East Houston is a community in

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

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Government and infrastructure

The City of Houston Super Neighborhood #49 East Houston opened on August 24, 2000. The

United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U ...

operates the East houston Post Office at 9604 Mesa Drive. In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close.Weisman, Laura.
Nine Houston post offices marked for closure (with poll)
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Houston Chronicle The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. With i ...

''. July 26, 2011. Retrieved on July 26, 2011.

Education

The

Houston Independent School District The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and ...

serves East Houston.Barajas, Erik.
North Forest ISD officially closes today
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KTRK-TV KTRK-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on Bissonnet Stre ...

''. July 1, 2013. Retrieved on July 1, 2013.

North Forest High School North Forest High School (NFHS) is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD); it was a part of the North Forest Independent School District (NFISD) until t ...

is the sole zoned high school. Until July 1, 2013,

North Forest Independent School District North Forest Independent School District (NFISD) was a school district in northeast Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas. Established in the early 1920s in a low-income white area, it later became majority-black and black-run. The district had a histo ...

served East Houston; that district was formerly named the East and Mount Houston Independent School District.The History of B.C. Elmore
" ( ) B.C. Elmore Middle School. Retrieved on November 14, 2011.

References

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