Houston is the Houston Chronicle, and the Houston Post previously was a major daily newspaper.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

 
Alief Independent School District headquarters

Public schools

Main article: Alief Independent School District

Public school students the vast majority of areas considered to be Alief are served by the Alief Independent School District (Alief ISD).

 
Youens Elementary School

As of 2011, the Alief Independent School District has 24 elementary schools.[80] Youens Elementary[81] and Chancellor Elementary go all the way to fifth grade,[82] however most students are also zoned to an intermediate school for fifth and sixth grade. The district has six intermediate schools as of 2011.[80] Students attend middle school for the sixth through eighth grades.[83] The district has six middle schools as of 2011.[80] High school students in Alief ISD are assigned by lottery to either Alief Elsik High School, Alief Hastings High School, or Alief Taylor High School during October of their eighth grade year.[84] They can also choose to apply for admission to Alief Kerr High School.[85] Students selected to attend Hastings High School attend the Hastings Ninth Grade Center during their ninth grade year, and students selected to attend Elsik High School attend the Elsik Ninth Grade Center during their ninth grade year.[86] It also operates Alief Early College High School, which opened in 2010 and allows students to take courses for dual credit and graduate with both a high school diploma and the equivalence of an associate degree at the same time.[87] The district also has two alternative schools.[80] The Alief Learning Center has its own campus,[88] while the Crossroads/ Night High School/ LINC/ SOAR (Crossroads) meets in the annex between Hastings and Elsik.[89] The Crossroads program is designed for "at-risk students with discipline problems who are behind in academic credit and are at risk of not graduating from high school,[89]" as well students who are pregnant or parenting, emancipated minors, and students who have failed the TAKS/ TAAS tests.[90]

A portion of the City of Houston-defined Alief Super Neighborhood within Fort Bend County is in the Fort Bend Independent School District.[77] Some residents are zoned to Meadows Elementary School in Meadows Place along with Dulles Middle School and Dulles High School in Sugar Land, while others are zoned to Townewest Elementary School, Sugar Land Middle School, and Kempner High School.[91]

Charter schools

Alief is served by multiple charter schools, which are not affiliated with Alief ISD nor Fort Bend ISD.

Alief Montessori Community School is a pre-kindergarten through fifth grade school following Montessori philosophy.[92] Students are typically between 3 and 12 years old.[92] The school is located on 6th Street in the historic townsite of Alief.[92] As of July 2011, the school is undergoing an expansion. Groundbreaking on the expansion was held on March 26, 2010.[93] In 2011, Children at Risk, an education advocacy non-profit, ranked the Alief Montessori among the ten best Houston-area elementary schools.[92] The school has been recognized as an "exemplary school" by the Texas Education Agency every academic year since 1999 and was a recipient of the Honor Roll School Award from the Texas Business and Education Coalition.[94] Its 2011 per-pupil spending of $3,587 was one of the lowest in Houston.[95]

Harmony Public Schools offers two campuses in the Alief area, Harmony School of Innovation (grades K-8)[96] and Harmony Science Academy High (grades 9-12).[96]

Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) operates charter schools which serve Alief, including KIPP SHINE Preparatory (pre-kindergarten through grade 4),[97] KIPP Academy Middle School (grades 5-8),[98] KIPP Houston High School (grades 9-12),[99] and KIPP Unity (pre-kindergarten through grade 2).

Private schools

Christ the Lord Lutheran School is located at 4410 S. Kirkwood Rd.[100] The school instructs preschool through the eighth grade[100] as part of the 4th largest private/parochial school system in the United States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).[100] The school has been in operation since 1972.[100]

Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and St. Agnes Academy are located in proximity to Alief.[101]

The Darul Arqam Schools Southwest Campus is located in Alief, Houston, with a Sugar Land postal address.[102][103]

Colleges, universities, and higher education

 
HCC Alief Campus in Westchase

The Houston Community College System (HCCS) has served the Alief area since 1982.[104] The HCC Alief Campus, a part of the Southwest College,[105] is located at 2811 Hayes Road in the Westchase area of Houston.[104][106] The HCC Alief Continuing Education Center is located at 13803 Bissonnet Road in an unincorporated area in Harris County.[104] In 1982, HCCS expanded classes to Alief Elsik High School. In 2001, HCCS opened the Alief Center on Bissonnet. In 2007, the new Alief Campus in Westchase opened. In 2008, the former Alief Center became the Continuing Education Center.[104]

Public libraries

 
David M. Henington-Alief Regional Library

Alief is served by both the Houston Public Library and the Harris County Public Library.

The David M. Henington-Alief Regional Branch of Houston Public Library is in Alief.[107] The branch is located at 7979 South Kirkwood Street[108] and was originally named the Alief Branch Library when it opened in 1985.[33][34] The library was later named for David M. Henington, who served as the Director of the Houston Public Library for 26 years.[109] The area is also served by the Judson W. Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood Library of HPL at 3223 Wilcrest Drive, within the Alief ISD boundaries.[110]

Residents of Alief within Harris County may obtain library cards for the Harris County Public Library (HCPL) system.[111] There are no HCPL branches in the Alief area.[112] Fort Bend County Libraries serves the Fort Bend County areas.

Emergency services

 
Houston Police Department Westside Division Police Substation and Municipal Courts

Fire service

Alief residents in Houston receive fire services from the Houston Fire Department. The Houston Fire Department has operated Station 76 Alief Community since 1985.[113] A part of Fire District 83 is also in Alief.[114][115]

For residents of unincorporated Harris County, emergency medical services (EMS) and fire service are provided by a volunteer fire department, the Community Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD). CVFD is a combination career and volunteer fire suppression and EMS provider which operates two stations in the Alief area. CVFD also has a training center in the Alief area, where a bi-yearly cadet program takes place. A new training center is proposed next door to the current Station 1.[116]

Police services

Alief is served by the Houston Police Department, which has Alief in the Westside Patrol Division, headquartered at 3203 South Dairy Ashford Road,[117][118] in the Alief area.[119] In 2000 the police department's Westwood Storefront in the Westwood Mall was scheduled to open before May 2000; it is the first police storefront to open in Alief. Construction delays foiled plans to open the storefront at the end of 1999 and in March 2000.[120]

Harris County Sheriff's Office serves unincorporated sections of Harris County. The Alief area outside of Houston is within the District IV Patrol Bureau, headquartered at the Clay Road Substation at 16715 Clay Road.[121][122] The Mission Bend Storefront is located at 7043 Highway 6 South.[122]

Alief ISD Police Department serves the Alief Independent School District as its law enforcement agency. Alief ISD Police keep staff, students, facilities and the public safe. Alief ISD Police respond to other agencies in need of assistance in the surrounding Harris County and Houston area.

Medical services

Hospital

West Houston Medical Center is located on West Houston Center Blvd. The current location was constructed in 1985.[35][36] West Houston Medical Center is an HCA member hospital.[123] The facility has 410 physicians, 742 total employees,[123] and 195 beds.[124] The center houses an emergency room[123] which had annual visits of 47,156 in the year which was most currently reported as of July 2011.[124] The center also has a cardiovascular services area, a women's center, a cancer center, a gamma knife, and many other services.[123] US News & World Report Health ranked West Houston Medical Center the #18 hospital in Houston as of July 2011.[124]

Government-funded healthcare

 
El Franco Lee Health Center

The El Franco Lee Health Center in Alief, operated by Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District), opened on May 19, 2009.[125] Prior to the opening, the closest facility was the People's Health Center. The district said in a 2006 Houston Chronicle article that it planned to build a health care facility in Alief.[126] The center has 66,000 square feet (6,100 m2) of space.[127] The previous designated health care center was People's Health Center, now Valbona Health Center. The nearest public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.[128]

Transportation

Mass transit

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) provides local bus services to the area.

METRO Park & Ride locations in Alief include:[129]

  • Gessner Park & Ride located at Westpark at Gessner, Houston, TX 77036 (Considered to be located in Alief when Gessner is considered the boundary line for Alief)
  • Mission Bend Park & Ride located at 13855 Alief Clodine Rd. (at METRO Blvd.), Houston, TX 77083
  • Westchase Park & Ride located at 11050 Harwin Dr., Houston, TX 77072
  • Westwood Park & Ride located at 9990 Southwest Fwy. (south of Bissonnet), Houston, TX 77036 (Considered to be located in Alief when Gessner is considered the boundary line for Alief)

Major highways

Airports

Andrau Airpark operated in Alief from 1946-1998 when it was closed to make room for the Royal Oaks Country Club and subdivision.[18]

Parks and recreation

The Alief Community is home to public parks maintained by Harris County, public parks maintained by the City of Houston, and private parks and venues.

Harris County parks

Harris County operates parks throughout Alief which is in Precinct 3. Harris County parks are maintained by the Precinct's Parks Division.[130]

 
Basketball Courts at Alief-Amity Park
  • Alief-Amity Park, an 11-acre (45,000 m2) park located along Westpark Tollway adjacent to Alief Elsik High School.[131] In 1975, the county acquired what is now the park site from the Cloud family. The park was dedicated in the early 1980s.[132] The park, once upon a time, was the site of the original Alief railroad depot.[citation needed]
  • Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza Park is located north of Westpark Tollway along Eldridge Road in northwest Alief. This park includes a 0.6-mile (0.97 km) trail.[133] Located on part of a Harris County Flood Control District site acquired in 1988, the park was dedicated in June 1999. It is named after Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston archbishop Joseph Fiorenza.[134]
  • Arthur Storey Park is a 175-acre (0.71 km2) green space along Brays Bayou at the intersection of Bellaire Boulevard and State Highway Beltway 8, immediately west of Chinatown.[135] In August 1995, the Harris County Flood Control District began acquiring land along the bayou, and in October of that year it agreed to allow the establishment of a park. The commissioner's court voted to rename the park in January 1997 after Arthur L. Storey Jr., who worked for the Harris County Flood Control District.[136][137] Storey is credited with "modernizing and streamlining the county's flood control district operations while simultaneously considering [the district's operations'] environmental implications."[137] The park opened and was dedicated on September 26, 1997.[136]
     
    The duck pond at Arthur Storey Park
  • Mike Driscoll Park is a 46-acre (0.19 km2) park located on West Center Boulevard between Westpark Tollway and Brays Bayou.[138] The park hosts a playground and a 1.13-mile (1.82 km) asphalt walking trail.[138]

City of Houston parks

The City of Houston operates parks in the annexed portion of Alief. City of Houston parks are maintained by the City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department.[139]

 
Alief Community Park
  • Alief Community Park is a 37.3-acre (0.151 km2) park located at the southwest corner of Bellaire Boulevard and Kirkwood Road.[140] The park was acquired by the City of Houston in 1993 from the First United Methodist Church of Houston for $3.5 million.[141] The city originally named the park Southwest Park, but changed the name to Alief Community Park in 1997.[141] It is home to Alief Community Center and Alief Pool.[140][141] The park also boasts basketball courts, tennis courts, baseball fields, playgrounds, paved trails, and multi-purpose fields.[140] In 2011, a new hike and bike trail funded by a Texas Department of Transportation grant was constructed.[141] Alief Pool was nearly closed in 2011 due to city budget cuts;[142] however, corporate donors Marathon Oil and ConocoPhillips agreed to sponsor the pool.[143]
  • Boone Park is located on Boone Road between Bellaire Boulevard and Beechnut Street.[140] It was created by the City of Houston in 1984, and has since been improved by the city, oil companies, and volunteers.[144][145] The parks amenities include a 1.06-mile (1.71 km) walking trail system, cricket field, playground, picnic pavilion, and multi-purpose fields, as well as a nature preserve recognized by the Texas Forestry Department.[146][140][147]
  • Hackberry Park is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Boone Park on South Dairy Ashford Road between Bellaire Boulevard and Kirkwood Road.[148] The park features a 1-mile (1.6 km) outer-loop trail.[149] In addition, the park has a community center, a sprayground, and a playground.[148] The park is the former home of Hackberry Golf Course and occupies 22.5 acres (0.091 km2).[149] The park was acquired in 2007, at a cost of $5 million, and dedicated in 2009.[150][149]
  • Harwin Park is located in northeast Alief along Harwin Road near the intersection with Wilcrest Drive. It contains multi-purpose fields, a trail system, and a playground.[148] The park is a 8.3-acre (0.034 km2) property and was established in 1989.[144]

Private parks and venues

Fun Plex is an indoor entertainment facility located at 13700 Beechnut St. in Alief.[151] Opening in 1986 as Fame City, the venue features: roller skating, bowling, a ferris wheel, a two-story playport, bumper cars, go-karts, and an arcade.[152] The company's website claims that the facility is the largest indoor entertainment facility in Texas, measuring 5 acres.[152] Visitors may pay for each attraction individually or purchase a package entry to multiple attractions.[152]

Royal Oaks Country Club is located at 2910 Royal Oaks Club Dr.[153] It and the surrounding Royal Oaks Community was built on the old Andrau Airpark. The country club has a clubhouse, golf course, fitness center, tennis center, aquatic center with pools and a water park, the Palm Grille restaurant, and a child care area.[153] The country club was developed by the Sunrise Colony Company.[153]

Religion

Christianity

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston operates Notre Dame Church in Alief. It opened in 1969 with 173 families and a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) church structure with room for 750. From 1970 to 1975 the Continuing Christian Education and parish hall structures were built. By 2008 the church had 2,600 families. It previously used a 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m2) sancturary. By 2008 it struggled to cope with the demand, so it began building a new sanctuary and day chapel as part of a $5.7 million capital campaign, with 20,280 square feet (1,884 m2) of space. The South Continuing Christian Education structure previously on the site was to be razed. The church's site has 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land.[154]

Ascension Chinese Mission (traditional Chinese: 美華天主堂; simplified Chinese: 美华天主堂; pinyin: Měi Huà Tiānzhǔ Táng; lit. '"US-China Catholic Church"') is in the Alief super neighborhood.[155][156] It originated from a Chinese worship service that was established in the 1970s.[157] The parish was created in 1988,[158] initially operating out of a commercial center in the southwest Houston Chinatown area. It relocated to its current site in Spring 1991.[157]

Christ, The Incarnate Word Church (Vietnamese: Giáo Xứ Đức Kito Ngôi Lời Nhập Thể), also in the Alief super neighborhood,[155] opened in 1998.[159] It is one of five Vietnamese Catholic churches in the Houston area.[160] The archdiocese operates another Alief church, St. Justin Martyr.[161]

Wilcrest Baptist Church is in the area.

Other religions

Shri Krishna Vrundavana has a Sugar Land postal address, but is physically in the Alief super neighborhood in the Houston city limits.[162][163] It occupies the 450-person, 9,000-square-foot (840 m2) former La Festa Hall. It was established in 2011 with about 200 people in its congregation; originally the temple rented its property. In October 2015 the temple organizers bought the current site for $1.3 million. In December 2015 its congregation had numbered over 800.[162]

The Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) operates Masjid At-Taqwa (Synott Islamic Center), which has a Sugar Land postal address but is in the Alief super neighborhood in Houston.[103][164]

Community events and festivals

Lunar New Year Festival

The Lunar New Year Festival is an annual event[165] which was first held in 1996.[165] The event has featured dancing, cooking, and a beauty contest.[165] The festival claims to be the "largest international celebration in the southwest."[165]

International Parade

The International Parade was first held in 2008.[166] The parade is held annually near the end of September.[166] The parade strives to include many different ethnic groups and promote the diversity of the community.[166] The route travels down Bellaire Blvd.[166]

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Alief redirects here For the psychological and philosophical concept see Alief mental state 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 3 AliefCommunity of Houston TexasAliefLocation within the state of TexasShow map of TexasAliefAlief the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 29 42 40 N 95 35 47 W 29 71111 N 95 59639 W 29 71111 95 59639 Coordinates 29 42 40 N 95 35 47 W 29 71111 N 95 59639 W 29 71111 95 59639Country United StatesState TexasCountyHarrisCity HoustonSettled1894Annexed by Houston1967Area 1 Total36 6 km2 14 13 sq mi Elevation24 m 79 ft Population 2015 1 Total106 657 Density2 900 km2 7 500 sq mi Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP codes77411 77099 77072Area codes281 346 713 832GNIS feature ID1329364 2 First settled in 1894 as a rural farm community Alief experienced rapid population growth in the 1970s and 1980s The community became one of the most ethnically diverse areas in Houston 4 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early settlement 1861 1917 1 2 Development 1918 1969 1 3 Growth diversification and annexation 1970 1989 1 4 Population boom 1990 2010 2 Cityscape 3 Government 3 1 Municipal 3 2 County 3 3 State representation 3 4 National representation 4 Demographics 5 Media 6 Education 6 1 Primary and secondary schools 6 1 1 Public schools 6 1 2 Charter schools 6 1 3 Private schools 6 2 Colleges universities and higher education 6 3 Public libraries 7 Emergency services 7 1 Fire service 7 2 Police services 8 Medical services 8 1 Hospital 8 2 Government funded healthcare 9 Transportation 9 1 Mass transit 9 2 Major highways 9 3 Airports 10 Parks and recreation 10 1 Harris County parks 10 2 City of Houston parks 10 3 Private parks and venues 11 Religion 11 1 Christianity 11 2 Other religions 12 Community events and festivals 12 1 Lunar New Year Festival 12 2 International Parade 13 See also 14 References 15 Further readingHistory EditEarly settlement 1861 1917 Edit In 1861 Reynolds Reynolds claimed 1 250 acres 5 1 km2 of land 5 6 near Brays Bayou The land was sold to Jacamiah Seaman Daugherty in 1888 and in the following year he allowed the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to build on his land 5 6 Daugherty sold his land in 1893 to Francis Meston who planned to engineer a community 5 6 Daugherty stayed to oversee land sales in Meston s Houston office 6 In 1894 the community was surveyed 5 6 and recognized by Harris County Surveyors named the town Dairy Texas 5 6 The first two town settlers Dr John S Magee and his wife Alief Ozelda Magee moved from Ellis County to Dairy the same year 5 The Railroad Depot 1902 Alief Ozelda Magee acting as the town s first postmistress applied to open the first post office in 1895 5 6 7 On August 16 1895 the post office opened 8 The postal service referred to the office as Alief in her honor to help avoid confusion with mail intended for the similarly named town of Daisy Texas 5 6 7 The site of the post office which was operated from her home was honored with a Texas State Historical Marker in 1990 5 The marker number 10644 is located on the south side of 7th Street between F Street and G Street 5 Meston deeded property to Dr John S Magee Newton Gentry and Hardy Price for use as a cemetery in 1900 9 Alief Ozelda Magee who died in 1899 is buried in the cemetery 7 9 The cemetery is located at what is now the intersection of Bellaire Blvd and Dairy Ashford 7 9 The Texas Historical Commission recognized Alief Cemetery with a historical marker number 10589 in 1984 9 The Flood of 1899 and the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 destroyed the Methodist Episcopal Church along with the town s cotton and corn crops forcing 24 of the 30 families that resided in Alief to relocate 6 The town reverted to prairie and wolves openly roamed during daytime 6 Daugherty found a positive side to the flooding He persuaded the remaining six families that rice was better suited to grow in Alief s flood plains than previous crops and spent his own money to help cultivate the first rice crops 6 Daugherty succeeded his rice became an instant cash crop 5 that persuaded many to return to Alief 6 In 1901 Alief s first immigrant families a small group of Germans arrived 6 In 1904 the majority of those who had left in the wake of the 1900 hurricane returned 6 The rapid growth period created a commercial district along the railroad tracks convincing the San Antonio amp Aransas Pass Railway to construct a depot 6 Due to its propensity for flooding the citizens established the Harris County Flood Control District in Alief in 1909 5 6 The chairman of the Harris County Drainage District was Daugherty 10 Trustees S B Shorter Burleson and Will and Eddie Garmond for the Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church purchased land in 1910 which would later become the church s home 11 The historic African American church s congregation met in the home of S B Shorter Burleson before the construction of the sanctuary 11 Credit for the church s name is primarily attributed to Mamie Burleson 11 In 1911 the Dairy School District was established 6 and a three story school was built 12 The town was officially renamed Alief Texas in 1917 5 and the Dairy School District became the Alief Independent School District 12 Alief ISD Development 1918 1969 Edit Automobiles arrived in Alief by 1920 12 The sanctuary for Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church was constructed between 1921 and 1922 11 The Cane Belt Canal which ran from the Brazos River eight miles north of Richmond through Alief and south to Alvin according to the Westchase District was completed in 1934 13 Daugherty promoted the canal which was used for irrigation by rice farmers 13 The year after the canal was completed Alief obtained electricity 12 Education in Alief was segregated 6 From 1927 to 1937 African American children used Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church s sanctuary as a schoolhouse 11 Previously African American children attended school in a one room schoolhouse 6 Alief ISD s three story schoolhouse was condemned in 1939 12 and its students attended classes in a nearby building until a new school annex was added in 1940 12 Also in 1940 Melissa Outley died 11 Melissa Outley was married to David Outley He was the first African American educator in Alief 14 15 Hers is the first known burial in Prairie Grove Cemetery which was adjacent to Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church 11 The church s sanctuary was demolished in the 1940s as attendance fell 11 Alief Community Church first opened its doors in 1941 16 Population fluctuated wildly ranging from a low of 35 in the 1930s to 200 by 1942 6 Alief acquired telephone service in 1943 17 E W K Andy Andrau opened Andrau Airpark 13 in 1946 18 In 1964 Alief ISD built its oldest remaining school Alief Elementary School later renamed for teacher Cynthia Youens 12 By the same year oilman Robert E Bob Smith owned 11 000 acres of land including what is now the Westchase area 13 Growth diversification and annexation 1970 1989 Edit Aerial view of Alief in 1977 In 1970 Alief was still primarily pastureland and major thoroughfares such as the Sam Houston Tollway were still gravel roads 12 The 1970s were a prosperous time for Houston 19 and Alief continued to grow as people came to the area in search of housing 19 Houston began expanding westward with the development of River Oaks and Memorial and the trend continued to Alief 20 Many of the new residents were low income apartment dwellers 19 The community s population increased by a factor of four between 1970 and 1985 12 Between 1980 and 1985 approximately a third of the population growth experienced by Harris County occurred in the southwest quadrant of the county bounded by the Katy and South 288 freeways with Alief accounting for half of that or one sixth of the overall growth of the county during that five year time frame 20 The Alief Independent School District struggled to find room for all of the new students 19 As the population of Alief increased in the 1980s 21 the community began to diversify In 1978 close to 80 of the people in the community were white 22 Less than 4 of the people in the community were African American 22 The shift was primarily for socio economic reasons 22 Many low income Spanish speaking immigrants settled in traditionally low income areas of Houston inside Loop 610 22 Many African Americans who could afford to left traditional African American neighborhoods to move to Alief and other parts of Southwest Houston during the 1980s 21 22 White people who could afford to move to newer suburbs further from Houston than Alief began to leave the community 22 In addition many people of Asian ancestry settled in Alief Sharpstown and Westwood creating one of the largest Asian American concentrations in Houston 21 Southwest Houston s Asian population included mainly immigrants from China India Pakistan Vietnam Cambodia and Korea 21 In addition Southwest Houston became home to many people from Taiwan the Philippines Japan Laos and Indonesia 23 By the late 1980s white students accounted for less than half of the students enrolled in Alief ISD 22 In addition changes in population and demographic the community underwent several other important changes Robert E Bob Smith died in 1973 and his widow sold 760 acres of land to the Westchase Corporation which began developing the Westchase District 13 Houston began annexing Alief in 1977 12 24 The City of Houston voted to annex the Alief Fondren area on November 23 1977 25 In 1978 Brown and Root built a large engineering complex at the corner of Bellaire Blvd and Beltway 8 26 Houston continued to annex pieces of Alief into the 1980s 27 West Oaks Mall opened in 1984 28 and was annexed by the City of Houston the same year 27 The community feared that annexation would lead to neglect by Houston s government and protested further annexations 27 Despite these efforts Houston succeeded in annexing most of the area 29 Agriculture began to fade 30 31 The last cotton gin in Alief closed in 1976 31 and the area ceased growing cotton altogether by 1982 30 Alief was one of the last places where cotton had been grown in Harris County 30 31 Dairy cattle vegetable production and rice production also declined 30 Urban development took the place of agriculture 30 In the spring of 1985 Houston Fire Station 76 was opened to serve the Alief area 32 The Alief Branch Library since renamed the David M Henington Alief Regional Library was also opened in 1985 33 34 As a sign of the community s growing diversity the Houston Chronicle noted that the library staff spoke a variety of languages including Hindi Mandarin Chinese and Farsi referring to Persian when the library first opened 34 West Houston Medical Center was constructed in 1985 as well 35 36 The Alief General Hospital building was abandoned The Fame City entertainment complex and water park which later became Fun Plex and Adventure Bay held its grand opening in 1986 37 Fame City featured roller skating movie theaters a sound studio miniature golf bumper cars bowling alley games rides an arcade restaurants and shops indoors and a 10 acre water park outdoors 37 The Alief Brown and Root building closed in May 1987 but was reopened in November 1988 when the industry saw increased growth 26 Andrau Airpark was sold to the Camden Trust in 1988 although the airport continued to operate 13 Population boom 1990 2010 Edit The size and diversity of Alief s population continued to grow Alief s population increased by 45 from 1990 to 2005 38 By 1991 Alief ISD was growing at a rate of approximately 1 500 new students per year 39 Houston City Council District F which included Alief and Sharpstown had a population that was approximately 46 white with quickly growing African American Hispanic and Asian segments 40 Previously District F had a mostly white population 40 Alief ISD s student population was 24 African American by 1991 22 By 1993 there were 34 more Asian businesses than there had been in 1982 41 Canterbury United Methodist Church began offering services in Vietnamese in 1995 42 By 1996 Alief was one of the most ethnically diverse school districts in the country 43 The district s students spoke a total of 57 different languages Christ the King Episcopal Church was offering an African Thanksgiving Feast since many of the church members had African heritage 44 The district s main high schools Hastings and Elsik were the two largest high schools in Texas 43 Alief ISD estimated a total enrollment of 39 000 students in the district with 8 582 students attending either Hastings or Elsik 43 Mik Giglio of the Houston Press said in 2000 that in 1997 Alief was a blend of its affluent white former self and the predominantly poor ethnic enclave it has since become 45 In the first 1991 Mayor of Houston election most Alief voters voted for Bob Lanier However in the community Sylvester Turner Lanier s opponent had a large second most following in terms of votes 46 47 In 2008 M J Khan represented the District F which includes Alief 48 By December 3 1991 increases in crime and changes of demographics in southwestern Houston neighborhoods led to many challengers desiring to fill the city council seat of District F 49 By 1997 street signs in Alief near Bellaire and Corporate were in both English and Chinese 50 The Chinese signs had the Chinese phonetic pronunciations of the English names so that English and Chinese speakers could understand each other 50 In 1997 Hong Kong Development announced plans to build a center called Hong Kong City at the corner of Bellaire and Boone 51 The developers hoped that building west of Beltway 8 would move the center of the growing Asian business community further west 51 The Hong Kong City Mall opened in 1999 52 At the same time that the African American Hispanic and Asian populations increased the white population decreased 53 Researchers cited social class differences as the reason most white people moved away from Alief 53 People with greater financial means of all ethnicities moved to further outlying suburbs with greater amenities and better performing schools during the period while people with lesser financial means moved into the area to take advantage of newer housing and better amenities and schools than those that they left behind 53 The change was seen disproportionately in the white population since the white population was disproportionately wealthier 53 Allen G Breed of the Associated Press wrote Alief is an impoverished multicultural enclave where many of the business and street signs are in both English and one of several Asian languages The district s 47 000 students speak nearly 70 tongues and the number of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch over 70 54 Many developments in education took place in the 1990s in Alief In 1993 Alief ISD instituted a rule which made passing the statewide standardized test the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills TAAS Exit Exam a requirement for high school graduation 55 Many parents protested the measure 55 In 1995 voters decided to allow Alief ISD to build the Hastings and Elsik Ninth Grade Centers 56 In 1998 voters approved funds for Alief ISD to use to build a new high school 57 which would later become Alief Doc Taylor The period was also marked with political scandals In 1991 a ballot box from the Boone Elementary polling location containing over 700 ballots went missing after the poll closed 58 In late 1994 David M Henington the director of the Houston Public Library retired In an article about his retirement plans he told the reporter he wanted personal computers placed in all of Houston s branch libraries so that all Houstonians could access the internet information superhighway during their visits 59 In 1996 the Henington Alief Library began offering free internet access to the public 60 The service was text only and was limited to 20 minutes when other users were waiting to use the computers 60 The move by the Houston Public Library was intended to bring internet access to Houstonians who did not have a home computer and therefore did not have home access to the internet 60 In 2005 Alief became home to many Hurricane Katrina evacuees 61 More than 3 000 evacuees enrolled in Alief ISD schools 61 Alief ISD spent 12 million to accommodate Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 2005 54 The United States government promised to reimburse the district but in 2006 Alief had not yet received the money 54 Many of the students who were displaced by the hurricane were academically behind their Texas peers 61 In 2006 former United States President George H W Bush and Houston Mayor Bill White led a fundraising campaign to help Alief ISD and other districts pay for educating the displaced students 61 Between 2005 2010 more than 30 000 evacuee families lived section 8 based apartment complexes throughout southwest Houston Alief had the biggest concentration of Katrina evacuees in the city Shortly after Katrina refugees moved in the complexes and the area began to rapidly decline Locals residents stated the neighborhood already had problem before but nowhere near as bad as it is now With overcrowded apartments many landlords were forced to stop leasing after numerous property violations such as vandalism became a problem Some apartments were completely demolished due to poor living conditions The influx of evacuees caused an escalation of gang violence and crime Houston s homicide rate has shot up 18 since the storm and police statistics show that one in every five homicides in the city involves a Katrina evacuee as suspect victim or both Locals fed up residents and community leaders began filing complaints to push out evacuees due to the rise in crime stating It s time for them to go home In response Houston Police Chief Harold L Hurtt hired 400 additional officers to deal with the city s evacuee fueled crime wave HPD added the rise in murders were committed by New Orleans teenagers from rival housing projects shooting at each other over long standing beefs 62 63 Cityscape EditThe Alief Community Association defines the boundaries of Alief as Westheimer on the north Sam Houston Tollway on the east Fort Bend County Line on the west and Interstate 69 U S Highway 59 on the south 64 while the Alief Independent School District boundaries extend as far east as Gessner in some places 65 The Alief Super Neighborhood Council ASNC and the International Management District IMD have their own boundaries 66 Government EditMunicipal Edit Alief is partially annexed by the City of Houston and partially unincorporated This section pertains only to the annexed portion of Alief Please see the County section for unincorporated Alief As of 2011 Houston City Council District F covers the parts of Alief in Houston 67 The portion of Alief in Houston is within Super Neighborhood 25 Alief Its recognized council was established on June 25 2000 17 Each super neighborhood represents a group of civic clubs places of worship businesses and other institutions and community interests 68 Represents Name First Elected District BoundariesDistrict F 69 Tiffany D Thomas 2019 Map of District F after 2011 redistricting At Large Position 1 69 Mike Knox 2015 All of HoustonAt Large Position 2 69 David W Robinson 2013 All of HoustonAt Large Position 3 69 Michael Kubosh 2013 All of HoustonAt Large Position 4 69 Letitia Plummer 2019 All of HoustonAt Large Position 5 69 Sallie Alcorn 2019 All of HoustonCounty Edit Commissioner Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries Precinct 3 70 Steve Radack Republican 1988 2012 Map of Precinct 3State representation Edit Senators Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries District 13 71 Rodney Ellis Democrat 1990 2014 Map of District 13 District 17 72 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 2012 Map of District 17Representatives Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries District 133 73 Jim Murphy Republican 2010 Also served 2006 2008 2012 Map of District 133 District 149 74 Hubert Vo unseated Talmadge L Heflin Democrat 2004 2012 Map of District 149National representation Edit Senators Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends Level Senate Class 1 Ted Cruz 75 Republican 2012 December 2024 Junior Senator Senate Class 2 John Cornyn 75 Republican 2002 December 2026 Senior SenatorRepresentatives Name Party First Elected Current Term Ends District Boundaries District 9 76 Al Green Democrat 2004 January 2023 Map of District 9Demographics EditIn 2015 the Houston portion of the Alief Super Neighborhood had 106 657 people with 7 544 people per square mile 49 were Hispanic 22 were non Hispanic black 19 were non Hispanic Asians 9 were non Hispanic whites and 1 were non Hispanic others The median income was 46 187 77 The annexed portion of Alief which had a population of 108 971 people which was growing at a rate of 1 15 annually in 2009 78 The City of Houston stated on its website that the legendary diversity in Alief is evident in the large section of Asian residents and businesses along Bellaire Boulevard 79 According to the Alief Independent School District in 2011 Virtually every culture of the modern world is represented in the district s 45 000 student enrollment more than 80 languages and dialects are spoken among its students 12 In 2009 the population of the annexed portion of Alief which was 11 1 white non Hispanic 28 4 black non Hispanic 21 2 Asian and 37 9 Hispanic 78 The number of Asians and Hispanics in the annexed portion of Alief which increased between the years 2000 and 2009 while the number of people from all other ethnic groups listed by the City of Houston Planning Department either declined or showed no change 78 The number of households in the annexed portion of Alief increased from 31 033 in 2000 to 33 654 in 2009 78 The average size of households in the area increased as well from 3 15 to 3 22 78 The median age of residents in the annexed portion of Alief was 29 6 in 2009 78 The median household income in 2009 was 50 028 annually and the average household income was 54 295 annually for Alief households located in Houston 78 The unemployment rate increased significantly from 7 4 in 2000 to 11 5 in the annexed portion which of Alief 78 In 2000 the Alief Super Neighborhood had 41 820 residents with 2 962 people per square mile 31 were Hispanic 28 were non Hispanic black 21 were non Hispanic Asian 17 were non Hispanic white and 3 were non Hispanic other 77 Media EditThe major citywide newspaper for Houston is the Houston Chronicle and the Houston Post previously was a major daily newspaper Education EditPrimary and secondary schools Edit Alief Independent School District headquarters Public schools Edit Main article Alief Independent School District Public school students the vast majority of areas considered to be Alief are served by the Alief Independent School District Alief ISD Youens Elementary School As of 2011 the Alief Independent School District has 24 elementary schools 80 Youens Elementary 81 and Chancellor Elementary go all the way to fifth grade 82 however most students are also zoned to an intermediate school for fifth and sixth grade The district has six intermediate schools as of 2011 80 Students attend middle school for the sixth through eighth grades 83 The district has six middle schools as of 2011 80 High school students in Alief ISD are assigned by lottery to either Alief Elsik High School Alief Hastings High School or Alief Taylor High School during October of their eighth grade year 84 They can also choose to apply for admission to Alief Kerr High School 85 Students selected to attend Hastings High School attend the Hastings Ninth Grade Center during their ninth grade year and students selected to attend Elsik High School attend the Elsik Ninth Grade Center during their ninth grade year 86 It also operates Alief Early College High School which opened in 2010 and allows students to take courses for dual credit and graduate with both a high school diploma and the equivalence of an associate degree at the same time 87 The district also has two alternative schools 80 The Alief Learning Center has its own campus 88 while the Crossroads Night High School LINC SOAR Crossroads meets in the annex between Hastings and Elsik 89 The Crossroads program is designed for at risk students with discipline problems who are behind in academic credit and are at risk of not graduating from high school 89 as well students who are pregnant or parenting emancipated minors and students who have failed the TAKS TAAS tests 90 A portion of the City of Houston defined Alief Super Neighborhood within Fort Bend County is in the Fort Bend Independent School District 77 Some residents are zoned to Meadows Elementary School in Meadows Place along with Dulles Middle School and Dulles High School in Sugar Land while others are zoned to Townewest Elementary School Sugar Land Middle School and Kempner High School 91 Charter schools Edit Alief is served by multiple charter schools which are not affiliated with Alief ISD nor Fort Bend ISD Alief Montessori Community School is a pre kindergarten through fifth grade school following Montessori philosophy 92 Students are typically between 3 and 12 years old 92 The school is located on 6th Street in the historic townsite of Alief 92 As of July 2011 the school is undergoing an expansion Groundbreaking on the expansion was held on March 26 2010 93 In 2011 Children at Risk an education advocacy non profit ranked the Alief Montessori among the ten best Houston area elementary schools 92 The school has been recognized as an exemplary school by the Texas Education Agency every academic year since 1999 and was a recipient of the Honor Roll School Award from the Texas Business and Education Coalition 94 Its 2011 per pupil spending of 3 587 was one of the lowest in Houston 95 Harmony Public Schools offers two campuses in the Alief area Harmony School of Innovation grades K 8 96 and Harmony Science Academy High grades 9 12 96 Knowledge Is Power Program KIPP operates charter schools which serve Alief including KIPP SHINE Preparatory pre kindergarten through grade 4 97 KIPP Academy Middle School grades 5 8 98 KIPP Houston High School grades 9 12 99 and KIPP Unity pre kindergarten through grade 2 Private schools Edit Christ the Lord Lutheran School is located at 4410 S Kirkwood Rd 100 The school instructs preschool through the eighth grade 100 as part of the 4th largest private parochial school system in the United States Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod WELS 100 The school has been in operation since 1972 100 Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and St Agnes Academy are located in proximity to Alief 101 The Darul Arqam Schools Southwest Campus is located in Alief Houston with a Sugar Land postal address 102 103 Colleges universities and higher education Edit HCC Alief Campus in Westchase The Houston Community College System HCCS has served the Alief area since 1982 104 The HCC Alief Campus a part of the Southwest College 105 is located at 2811 Hayes Road in the Westchase area of Houston 104 106 The HCC Alief Continuing Education Center is located at 13803 Bissonnet Road in an unincorporated area in Harris County 104 In 1982 HCCS expanded classes to Alief Elsik High School In 2001 HCCS opened the Alief Center on Bissonnet In 2007 the new Alief Campus in Westchase opened In 2008 the former Alief Center became the Continuing Education Center 104 Public libraries Edit David M Henington Alief Regional Library Alief is served by both the Houston Public Library and the Harris County Public Library The David M Henington Alief Regional Branch of Houston Public Library is in Alief 107 The branch is located at 7979 South Kirkwood Street 108 and was originally named the Alief Branch Library when it opened in 1985 33 34 The library was later named for David M Henington who served as the Director of the Houston Public Library for 26 years 109 The area is also served by the Judson W Robinson Westchase Neighborhood Library of HPL at 3223 Wilcrest Drive within the Alief ISD boundaries 110 Residents of Alief within Harris County may obtain library cards for the Harris County Public Library HCPL system 111 There are no HCPL branches in the Alief area 112 Fort Bend County Libraries serves the Fort Bend County areas Emergency services Edit Houston Police Department Westside Division Police Substation and Municipal Courts Fire service Edit Alief residents in Houston receive fire services from the Houston Fire Department The Houston Fire Department has operated Station 76 Alief Community since 1985 113 A part of Fire District 83 is also in Alief 114 115 For residents of unincorporated Harris County emergency medical services EMS and fire service are provided by a volunteer fire department the Community Volunteer Fire Department CVFD CVFD is a combination career and volunteer fire suppression and EMS provider which operates two stations in the Alief area CVFD also has a training center in the Alief area where a bi yearly cadet program takes place A new training center is proposed next door to the current Station 1 116 Police services Edit Alief is served by the Houston Police Department which has Alief in the Westside Patrol Division headquartered at 3203 South Dairy Ashford Road 117 118 in the Alief area 119 In 2000 the police department s Westwood Storefront in the Westwood Mall was scheduled to open before May 2000 it is the first police storefront to open in Alief Construction delays foiled plans to open the storefront at the end of 1999 and in March 2000 120 Harris County Sheriff s Office serves unincorporated sections of Harris County The Alief area outside of Houston is within the District IV Patrol Bureau headquartered at the Clay Road Substation at 16715 Clay Road 121 122 The Mission Bend Storefront is located at 7043 Highway 6 South 122 Alief ISD Police Department serves the Alief Independent School District as its law enforcement agency Alief ISD Police keep staff students facilities and the public safe Alief ISD Police respond to other agencies in need of assistance in the surrounding Harris County and Houston area Medical services EditHospital Edit West Houston Medical Center is located on West Houston Center Blvd The current location was constructed in 1985 35 36 West Houston Medical Center is an HCA member hospital 123 The facility has 410 physicians 742 total employees 123 and 195 beds 124 The center houses an emergency room 123 which had annual visits of 47 156 in the year which was most currently reported as of July 2011 124 The center also has a cardiovascular services area a women s center a cancer center a gamma knife and many other services 123 US News amp World Report Health ranked West Houston Medical Center the 18 hospital in Houston as of July 2011 124 Government funded healthcare Edit El Franco Lee Health Center The El Franco Lee Health Center in Alief operated by Harris Health System formerly Harris County Hospital District opened on May 19 2009 125 Prior to the opening the closest facility was the People s Health Center The district said in a 2006 Houston Chronicle article that it planned to build a health care facility in Alief 126 The center has 66 000 square feet 6 100 m2 of space 127 The previous designated health care center was People s Health Center now Valbona Health Center The nearest public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center 128 Transportation EditMass transit Edit The Metropolitan Transit Authority METRO provides local bus services to the area METRO Park amp Ride locations in Alief include 129 Gessner Park amp Ride located at Westpark at Gessner Houston TX 77036 Considered to be located in Alief when Gessner is considered the boundary line for Alief Mission Bend Park amp Ride located at 13855 Alief Clodine Rd at METRO Blvd Houston TX 77083 Westchase Park amp Ride located at 11050 Harwin Dr Houston TX 77072 Westwood Park amp Ride located at 9990 Southwest Fwy south of Bissonnet Houston TX 77036 Considered to be located in Alief when Gessner is considered the boundary line for Alief Major highways Edit Westpark Tollway Interstate 69 U S Highway 59 Beltway 8 State Highway 6Airports Edit Andrau Airpark operated in Alief from 1946 1998 when it was closed to make room for the Royal Oaks Country Club and subdivision 18 Parks and recreation EditThe Alief Community is home to public parks maintained by Harris County public parks maintained by the City of Houston and private parks and venues Harris County parks Edit Harris County operates parks throughout Alief which is in Precinct 3 Harris County parks are maintained by the Precinct s Parks Division 130 Basketball Courts at Alief Amity Park Alief Amity Park an 11 acre 45 000 m2 park located along Westpark Tollway adjacent to Alief Elsik High School 131 In 1975 the county acquired what is now the park site from the Cloud family The park was dedicated in the early 1980s 132 The park once upon a time was the site of the original Alief railroad depot citation needed Archbishop Joseph A Fiorenza Park is located north of Westpark Tollway along Eldridge Road in northwest Alief This park includes a 0 6 mile 0 97 km trail 133 Located on part of a Harris County Flood Control District site acquired in 1988 the park was dedicated in June 1999 It is named after Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston Houston archbishop Joseph Fiorenza 134 Arthur Storey Park is a 175 acre 0 71 km2 green space along Brays Bayou at the intersection of Bellaire Boulevard and State Highway Beltway 8 immediately west of Chinatown 135 In August 1995 the Harris County Flood Control District began acquiring land along the bayou and in October of that year it agreed to allow the establishment of a park The commissioner s court voted to rename the park in January 1997 after Arthur L Storey Jr who worked for the Harris County Flood Control District 136 137 Storey is credited with modernizing and streamlining the county s flood control district operations while simultaneously considering the district s operations environmental implications 137 The park opened and was dedicated on September 26 1997 136 The duck pond at Arthur Storey Park Mike Driscoll Park is a 46 acre 0 19 km2 park located on West Center Boulevard between Westpark Tollway and Brays Bayou 138 The park hosts a playground and a 1 13 mile 1 82 km asphalt walking trail 138 City of Houston parks EditThe City of Houston operates parks in the annexed portion of Alief City of Houston parks are maintained by the City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department 139 Alief Community Park Alief Community Park is a 37 3 acre 0 151 km2 park located at the southwest corner of Bellaire Boulevard and Kirkwood Road 140 The park was acquired by the City of Houston in 1993 from the First United Methodist Church of Houston for 3 5 million 141 The city originally named the park Southwest Park but changed the name to Alief Community Park in 1997 141 It is home to Alief Community Center and Alief Pool 140 141 The park also boasts basketball courts tennis courts baseball fields playgrounds paved trails and multi purpose fields 140 In 2011 a new hike and bike trail funded by a Texas Department of Transportation grant was constructed 141 Alief Pool was nearly closed in 2011 due to city budget cuts 142 however corporate donors Marathon Oil and ConocoPhillips agreed to sponsor the pool 143 Boone Park is located on Boone Road between Bellaire Boulevard and Beechnut Street 140 It was created by the City of Houston in 1984 and has since been improved by the city oil companies and volunteers 144 145 The parks amenities include a 1 06 mile 1 71 km walking trail system cricket field playground picnic pavilion and multi purpose fields as well as a nature preserve recognized by the Texas Forestry Department 146 140 147 Hackberry Park is located 1 5 miles 2 4 km west of Boone Park on South Dairy Ashford Road between Bellaire Boulevard and Kirkwood Road 148 The park features a 1 mile 1 6 km outer loop trail 149 In addition the park has a community center a sprayground and a playground 148 The park is the former home of Hackberry Golf Course and occupies 22 5 acres 0 091 km2 149 The park was acquired in 2007 at a cost of 5 million and dedicated in 2009 150 149 Harwin Park is located in northeast Alief along Harwin Road near the intersection with Wilcrest Drive It contains multi purpose fields a trail system and a playground 148 The park is a 8 3 acre 0 034 km2 property and was established in 1989 144 Private parks and venues Edit Fun Plex is an indoor entertainment facility located at 13700 Beechnut St in Alief 151 Opening in 1986 as Fame City the venue features roller skating bowling a ferris wheel a two story playport bumper cars go karts and an arcade 152 The company s website claims that the facility is the largest indoor entertainment facility in Texas measuring 5 acres 152 Visitors may pay for each attraction individually or purchase a package entry to multiple attractions 152 Royal Oaks Country Club is located at 2910 Royal Oaks Club Dr 153 It and the surrounding Royal Oaks Community was built on the old Andrau Airpark The country club has a clubhouse golf course fitness center tennis center aquatic center with pools and a water park the Palm Grille restaurant and a child care area 153 The country club was developed by the Sunrise Colony Company 153 Religion EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2020 Christianity Edit The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston Houston operates Notre Dame Church in Alief It opened in 1969 with 173 families and a 5 000 square foot 460 m2 church structure with room for 750 From 1970 to 1975 the Continuing Christian Education and parish hall structures were built By 2008 the church had 2 600 families It previously used a 13 000 square foot 1 200 m2 sancturary By 2008 it struggled to cope with the demand so it began building a new sanctuary and day chapel as part of a 5 7 million capital campaign with 20 280 square feet 1 884 m2 of space The South Continuing Christian Education structure previously on the site was to be razed The church s site has 10 acres 4 0 ha of land 154 Ascension Chinese Mission traditional Chinese 美華天主堂 simplified Chinese 美华天主堂 pinyin Mei Hua Tianzhǔ Tang lit US China Catholic Church is in the Alief super neighborhood 155 156 It originated from a Chinese worship service that was established in the 1970s 157 The parish was created in 1988 158 initially operating out of a commercial center in the southwest Houston Chinatown area It relocated to its current site in Spring 1991 157 Christ The Incarnate Word Church Vietnamese Giao Xứ Đức Kito Ngoi Lời Nhập Thể also in the Alief super neighborhood 155 opened in 1998 159 It is one of five Vietnamese Catholic churches in the Houston area 160 The archdiocese operates another Alief church St Justin Martyr 161 Wilcrest Baptist Church is in the area Other religions Edit Shri Krishna Vrundavana has a Sugar Land postal address but is physically in the Alief super neighborhood in the Houston city limits 162 163 It occupies the 450 person 9 000 square foot 840 m2 former La Festa Hall It was established in 2011 with about 200 people in its congregation originally the temple rented its property In October 2015 the temple organizers bought the current site for 1 3 million In December 2015 its congregation had numbered over 800 162 The Islamic Society of Greater Houston ISGH operates Masjid At Taqwa Synott Islamic Center which has a Sugar Land postal address but is in the Alief super neighborhood in Houston 103 164 Community events and festivals EditLunar New Year Festival Edit The Lunar New Year Festival is an annual event 165 which was first held in 1996 165 The event has featured dancing cooking and a beauty contest 165 The festival claims to be the largest international celebration in the southwest 165 International Parade Edit The International Parade was first held in 2008 166 The parade is held annually near the end of September 166 The parade strives to include many different ethnic groups and promote the diversity of the community 166 The route travels down Bellaire Blvd 166 See also EditAlief Independent School District Wilcrest Baptist Church Texas portalReferences Edit a b Super Neighborhood Resource Assessment Alief PDF City of Houston August 2014 Retrieved 2017 09 20 US Board on Geographic Names United States Geological Survey 2007 10 25 Retrieved 2008 01 31 The Changing Face of Houston Alief Art Attack Houston Houston Press The Leading Independent News Source in Houston Texas Elbein Saul 2012 07 05 Saving the Mint Texas Observer Retrieved 2017 12 08 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Dairy Alief Archived from the original on July 14 2014 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the efficiency of their system not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries a b City of Houston and ETJ PDF City of Houston Retrieved 2020 06 07 and No 25 Super Neighborhood Resource Assessment Alief PDF City of Houston p 2 Retrieved 2020 06 07 Compare these maps to the Shri Krishna Vrundavana address 10223 Synott Road to the Masjid At Taqwa address 10415 Synott Road Sugar Land TX 77478 and to the Darul Arqam Southwest address same as that of Masjid At Taqwa a b c d HCC provides opportunity and education for the Alief community PDF permanent dead link Houston Community College System Retrieved on April 8 2009 HCC Southwest College Archived from the original on October 31 2013 Retrieved April 8 2009 Houston Community College Retrieved on April 8 2009 SECT2 key gif Archived from the original on February 27 2009 Retrieved April 8 2009 Westchase Retrieved on April 8 2009 HPL s Named Buildings Archived from the original on 2008 09 29 Retrieved 2008 11 16 Houston Public Library Retrieved on 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Houston Chronicle June 16 2005 Retrieved June 29 2011 Walker Ronald Boyce Bike walk project mulled Transportation agency to decide if Keegans Bayou plan gets the OK Houston Chronicle May 11 2006 Retrieved June 29 2011 Staff AROUND THE AREA Houston Chronicle March 23 2006 Retrieved June 29 2011 a b c Our Parks G N Archived from the original on 2011 08 01 Retrieved 2011 06 29 Houston Parks and Recreation Department Retrieved June 28 2011 a b c Martin Betty L PARK PLACE Former par 3 golf course opens as Alief park community center Houston Chronicle March 26 2009 Retrieved July 1 2011 Meeks Flori ALIEF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD Chairman resigns to take new job in Oklahoma New chairman to be elected in January 2010 Houston Chronicle September 17 2009 Retrieved July 1 2011 Contact permanent dead link Fun Plex c 2011 Retrieved July 4 2011 a b c Fun Plex Archived from the original on 2011 10 03 Retrieved 2011 07 05 Fun Plex c 2011 Retrieved July 4 2011 a b c Royal Oaks Country Club Amenities and Info nd Retrieved July 10 2011 Notre Dame Church eyes larger complex in Alief Houston Chronicle 2008 04 29 Retrieved 2020 06 01 a b No 25 Alief Super Neighborhood Assessment PDF City of Houston p 2 Retrieved 2020 06 09 Home Ascension Chinese Mission Retrieved 2020 06 09 4605 Jetty Ln Houston TX 77072 a b About Us Ascension Chinese Mission Retrieved 2020 06 02 Vara Richard Area Asian Catholics to come together in celebration Houston Chronicle August 21 1999 Religion p 1 NewsBank Record 3159522 Available from the Houston Chronicle website s newspaper databases accessible with a library card and PIN Home Christ The Incarnate Word Church Retrieved 2020 06 09 8503 S KIRKWOOD HOUSTON TX 77099 Latson Jennifer Mass honors those lost in Sherman bus crash Houston Chronicle September 8 2008 Retrieved on May 5 2014 Vara Richard 2002 09 07 Houston area churches reflect about Sept 11 Houston Chronicle Retrieved 2020 06 09 St Justin Martyr Catholic Church in Alief a b Kadifa Margaret 2015 12 08 Hindu temple finds new home in Sugar Land Houston Chronicle Fort Bend Sun Retrieved 2020 06 07 10223 Synott Road This property has a Sugar Land postal address but in fact is in the city of Houston USPS postal service boundaries do not necessarily correspond to municipal boundaries Archived from the original on 1996 10 31 Compare the address to the maps of the Houston city limits City of Houston and ETJ PDF City of Houston Retrieved 2020 06 07 and No 25 Super Neighborhood Resource Assessment Alief PDF City of Houston p 2 Retrieved 2020 06 07 Compare these maps to the Shri Krishna Vrundavana address 10223 Synott Road and to the Masjid At Taqwa address 10415 Synott Road Sugar Land TX 77478 Islamic Centers Islamic Society of Greater Houston Archived from the original on 2020 06 04 Retrieved 2020 06 07 Masjid At Taqwa Synott Islamic Center Address 10415 Synott Road Sugarland sic TX 77478 At Taqwa has a Sugar Land postal address but in fact is in the city of Houston USPS postal service boundaries do not necessarily correspond to municipal boundaries Archived from the original on 1996 10 31 Compare the address to the maps of the Houston city limits a b c d 15th Annual Lunar New Year Festival PDF permanent dead link Produced for event date February 5 2011 Retrieved July 10 2011 a b c d Baird Annette ALIEF INTERNATIONAL PARADE Event promises to be bigger better Houston Chronicle September 23 2009 Retrieved July 6 2011 Further reading Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alief Houston Alief Super Neighborhood Council ASNC Harris County Block Books Dairy Alief Townsite Volume 11 Pages 45 80 Andrau Airpark indicated Plate 1 1 Blocks 1 6 and 19 30 JPG and PDF Plate 2 2 Blocks 7 8 and 31 36 JPG and PDF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alief Houston amp oldid 1133520725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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