Hilshire Village is a city in Harris County,

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. The population was 816 at the 2020 census. The city is the smallest of the Memorial Villages in terms of area. As of 2000, Hilshire Village was the 10th wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income.

History

In the 1940s Frank Bruess and his mother left

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, entered Texas, and purchased of land in his new state. Bruess read about a country estate in Hillshire,

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; he liked this name and called his development "Hilshire Village" with one "L." By the early 1950s construction of Hilshire Village began. In the mid-1950s, effort to form a Spring Branch municipality failed. Hilshire Village incorporated on April 15, 1955. Because of the 1955 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Hilshire Village's territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were

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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. In 1960 543 people lived in Hilshire Village. In 1970 627 residents lived in Hilshire Village. By the 1990s the population grew to 665 residents. During that period some people demolished older homes and replaced them with newer homes.

Geography

Hilshire Village is located at (29.790394, –95.488178). According to the

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

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 816 people, 319 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The median household income was $220,398. As of the

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of 2000, there were 720 people, 286 households, and 227 families residing in the city. The

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was 2,661.0 people per square mile (1,029.6/km²). There were 292 housing units at an average density of 1,079.2 per square mile (417.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.89%

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, 0.42%

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, 0.14% Native American, 3.33% Asian, 0.42% from

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, and 1.81% from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.17% of the population. There were 286 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.83. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $117,252, and the median income for a family was $129,025. Males had a median income of $90,402 versus $61,875 for females. The

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for the city was $66,620. About 3.0% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the

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, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

The city has a mayor-council form of government. The Village Fire Department serves all of the Memorial villages. The Spring Valley Police Department serves Hilshire Village. Harris County Precinct Three, headed by Tom Ramsey as of 2022, serves Hilshire Village. Hilshire Village is located in Texas House of Representatives, District 133 of the

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. As of 2022

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represents the district. Hilshire Village is within District 17 of the

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; as of 2022 Joan Huffman represents the district. Hilshire Village is in Texas's 7th congressional district; as of 2022,

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Lizzie Pannill Fletcher is the representative. The

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uses "Houston" for all Hilshire Village addresses; "Hilshire Village" is not an acceptable city designation for mail addressed to areas in Hilshire Villag

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(formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Northwest Health Center for ZIP code 77055. The nearest public hospital is

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in the

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Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

Hilshire Village is served by

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. Hilshire Village is zoned t
Bear Boulevard School
in Spring Valley Village,