Gulfton, Houston, Texas
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Gulfton is a section of western Houston, Texas, United States.
Gulfton, a 3.2 square mile group of apartment complexes [1], is located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8, west of the city of Bellaire, east and south of U.S. Route 59, and north of Bellaire Boulevard.
Gulfton has a mostly Hispanic and immigrant population.
The apartments that make up Gulfton were built during the Oil Boom of the 1970s, when the population was wealthy and predominantly white. After the oil bust in the mid 1980s, much of the wealthy population then left the area, and was replaced by Latin American immigrants. Crime increased in the area, so some individuals gave the neighborhood the name Gulfton Ghetto.
Benavidez Community Garden, the largest urban harvest garden in the city of Houston, is located in Gulfton.
According to Beatrice Marquez, a Houston ISD parent involvement specialist for the Gulfton area, stated that many immigrants in many Central American community specifically identify themselves as going to Gulfton [2].
[edit] Police service
Gulfton is served by the Houston Police Department's Fondren Patrol Division [3].
The Gulfton Storefront Station is located at 5980 Renwick [4].
[edit] Education
Gulfton is zoned to schools in the Houston Independent School District.
Several different elementary schools serve different sections of Gulfton:
The area is zoned to Jane Long Middle School (with Pin Oak Middle School as an option) and Lee High School (with Lamar and Westside high schools as options). Most Gulfton residents attend Lee High School [5] [6].
The Holy Ghost School is near Gulfton [7].
[edit] External links
- Report about Gulfton (KHOU)
- Page about Gulfton by St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities
- Southwest Chamber of Commerce article [8].
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