Rice Military, Houston, Texas

Rice Military is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States.

The boundaries of the Rice Military neighborhood are Washington Avenue on the north, Memorial Drive on the south, Shepherd Drive on the east, and Westcott Street on the west. [ [http://www.ricemilitary.org/documents/bylaws.htm RMCC By-Laws] . Rice Military Civic Club. Last accessed September 24, 2006.] Rice Military, which is inside the 610 Loop, is next to Memorial Park.

The area was named "Rice" as the people who owned it were members of the Rice family; the Rice family included William Marsh Rice, who founded the Rice Institute (now Rice University).

The term "Military" is a reference to the neighborhood's bordering of what was once Camp Logan, a World War I-era U.S. Army training camp.

The area is now mostly upper-middle class.

Government

Federal and state representation

Rice Military is in Texas's 7th congressional district [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx07_109.gif] .

Police service

The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department's Central Patrol Division [http://www.houstontx.gov/police/cs/beatpages/central.htm] .

Education

Residents are zoned to the following Houston ISD schools:
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/memoriales Memorial Elementary School] [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/MemorialES.pdf Memorial Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/hoggms Hogg Middle School] [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/HoggMS.pdf Hogg Middle Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
* Lamar High School [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/LamarHS.pdf Lamar High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

St. Theresa School, a Roman Catholic K-8 School that is a part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is in the area. [ [http://www.archgh.org/SchoolPages/schoolpages-new/sttheresa-houston.htm St. Theresa School] . The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. St. Thomas High School is also near the subdivision.]

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References

External links

* [http://www.ricemilitary.org/ Rice Military Civic Club]