Southside Place, Texas

About Southside Place

Southside Place, TX is a small town located in eastern Texas, home to 1,908 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Officially, Southside Place is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.25 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 7,632 residents per square mile.

📰 Southside Place News Today

• Southside Place officer attacked by bird outside police station, surveillance video shows ABC13 Houston · Aug 14
• Texas police officer gets into hilarious boxing match with dive-bombing bird KEYE · Aug 16
• Harris County breaks ground on $32.7 million flood project Click2Houston · Jul 13
• Texas police officer gets into hilarious boxing match with dive-bombing bird WCIV · Aug 16
• Texas police officer gets into hilarious boxing match with dive-bombing bird WPEC · Aug 16

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Southside Place Unique

• The only place in America named Southside Place — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.25 sq mi.
• Positioned in eastern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Southside Place

• Abu Omar — arab
• Asahi Sushi — asian
• Calliope's — seafood
• CoffeeTrend — coffee shop (café)
• El Tiempo Cantina
• Fajita Pete's — mexican
• La Tazza Specialty Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Liberty Taco — tacos
• Morningside Thai Restaurant — thai
• Olive Garden — italian

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Southside Place

• Colonial Park reviews ★
• Fire Truck Park reviews ★
• Mulberry Park reviews ★
• Beech-White Park reviews ★
• Braeswood Park reviews ★
• Bricker Park reviews ★
• Carruth Plaza reviews ★
• E.R. and Ann Taylor Park reviews ★
• Fannin-Greenbriar Triangle reviews ★
• Helen's Park reviews ★
• John P. McGovern Campus Park reviews ★
• Karl Young Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Southside Place

• HARRIS CO JJAEP

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Southside Place

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