Hunters Creek Village is a city in Harris County,

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, United States, part of the metropolitan area. The population was 4,385 at the 2020 census. It is part of a collection of upscale residential communities in west Houston known as the Memorial Villages. As of 2022, Hunters Creek Village was the 403rd largest city in the State of Texas. As of 2000, Hunters Creek Village was the fifth wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income. A 2010 ''

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'' study stated that Hunters Creek Village was the most expensive

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in Texas.

History

Prior to the incorporation of Hunters Creek Village, German farmers settled the area and opened sawmills. By 1936, the community had a sawmill and several residences. In the mid-1950s, effort to form a Spring Branch municipality failed. The city incorporated in 1954 with a mayor-alderman government. Because of the 1954 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Hunters Creek Village's territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were unincorporated.Lee, Renée C.
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''. Sunday October 8, 2006. A21. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. "Some of the area communities that incorporated as cities and escaped annexation by Houston:" Print version exclusively has the information cited; the information is ''not'' included in the online edition. By 1966, the community had a school and a church. Between 1960 and 1980, the population increased from 2,478 to 4,580. In 1982, the population fell to 4,215. A total of 4,598 people lived in Hunters Creek Village in 1990. In 2008,

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.com selected Hunters Creek Village, along with the adjacent community of Bunker Hill Village and (southwest suburban)

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, as one of the three Houston-area "Top Suburbs To Live Well."

Geography

Hunters Creek Village is located at (29.769632, –95.500190). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,385 people, 1,657 households, and 1,466 families residing in the city. As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,374 people, 1,471 households, and 1,291 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,523 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.37%

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, 0.37%

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, 0.14% Native American, 4.80% Asian, 0.46% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.59% of the population. There were 1,471 households, out of which 43.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.9% were

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living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.2% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.19. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.2% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $171,294, and the median income for a family was $184,574. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $48,750 for females. The

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for the city was $88,821. About 0.6% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 1.2% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

Hunters Creek Village is a general-law city, governed by a Mayor and a City Council of five Councilmembers, all of which serve for staggered two-year terms. The current mayor of Hunters Creek Village is Jim Pappas as of May 2017. The Mayor, with Council approval, appoints members of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Adjustment. Bunker Hill Village, Hunters Creek Village, and Piney Point Villagebr>
jointly operate the Memorial Villages Police Department through the Board of Police Commissioners consisting of representatives of those three Memorial villages. The Village Fire Department, which serves all of the Memorial villages, is governed by a Board of Commissioners consisting of representatives of each of the six Memorial villages . Hedwig Village and the portions of Piney Point Village and Hunters Creek Village north of the Buffalo Bayou lie within and are served by the Memorial Villages Water Authorit

Harris County Precinct Three, headed by Tom Ramsey, serves Hunters Creek Village. Hunters Creek Village is located in Texas's 133rd House of Representatives district, District 133 of the

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. As of 2022 Mano DeAyala represents the district. Hunters Creek Village is within

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of the

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; as of 2022 Paul Bettencourt represents the district. Hunters Creek Village is in

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and represented as of 2022 by Wesley Hunt. In 2008, the pro- Republican Party publication ''Human Events'' identified the zip code 77024 as the zip code that gave the eighth largest contribution to

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campaign. The zip code, which includes the portion of Hunters Creek Village north of the

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, gave $540,309

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s by October 24, 2008. Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Northwest Health Center for ZIP code 77024 and Valbona Health Center (formerly People's Health Center) in Greater Sharpstown for 77063. The nearest public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the

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Politics

In the 2016 presidential election, Hunters Creek Village went to Republican nominee

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with 1,672 votes (67%) while Democratic nominee

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received 731 votes (29%). In the 2020 presidential election, Hunters Creek Village tallied 2,048 votes (68%) for Republican nominee Trump and 924 votes (31%) for Democratic nominee

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. In the

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, Republican nominee Trump garnered 1,997 votes (71%) in Hunters Creek Village to Democratic nominee

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's 756 votes (27%).

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

Hunters Creek Village is located within two school districts, the

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and, solely as to residences to the south of the Buffalo Bayou, the

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.Zoning Map
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= Spring Branch Independent School District

= Most of Hunters Creek Village is north of the Buffalo Bayou; that portion is served by the

. All residents are assigned t
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in Houston for preschool. One school, Hunters Creek Elementary School, is within the city boundaries. Most residents are zoned to Hunters Creek; some are zoned to Memorial Drive Elementary School in Piney Point Village. In 1954 the current Hunters Creek school opened. The district opened a new school building in August 2021. Students in Hunters Creek and in Memorial Drive Elementary all are zoned to Spring Branch Middle School and Memorial High School, which are in Hedwig Village.

= Houston Independent School District

= The portion south of the Buffalo Bayou is served by the

. HISD students are zoned to Briargrove Elementary School, Tanglewood Middle School (formerly Grady Middle School), and

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(formerly Robert E. Lee High School) (students may attend Lamar High School or Westside High School insteadHome Page
as of May 9, 2005. ''Lee High School''.). Residents of the Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School. Mark White Elementary School are scheduled to open in August 2016. Residents of the Briargrove Elementary zone, along with those of the Pilgrim, Piney Point, and Emerson zones, will be allowed to apply to this school. When Westside opened in 2000,Personal Touches
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''. residents of the Lee attendance boundary gained the option to attend Westside instead of Lee, with taxpayer subsidized transportation provided.

Private schools

Trinity Classical School has its middle school in the Memorial Middle Campus in the Chinese Baptist Church in Hunters Creek Village

Colleges and universities

Both Spring Branch ISD and Houston ISD (and therefore the whole city of Hunters Creek Village) are served by the

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/ref> The Northwest College operates the nearby Spring Branch Campus in Houston.

Public libraries

The city is served by the Spring Branch Memorial Branch of Harris County Public Library (the Spring Branch Memorial Branch is in Hedwig Village).

Media

The ''

'' is the area regional newspaper. The '' Memorial Examiner'' is a local newspaper distributed in the communit

Postal services

Most of Hunters Creek Village is within the 77024 ZIP code, while the section south of the Buffalo Bayou has the 77063 ZIP code. The

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location serving 77024 is the Memorial Park Post Office at 10505 Town and Country Way, Houston, Texas, 77024-9998. The location serving 77063 is the John Dunlop Post Office at 8728 Beverlyhill Street, Houston, Texas, 77063-9998.

Gallery

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in Hunters Creek Village Image:HuntersCreekVillageTexasStreetSign1.JPG, A street sign in Hunters Creek Village Image:LeavingHuntersCreekVillageTexasStreetSign.JPG, Leaving Hunters Creek Village Image:HuntersCreekVillageTexasStreetSignType2.JPG, A house in Hunters Creek Village along with another style street sign

References

External links

City of Hunters Creek Village official website
* {{authority control Cities in Texas Cities in Harris County, Texas Greater Houston