Where is Memorial?
Memorial is an area of west Houston between Interstate 10 and Buffalo Bayou. The City of Houston recognizes it as Super Neighborhood 16, Memorial. The super neighborhood runs from I-10 on the north to Buffalo Bayou on the south. Its west edge is near State Highway 6. Its east edge meets the incorporated villages of Hedwig, Bunker Hill and Piney Point.
The city’s planning profile gives the super neighborhood an area of 6,878 acres, or 10.75 square miles. It lies in Houston City Council District G, in Harris County.
How is Memorial different from the Memorial Villages?
The Memorial area is inside the City of Houston. The villages east of it are separate incorporated cities with their own governments. The Memorial Villages Police Department serves Bunker Hill Village, Hunters Creek Village and Piney Point Village. The Village Fire Department serves Bunker Hill, Hedwig, Hilshire, Hunters Creek, Piney Point and Spring Valley.
Where does the name come from?
The area takes its name from Memorial Drive, its main thoroughfare.
History and land use
The city dates the first significant residential development to the 1950s. Buyers were drawn to the wooded land and to Spring Branch ISD and Katy ISD schools. Housing ranges from tract homes to large estates.
The I-10 corridor on the north side holds office centers in the Energy Corridor and retail districts at Town and Country and Memorial City.
Which school districts serve Memorial?
The city’s super neighborhood profile lists three school districts in the area: Spring Branch ISD, Katy ISD and Houston ISD. The district for a given home depends on its address.
Flooding along Buffalo Bayou
Buffalo Bayou forms the south edge of the super neighborhood. Upstream, Barker Reservoir (built in 1945) and Addicks Reservoir (built in 1948) hold back floodwater to protect downtown Houston.
During Hurricane Harvey in 2017, controlled releases from the two reservoirs into Buffalo Bayou began on Aug. 28 at a combined 8,000 cubic feet per second. By Aug. 30 the rate had reached 13,000 cubic feet per second.