Klein, Texas

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Klein is an unincorporated community in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston within north Harris County, Texas, bordering on Houston to the South and Tomball to the North. It is named after Adam Klein, a German immigrant whose best-known great-great-grandson is singer Lyle Lovett. Other famous sons and daughters of the Klein community include actress Sherry Stringfield, singer/songwriter Derek Webb, songwriter Aaron Tate, and Olympic gold-medalists Laura Wilkinson and Chad Hedrick.

Klein is served by David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, one of just a few privately owned airports in the U.S. to have a Federal Aviation Administration control tower, and home to Civil Air Patrol's Delta Composite Squadron.

Klein overlaps land area that is better known as Spring, TX, another unincorporated community.

1 Location
2 Fire service
3 Emergency Medical Services
4 Education
5 Demographics
- 5.1 Neighborhoods
6 External links

[edit] Location

Since Klein lacks something of a central government, there are no real set boundries. However, since most of the Klein Independent School District and the Klein Volunteer Fire Department are located in a single zip-code (77379), the zip-code boundries can generally be used to set certain unofficial boundries, except in the west where a tiny sliver of zip-code 77375 is part of Klein. These boundaries are Boudreaux Rd to the north, Kuykendahl Rd to the east, Texas State Highway 249 to the west, and Cypress Creek to the south.

[edit] Fire service

The Klein Volunteer Fire Department serves areas considered to be Klein KVFD consists of 7 stations, they provide fire protection for the area. A paid crew provides services Monday thru Friday during regular business hours with a substational pool of volunteers providing response services after regular business hours.

[edit] Emergency Medical Services

EMS is provided by Cypress Creek EMS, a highly respected and advanced provider of emergency medical services. It is staffed by both volunteer and salaried medic units.

[edit] Education

The area considered to be Klein is served by the Klein Independent School District, established by the Texas Legislature in 1977.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2000 Census, 45,986 people live in the zip code (77379) that enccompasses Klein. The racial makeup of the town was 85.9 percent White, 4.2 percent Black, 0.6 percent Native American, 5.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Pacific Islander, 3.8 percent from other races. Persons of Hispanic origin, regardless of race, accounted for 8.9 percent of the population. About 2.6% of families live below the poverty line

In recent years, the development of large, expensive homes and giant apartment complexes with cheap rents have served to diversify Klein's once homogenously middle-class economy. The area is renound for its low living costs and is considered a more affordable alternative to city living.

[edit] Neighborhoods

Klein is home to many planned communities, including Champion Forest, Memorial Northwest, Wind Rose, Wimbledon, Vintage Lakes, Gleannloch Farms, Northampton, Cypresswood, Spring Creek Oaks, among others.

[edit] External links

Klein, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
Hooks Airport Web Site
Delta Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol
Klein Volunteer Fire Department
Cypress Creek EMS
Klein Independent School District
Story about Lyle Lovett's connection to Klein
Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 30.04615° -95.53591°
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- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA

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