Rio Grande Valley Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I found out somewhere that the intersection of I-10 and Gessner is the appoximate geographical center of Houston. Is this correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I found out somewhere that the intersection of I-10 and Gessner is the appoximate geographical center of Houston. Is this correct? according to this article,that is where it supposedly is. how they came across that information is beyond me. If they were talking population center, I'd more put it along Westhiemer @ Voss, but that's only a WAG on my end. I'm sure someone around here will be able to find a link somewhere with the appropriate information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I found out somewhere that the intersection of I-10 and Gessner is the appoximate geographical center of Houston. Is this correct? No, they're full of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Don't ask Ch 2. The consider the corner of Fannin and Elgin "Southwest Houston". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Downtown is the center of Houston. The freeways say so. Believe it or not, the east side does still exsist, and does have population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Actually, this must be a trick question, because the center of Houston is obviously "s"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 As always, Google as The Answer:Google MapsThe center of Houston is bound by Louisiana, Milam, Congress, and Preston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 As always, Google as The Answer:Google MapsThe center of Houston is bound by Louisiana, Milam, Congress, and Preston.I believe that is the post office. Area code 77001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 the big post office is on franklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Downtown is the center of Houston. The freeways say so.Believe it or not, the east side does still exsist, and does have population. i always forget about the east side. howdy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_tempora Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 As always, Google as The Answer:Google MapsThe center of Houston is bound by Louisiana, Milam, Congress, and Preston.If that is the post office, I'm not sure that it's the geographic center of Houston. I remember Ken Hoffman writing about how the distances to cities that you see on highway signs are calculated, and he said that it's usually the distance to the post office or the courthouse. So that might just be what a site like Google Maps uses when you type in Houston, TX, not necessarily the actual center.It says here that in the '90s, River Oaks was the geographic center of houston. I'm not sure if this has changed or not though. It seems like the Memorial Hermann people believe pretty strongly that it's at Gessner and I-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 According to Databook Houston:WESTERN SHARE OF POPULATION GROWTH (2005)Fort Bend 20.26%Waller 0.94%Suburban Harris (2/3) 13.41%EASTERN SHARE OF POPULATION GROWTH (2005)Liberty 1.94%Chambers 0.70%Galveston 9.73%Suburban Harris (1/3) 6.70%So that's 34.61% of growth identifiably west of the City and 19.07% identifiably east of the City. 46.32% are along the north/south axis or within the City limits and can't be easily split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Plastic Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 See I told you everything insideThe Beltway is the city center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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