Southside Place is a city in west central Harris County, Texas, United States.

[6] Southside Place functions as a bedroom community for upper-middle- and upper-class families.

The United States Postal Service uses "Houston" for all Southside Place addresses; "Southside Place, TX" is not an acceptable postal city name for mail addressed to locations in the city.

Edlo L. Crain, the developer, placed a pool and a park in a subdivision to attract residents to the townsite.

In 1926, development of the second section of Southside Place, which spanned from Harper Street to University Boulevard, began.

The site of Southside Place previously housed the Harris County Poor Farm.

[11] Savvas T. Stefanides and Andy Chan are the candidates; the latter moved to Southside Place in 2004.

[13] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km2), all of it land.

[4] The Blair House, a two-story, red-brick, 183-unit apartment complex, opened in 1963 and was on a 4.2-acre (1.7 ha) site.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,835 people, 537 households, and 402 families residing in the city.

Any qualified voter may be placed on the ballot for Mayor or a city council position.

The Chief of Police is D.H. McCall and employs 12 sworn Texas Peace Officers.

The Southside Place Police and Fire Departments are headquartered along with the city administration at 6309 Edloe Avenue.

It has a mutual aid agreement with the cities of West University Place and Bellaire.

[27] Southside Place is in Texas's 7th congressional district; as of 2019 Lizzie Fletcher is the representative.

[29][30] In 2012 the Houston Press ranked the center the "Best Strip Mall - 2012" due to its abundance of small businesses that made the editors feel nostalgic.

[29] Shell Oil Company's Bellaire Technology Center had been located in Southside Place.

For decades many scientists and engineers discovered and studied facts related to oil and natural gas.

In 2008 Shell announced that it would close the Bellaire facility and expand the Westhollow Technology Center in Houston to accommodate most of the staff employed by the Bellaire center, while some staff would go to the Woodcreek Technology Campus in western Houston.

Offices, including medical and non-medical purposes, occupying 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) are to go on the second floor.

[41] All Southside Place pupils are zoned to Pershing Middle School in Braeswood Place in Houston;[42] any student zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School (in Bellaire)'s regular program.

Students who are eligible for HISD's preschools may attend any Early Childhood Center in Houston ISD.

Harris County Public Library system operates a branch in West University Place.

The park staff consists of 1 full-time Parks/Recreation Director, 1 part-time clubhouse manager, 30+ camp staff members, 2 assistant pool managers, 2 swim lessons instructors and 35 Red Cross certified Life Guards.

The city government publishes Southside Place Today, a community newsletter that is included with resident water bills.

[53] Southside Place is a member city of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO).