Southgate, Houston, Texas

Southgate is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States.

Southgate is located inside the 610 Loop west of the Texas Medical Center and Rice University, north of Old Braeswood and Reliant Park, south of Rice Village, and east of the city of West University Place and the neighborhood of Braeswood Place. The neighborhood was originally filled with houses built in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, but a "tear-down" movement is gaining momentum, with over 100 new homes built in the last decade. The neighborhood is bordered by West Holcombe, Greenbriar, University, and Travis.

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

Fire service

Houston Fire Department Fire Station 37 [http://www.houstontx.gov/fire/firestations/station37.html] is located at 3828 Aberdeen Way. Houston Fire Department Station 33 Braes Heights Medical Center is near the Texas Medical Center at 7100 Fannin @ South Braeswood [http://www.houstontx.gov/fire/firestations/station33.html] .

Police service

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

Patrol services are contracted to the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office.

Education

Public schools

Roberts Elementary School is located in Southgate. Southgate is zoned to Houston Independent School District schools, including Roberts, Pershing Middle School (located in Braeswood Place - Any student zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's regular program), and Lamar High School (Upper Kirby).

Gallery of public schools

Private schools

[http://www.svdp-edu.org/ St. Vincent de Paul School] , a K-8 Roman Catholic school operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is in the area.

[http://www.snschools.com/ St. Nicholas School Medical Center Campus] , a K-8 private school, is in the area.

Public libraries

The Houston Public Library Stella Link Branch and the Harris County Public Library West University Branch are near Southgate.

Community information

The Weekley Family YMCA is located near Southgate.

Real Estate

The neighborhood commonly known as "Southgate" consists of over 600 residences in six subdivisions: Southgate, Southgate parts 2 and 3, Southgate Boulevard, Southgate Annex, and Southgate Multi-Family. Property values in Southgate, along with many other "inside the Loop" neighborhoods, have increased considerably in the first decade of the 2000s. Average property sale prices in Southgate are now regularly exceeding $200 per square foot of structure area. Traditionally, Southgate had been immune from the "West University phenomenon", where many/most original small homes have been demolished to make way for much larger homes. Tax records show that from 1995-2006, the rate of new construction in Southgate has increased considerably, with new homes built on fully 15% of the lots in Southgate.

New homes built in Southgate: 1985-2006

Media

The "Houston Chronicle" is the area regional newspaper.

The " [http://www.westuexaminer.com/west_university West University Examiner] " is a local newspaper distributed in the community [http://www.westuexaminer.com/about_us/] .

The "Village News" is a local newspaper distributed in the community.

External links

* [http://www.houstonsouthgate.org Southgate]
* [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/homefront/neighborhoods/1198965 Houston Chronicle article on Southgate]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southgate_neighbors/ Southgate Neighbors discussion group]