McNair, Texas

McNair is an area in east central Harris County, Texas, United States, which originated as an African-American community. Much of it is unincorporated; portions are within Baytown.

Education

Goose Creek Independent School District operates public schools and Lee College provides higher education opportunities for residents in the area. Lee College McNair Career Center at I-10 provides a state-of-the-art cosmetology facility for students and patrons. In the future, it plans to expand in 2011 to provide pipefitting, welding and heavy-equipment training. If all goes well, Harris County Public Library will then partner with Lee College to build a new McNair branch library on the same career center parcel. Goose Creek Memorial is the new high school for McNair residents. Highlands Junior High is the feeder junior school and Harlem Elementary is the feeder elementary school.

The 400-person capacity J.D. Walker Community Center has been a stepping stone for the McNair community since first opening in 1978. This facility houses a basketball court, tennis courts, computer lab, and the East Harris County Youth Program, which helps educate and mold the youth of McNair and surrounding communities. A Head Start program is housed next to the facility.

References

External links

McNair, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
about J.D. Walker Community Center

Municipalities and communities of Harris County, Texas, United States

County seat: Houston

Cities	Baytown‡ Bellaire Bunker Hill Village Deer Park El Lago Friendswood‡ Galena Park Hedwig Village Hilshire Village Houston‡ Humble Hunters Creek Village Jacinto City Jersey Village Katy‡ La Porte League City‡ Missouri City‡ Morgan's Point Nassau Bay Pasadena Pearland‡ Piney Point Village Seabrook‡ Shoreacres‡ South Houston Southside Place Spring Valley Village Stafford‡ Taylor Lake Village Tomball Waller‡ Webster West University Place

CDPs	Aldine Atascocita Barrett Channelview Cinco Ranch‡ Cloverleaf Crosby Highlands Mission Bend‡ Sheldon Spring The Woodlands‡

Unincorporated communities	Airline Bammel Barker Beaumont Place Bridgeland Community Cedar Bayou Champion Forest Cimarron Coady Copperfield Cypress Dyersdale East Aldine Fall Creek Hockley Houmont Park Howellville Huffman Hufsmith Kinwood Klein Kleinbrook Kohrville Louetta Lynchburg McNair Northcliffe Northcliffe Manor Northgate Forest North Houston Nottingham Country Remington Ranch Rose Hill Satsuma Timber Meadows Traces Westfield

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 29°48′15″N 95°01′18″W / 29.80417°N 95.02167°W / 29.80417; -95.02167

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