Lakes on Eldridge is an
unincorporated area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in northwest
Harris County, Texas
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, ...
, in
Greater Houston
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Co ...
.
[Lakes on Eldridge Street Map]
" Lakes on Eldridge. Retrieved on September 30, 2018. There is an adjacent subdivision, Lakes on Eldridge North.
It is adjacent to the
Barker Reservoir
Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river. The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impounds Mayd ...
and Cullen Park and is in proximity to the
Houston Energy Corridor
The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway. The district straddles a stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road west ...
.
[ The article includes information on the British School and Awty bus services.] It is equidistant to both
Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Located about north of Downtown Houston between Interstate 45 and Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 ...
and
William P. Hobby Airport
William P. Hobby Airport (colloquially referred to as Hobby Airport, Houston Hobby, or simply Hobby) is an international airport in Houston, Texas, located from downtown Houston. Hobby is Houston's oldest commercial airport, and was its primar ...
.
History
Lakes on Eldridge opened in 1995 while Lakes on Eldridge North opened in 2000, with building out completed in 2006.
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Transportation
Nearby major freeways include Beltway 8
Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County.
Beltway 8, a state highway maintained by the Texas ...
(Sam Houston Parkway), Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country highway in the American Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally pl ...
,[ and ]U.S. Highway 290
U.S. Route 290 (US 290) is an east–west U.S. Highway located entirely within the state of Texas. Its western terminus is at Interstate 10 southeast of Segovia, and its eastern terminus is at Interstate 610 in northwest Houston. It is the m ...
.[
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Composition
Lakes on Eldridge has 750-800 houses, on a total of of land.[ housing prices ranged between $300,000 and $1,500,000.][ an Olympic-sized swimming pool,][ and tennis courts with lighting.][
Lakes on Eldridge North has over 1,000 houses. It has a fitness center, a playground, and a volleyball court. It also has three tennis courts with lighting and two swimming pools.][
]
Education
The community is within the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD, often referred to as Cy-Fair) is an independent school district with its headquarters in northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. Cy-Fair ISD is the largest Recogn ...
,[ and is zoned to Shirley Kirk Elementary School, Truitt Middle School, and ]Cypress Ridge High School
Cypress Ridge High School is a public secondary school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, near Houston. It was established in 2002 as Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District High School #7. Cypress Ridge provides the deaf educ ...
. Kirk Elementary, named after teacher Shirley Kirk (October 8, 1930-February 11, 2015), opened in 2000. The namesake worked for the district until she retired in 1994.
Awty International School
Founded in 1956,The Awty International School is a private school located in Spring Branch, western Houston, Texas, United States. Awty allows its students to receive the International Baccalaureate or the French Baccalauréat, and is the only sc ...
, which includes Houston's French international school; and the British International School of Houston
The British International School of Houston (BISH), formerly the British School of Houston (BSOH), is a non-sectarian, co-educational college preparatory day school in the Greater Katy region of the Houston area. BISH, which opened in September 2 ...
, maintain school bus services to Lakes on Eldridge.[ The Village School also has a bus service to/from Lakes on Eldridge and Lakes on Eldridge North.
Areas in Cy-Fair ISD (and therefore Lakes on Eldridge) are located in ]Lone Star College
Lone Star College (LSC) is a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas, area. In 2017 it enrolled about 95,000 students. The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Wood ...
.Sec. 130.191. LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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References
External links
Lakes on Eldridge
Lakes on Eldridge North Community Association
Kirk Elementary School
Harris County, Texas
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