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SOUTHSIDE PLACE, TEXAS


Harris County, Texas Gulf Coast

29°42'35"N 95°26'8"W (29.709629, -95.435442)

Inside the 610 Loop of Houston
4 miles from Downtown Houston
Zip Code 77005
Area code 281/346/713/832
Population: 1,715 (2010) 1,546 (2000) 1,392 (1990)

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Southside Place, Texas water tower
Southside Place water tower
TE photo, 2003
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History in a Pecan Shell

Bounded on the S by Holcombe Boulvevard and surrounded on the N, W and E by West University Place, Southside Place is an independent municipality incorporated in 1934.

A post office opened sometime prior to 1940 and the population for that year’s census was about 1,400. The largely residential community declined in the late 1970s to a low of 1,263.

Southside Place has a few businesses, its own fire and police department and as recently as 2001, it maintained its own water system. The town has since removed the water tower shown above.



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Texas Gulf Coast

Southside Place, Texas Nearby Towns:
Houston the county seat
Galveston
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