Addicks, Houston facts for kids
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Addicks is an area of Houston that was formerly its own community.
Addicks, a railroad stop for the Bear Creek community, was named after its original postmaster, Henry Addicks, in 1884. The original town site was located just south of the intersection of Patterson Road and Highway 6. The Addicks Bear Creek Cemetery contains the graves of many of the original German settlers. The town and surrounding community were destroyed by the Hurricane of 1900 but were quickly rebuilt. By 1947 the community was forced to move several miles south near the current intersection of I-10 and Highway 6 since the old location became the site for the Addicks Reservoir. Many of the old buildings can still be found. The Addicks Bear Creek Methodist Church, founded in 1879, is a historical building and can be found on the east side of Highway 6 near Addicks Dam. The church is now known as Addicks United Methodist Church [1]. Other old buildings located near the southeast corner of I-10 and Highway 6, make up a trendy area of shops, antique stores, and restaurants.
The City of Houston annexed the Addicks-Barker Reservoir area in 1972.
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Education
Addicks is served by the Katy Independent School District. The following schools serve Addicks:
- Wolfe Elementary School (for all elementary aged pupils in Addicks) (Houston) (formerly Addicks Elementary School; the school was renamed in 1986 in honor of former school superintendent and then Addicks Elementary principal, Mr. Maurice Wolfe.) The original school mascot (Addicks Bobcats) became the Lobos (Wolfe Lobos).
- Cardiff Junior High School (for pupils living north of Interstate 10) (Unincorporated Harris County)
- Mayde Creek Junior High School (for pupils living north of Interstate 10) (Unincorporated Harris County)
- Memorial Parkway Junior High School (for pupils living south of Interstate 10) (Unincorporated Harris County)
- Mayde Creek High School (for pupils living north of Interstate 10) (Unincorporated Harris County)
- James E. Taylor High School (for pupils living south of Interstate 10) (Unincorporated Harris County)
Addicks was, at one time, served by the Addicks Independent School District. The last graduating class of Addicks High School was in 1948. By the mid 1950s, there were only 6 grades in Addicks Elementary School. Seventh through twelfth grades were bussed to schools in Katy. Portions of Addicks ISD later consolidated into Katy ISD in 1961. The school board at the time could have guided Addicks ISD to consolidate into Spring Branch ISD, but they chose to merge with Katy because it (Katy ISD) was still a rural district. [2]. The rest of Addicks ISD was absorbed by other school districts.
