South Houston is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Harris County.

[5] Elephants belonging to former South Houston mayor George Christy, a circus owner, assisted the construction of the Spencer Highway.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.8 km2, all land.

The South Houston City Council establishes city policies, considering resolutions and ordinances, appointing South Houston residents to positions on municipal committees and boards, and establishing the annual budgets.

The council members are Mary Castillo, Willie Rios, Cynthia Piña, Mauro Barrera, and Louis Martinez.

The South Houston Police Department is headquartered at 1101 West Dallas Street.

[16] South Houston is within District 6 of the Texas Senate; as of 2018 Carol Alvarado is the representative.

[18] The United States Postal Service operates the South Houston Post Office at 315 North Allen Genoa Road.

[20] The Lewis Food Town grocery store chain is based in South Houston.

In the period 1999–2000 South Houston Elementary, despite the low socio-economic backgrounds of its students, received "recognized" scores from the Texas Education Agency.

Parts of South Houston are zoned to Carter Lomax Middle School (Pasadena, Grades 5–6).

Parts east of Old Galveston Road are served by Queens Intermediate School (Pasadena, Grades 6–8).

[28] South Houston Intermediate opened on property acquired by PISD in 1947; it previously housed the Asgard College for Girls, a prison for delinquent boys, a psychiatric hospital, a transit house for the federal government, and a National Youth Association Camp.

[31] Residents of Pasadena ISD (and therefore South Houston) are zoned to San Jacinto College.