Greater Katy

This article is in reference to the area around the City of Katy, Texas. For more information regarding the City itself, please go directly to Katy, Texas.

Greater Katy is the term often used to refer to a suburban region on the west side of the Greater Houston metropolitan area that has a Katy address but not part of the city of Katy. This area includes the suburbs that surround the Katy city limits west to Pederson road, east to Fry road , north to FM 529 and south to FM 1093/ Westpark Tollway Parkway. While these boundaries are not exact, it gives a rough outline of what most people consider Greater Katy. Most of Greater Katy is to the east of the city of Katy toward Houston and includes surrounding suburban areas and unincorporated areas that are not in the Houston city limits. The region includes parts of Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Waller County much as the City of Katy does. Greater Katy is one of the fastest growing portions of the Houston metropolitan area and the state of Texas as a whole.

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Greater Katy versus the City of Katy

The City of Katy is actually a very small area surrounded by Greater Katy. The City itself only had an estimated 13,000 residents as of 2004. Many people confuse Greater Katy with the City of Katy, however there is no city representation or services provided to people outside of the actual city limits of Katy. Some of this area is actually within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston the city of Katy cannot annex this area without express permission from the City of Houston. This has occurred on several occasions in regards to relatively small tracts of land. Most recently this came into play with development of the Katy Mills Mall, which sat mostly within the City of Katy but about half was in the Houston ETJ. The developer and city of Katy threatened to build just parking lot on the Houston area depriving Houston of any real property tax value. For 1 million dollars Katy bought the right to annex the area desired.

Economy

Several corporations are headquartered in the Greater Katy area.

Igloo Corporation is headquartered west of Katy in unincorporated Waller County.[1] Academy Sports and Outdoors has its corporate offices and product distribution center in unincorporated western Harris County.[2]

In 2008 KBR announced that a new office facility would appear at the intersection of the Grand Parkway and Interstate 10 in unincorporated western Harris County, Texas, between Houston and Katy.[3] The new complex would have been be in close proximity to the Energy Corridor area of Houston.[4] KBR planned to continue to have a corporate presence in Downtown.[5] In December KBR said that it would not continue with the plans due to a weakened economy.[6]

Education

Public schools

Scools listed are in Greater Katy only for a fulll list of all KISD schools visit www.katyisd.org

High Schools

Jr. High Schools

Elementary Schools

Note that some scools may have a Houston address, but fall within KISD.

= Charter Schools

Aristoi Classical Academy (formerly West Houston Charter School), a state charter school, is in Katy.

Private schools

Faith West Academy [7][8] Pope John XXIII High School [9]

Colleges and universities

Katy is served by the Houston Community College System. HCC Northwest College operates the Katy Campus [10]

University of Houston System at Cinco Ranch offers bachelor's or master's degrees in a variety of areas including history, English, or various fields of science or business.

Public libraries

Greater Katy is served by the Fort Bend County Libraries Cinco Ranch Branch Library is in Cinco Ranch, south of Katy.[11] The HCPL Maud Smith Marks Branch Library is in unincorporated Harris County, west of Katy.[12]

Key roads and streets within Greater Katy

North-South roads

(listed from west to east)

East-West roads

(listed from north to south)

Neighborhoods within Greater Katy

Greater Katy is, for the most part, subdivisions and master planned communities with retail centers. Some of the neighborhoods and subdivisions that are in Greater Katy:

Regional Organizations

While the City of Katy is the only area served by city fire, police, and emergency services, there are other cases where all of Greater Katy is served by one organization. Examples include:

References

  1. ^ "Igloo Worldwide Headquarters." Igloo Corporation. Accessed September 5, 2008.
  2. ^ "Contact Academy Sports & Outdoors." Academy Sports and Outdoors. Accessed September 5, 2008.
  3. ^ Dawson, Jennifer. "KBR plans HQ campus." Houston Business Journal. Friday April 4, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  4. ^ Sarnoff, Nancy. "KBR says it's moving to Energy Corridor / Getting close to customers among reasons to leave downtown." Houston Chronicle. Saturday May 3, 2008. Business 1. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  5. ^ "KBR Announces Plan for West Houston Campus Location." KBR. May 2, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  6. ^ Sarnoff, Nancy. "Economic crunch undercuts real estate projects." Houston Chronicle. January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  7. ^ "Directions." Faith West Academy. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  8. ^ "Contact Us." Faith West Academy. Retrieved November 6, 2010. "Faith West 2225 Porter Road Katy, TX 77493."
  9. ^ "Contact Us." Pope John XXIII High School. Retrieved November 6, 2010. "1800 West Grand Parkway N Katy, Texas 77449."
  10. ^ "Northwest College." Houston Community College District. Accessed September 5, 2008.
  11. ^ "Cinco Ranch Branch Library Katy, Texas." Fort Bend County Libraries. Retrieved November 6, 2010. "2620 Commercial Center Blvd. Katy, Texas 77494-6407"
  12. ^ "Maud Smith Marks Branch Library." Harris County Public Library. Retrieved November 6, 2010.

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