Meadows Place, Texas

Meadows Place is a city located in Fort Bend County in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Meadows Place had a population of 4,767.

Meadows Place was part of Stafford's extraterritorial jurisdiction prior to incorporation on November 14, 1983. Meadows Place was incorporated as Meadows, but this was changed to "Meadows Place" in 1997 due to postal conflicts with a city of a similar name, Meadow, Texas.

History

Meadows Place began as the Meadows Municipal Utility District, which had been established in 1967.The Meadows Place development farmland was purchased by Ayrshire Corporation. In 1968, the first houses were constructed by Ayrshire Corporation, a second-generation family-owned company founded in 1946. Ayrshire has developed mix use property throughout the United States and Australia. The Meadows place development is representative of their development capabilities. Meadows incorporated on November 14, 1983, to avoid being annexed by Houston. In 1990, the city had 4,606 residents. The population in 2010 was listed as 4,660 residents. In June 2012, Meadows Place received an award from Keep Texas Beautiful for a water reuse project that culminated in a beautiful new lake in the center of the city which, in addition to recreation, is used for irrigation of most of the city's parks land and baseball complex. So dramatic was the transformation, Meadows Place was asked to make a poster presentation at the 28th annual Water ReUse Symposium in Denver, Colorado. The presentation—"No City is Too Small to Receive Benefits from Water Reuse"—met with such acclaim they were invited to share their story at an international water convention. Hundreds of people from the US, Canada, Mexico, even Sweden and Norway, have come to see how a small city with limited resources could bring such a project to fruition.

Geography

thumb|left|Map of Meadows Place

Meadows Place is located along the northeast border of Fort Bend County at (29.649599, –95.588747). It is bordered by the city of Sugar Land to the west, Stafford to the south, and Houston to the northeast in Harris County. Downtown Houston is to the northeast via Interstate 69, the Southwest Freeway.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

The city is located between West Bellfort Avenue, U.S. Route 59/I-69, Dairy Ashford Road, and West Airport Boulevard. Meadows Place is southwest of Houston's Beltway 8.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

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|+Meadows Place city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!% 2000

!% 2010

|White alone (NH)

|3,162

|2,465

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,039

|64.37%

|52.90%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |42.77%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|291

|423

|style='background: #ffffe6; |480

|5.92%

|9.08%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.07%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7

|0.18%

|0.17%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%

|Asian alone (NH)

|767

|804

|style='background: #ffffe6; |858

|15.61%

|17.25%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.00%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.10%

|0.11%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|Other race alone (NH)

|14

|17

|style='background: #ffffe6; |18

|0.29%

|0.36%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|101

|91

|style='background: #ffffe6; |192

|2.06%

|1.95%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.03%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|563

|847

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,173

|11.46%

|18.18%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.61%

|Total

|4,912

|4,660

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,767

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Meadows Place had a population of 4,767. The median age was 43.5 years, 20.9% of residents were under the age of 18, and 22.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 86.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 83.2 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,825 households in Meadows Place, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.3% were married-couple households, 13.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Fort Bend County does not have a hospital district. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with.

Infrastructure

Water System

The City of Meadows Place operates its own water system consisting of three water wells around the city.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

thumb|Meadows Elementary School

Meadows Place residents are within the Fort Bend Independent School District. Children attend Meadows Elementary School (located in the city of Meadows Place), Dulles Middle School (in Sugar Land), and Dulles High School (also in Sugar Land). Dulles Junior and Dulles High School were already built as Meadows Place opened. Meadows Elementary was occupied in August 1973. Dulles Junior High School reopened and was reoccupied in 1983.

In 2018 the FBISD administration proposed closing Meadows Elementary. In response parents from the community advocated for keeping the school open. An area resident quoted by KTRK-TV, stated that the members of the community believed that if Meadows Elementary was shut down, their property values would decline.

Sugar Grove Christian School, a preschool and elementary school, is in Meadows Place. It was founded in 1969, as the Sharpstown Christian School.

Colleges and universities

Community college facilities in proximity to Meadows Place are Houston Community College facilities and the Wharton County Junior College (HCC) facilities. Colleges and universities in proximity to Meadows Place include Houston Baptist University and the University of Houston Sugar Land campus. Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land, Meadows Place is in neither location. Meadows Place is in HCC.

Parks and recreation

Meadows Place has six parks within the city: Mark McGrath Municipal Park, Jim McDonald Park, Brighton Lane Park, Meadow Glen Park, Meadow Valley Park, and Kangaroo Court Park.

The city also has a Discovery & Nature Center, that offers up-close experiences with several different species of animals. The center is open to residents and non-residents for a fee. It can also be rented for birthday parties and special occasions.

In addition, the city has a community center, community swimming pool, tennis courts, pickleball courts, baseball fields, splash pad, walking trails, and a running path. Both the community center and swimming pool are available for rental.

In 2011, the city built a lake complex in the middle of their park using Type 1 reclaimed water. This facility is used for fishing, hiking, and birdwatching year round. The lake is used as source of water for irrigation of city parks, saving the city money on subsidence fees. This project was recognized as the number two top environmental project in the State of Texas by Keep Texas Beautiful in 2012 and has had visitors from around the country.

Gallery

File:MeadowsPlaceTXPolice.JPG|Meadows Place Police Department

File:MeadowsPlaceFireStation.JPG|Meadows Place Fire Station

File:McGrathMunicipalParkMeadowsPlaceTX.JPG|Mark McGrath Municipal Park

File:Mark McGrath Park 3.jpg|Mark McGrath Municipal Park

File:Mark McGrath Park.jpg|Mark McGrath Municipal Park Splash Pad

File:Mark McGrath Park 2.jpg|Mark McGrath Municipal Park

File:Jim McDonald Park.jpg|Jim McDonald Park (Includes Sensory Park

File:Helfman Playground for All (Inside of Jim McDonald Park).jpg|Helman Playground at Jim McDonald Park

File:Meadow Valley Park.jpg|Meadow Valley Park

File:Meadow Valley Park 2.jpg|Meadow Valley Park

File:Brighton Lane Park.jpg|Brighton Lane Park

File:Meadow Glen Park.jpg|Meadow Glen Park

File:Kangaroo Court Park.jpg|Kangaroo Court Park

File:Meadows Place Discovery & Nature Center.jpg|Discovery & Nature Center

File:Meadows Place Discovery & Nature Center 6.jpg|Discovery & Nature Center

File:Meadows Place Discovery & Nature Center 3.jpg|Discovery & Nature Center

File:Meadows Place Discovery & Nature Center 2.jpg|Discovery & Nature Center

File:Meadows Place Discovery & Nature Center 4.jpg|Discovery & Nature Center

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References

External links

City of Meadows Place official website