Highland Village is a neighborhood in

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. Highland Village is located inside the

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in the triangle formed by

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, and River Oaks. Highland Village is in the 77027 ZIP code. The first homes in Highland Village were built in the early 1950s; some of the older homes were torn down and replaced with larger homes in the 2000s. Nearby Houston neighborhoods include Afton Oaks, Upper Kirby, Lynn Park, Oak Estates,

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, and Weslayan Plaza. The city of

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is also close to Highland Village. Stores in the area include

Highland Village Shopping Center Highland Village Shopping Center is a mixed-use shopping center on Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas. Highland Village was built in the mid-1940s by S.N. Adams and has been owned by Haidar Barbouti's Highland Village Holdings since 1991. Barbouti i ...

, H-E-B's Central Market and Rice Epicurean supermarkets. Shopping in

and the Upper Kirby districts are nearby.

Shopping center

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Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

Highland Village is served by

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schools. Highland Village is zoned to:
St. George Place Elementary School
* Lanier Middle School * Lamar High School

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Private schools

Nearby private schools include

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and St. John's School.

Police service

The neighborhood is within the

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's Central Patrol Divisio

Media

The ''

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

References

External links

Afton Oaks

Central Market

Greenway Plaza

Highland Village Shopping Center
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