Aldine, Texas: A Historical Overview of the Community
By: Diana J. Kleiner
Published: 1952
Updated: September 20, 2023
Aldine is on Farm Road 525, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Hardy Toll Road, on the northern outskirts of Houston in central Harris County. It was originally built on the International–Great Northern Railroad and named for a local farm family. The community had a post office from 1896 until 1935, when mail was delivered from Houston. By 1914 Aldine had two general stores, a fig preserver, and several poultry breeders and dairymen. The population briefly reached 100 in 1925 but fell in the 1930s and 1940s to between thirty and forty. The Aldine schools were integrated by federal order in 1965. The community began growing again in the late 1970s. It had a population of 12,623 in 1986 and 11,133 in 1990. In 2000 the population grew to 13,979.
Bibliography:
Durward Harvey Blackmon, An Educational Survey of a Portion of North Harris County, Texas (M. Ed. thesis, University of Texas, 1939).
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Diana J. Kleiner, “Aldine, TX (Harris County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/aldine-tx-harris-county.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
TID:
HNA18
- 1952
- September 20, 2023
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