Fourth Ward
Fourth Ward is one of the historic six wards of Houston, Texas, United States. The Fourth Ward is located inside the 610 Loop directly west of and adjacent to Downtown Houston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: one of the historic six wards of Houston, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Fourth Ward, Houston”, “Houston Fourth Ward”, and “Mother Ward for Black Houston”
- Neighbors: Downtown Houston
Places of Interest
Highlights include Founders Memorial Cemetery and Beth Israel Cemetery.
Founders Memorial Cemetery
Cemetery
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Founders Memorial Cemetery, also known as Founders Memorial Park, is the oldest cemetery in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1836, it was originally known as "City Cemetery", and opened in conjunction with the founding of the City of Houston in what is now Fourth Ward near the edge of Downtown Houston.
Freedmen’s town
Historic site
In the United States, a freedmen's town was an African American municipality or community built by freedmen, formerly enslaved people who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neartown and Houston.
Neartown
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neartown is a general name for the lively area that encompasses the neighborhoods just west of Downtown. It is bounded by I-69/US-59 to the south, I-45 to the east, and Allen Parkway to the north. The western boundary is approximately Shepherd Drive.
Houston
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY 2.0.
Houston is a sprawling port city in Southeastern Texas. An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States and the most diverse large city since 2021.
Midtown
Suburb
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Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
Fourth Ward
- Categories: neighborhood, ward of Houston, African-American neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.7571° or 29° 45′ 26″ northLongitude
-95.37977° or 95° 22′ 47″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
76X6QJ4C+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1336656850OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Fourth Ward” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fourth Ward”
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Highlights include Temple Beth Israel and Rose of Sharon Missionary Baptist Church.
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