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Southside Place is a city in west central Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,835 at the 2020 census. As of the 2000 census, Southside Place is the 13th wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income. Southside Place functions as a bedroom community for upper middle and upper class families. Many businesses are located in Southside Place; all are along Bellaire Boulevard. 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.

Southside Place opened on Easter Day in 1925. Edlo L. Crain, the developer, placed a pool and a park in a subdivision to attract residents to the townsite. The first section to open was south of the park. It was in proximity to Bellaire Boulevard and the streetcar line, which was nicknamed the "Toonerville Trolley". In 1926, development of the second section of Southside Place, which spanned from Harper Street to University Boulevard, began. The Great Depression slowed development. The site of Southside Place previously housed the Harris County Poor Farm. The Haden and Austin company had purchased the poor farm and, after a period, sold it to the E. L. Crain and Company. Southside Place incorporated in June 1931, with 600 residents. The city council first met on June 15 of that year. On August 3, 1934 the city council passed a resolution that declared Southside Place an incorporated city. A post office opened in 1940. Before World War II, the population stabilized at approximately 1,400. In the 1960s, the city reached a high of 1,500 residents. By 1979, the number of residents fell to 1,263. In 1988, the city had 1,560 residents. In 1990 the city had 1,384 residents. Glenn "Pat" Patterson is to serve as mayor until May 2021. There will be a mayoral election on May 1, 2021; Patterson will not seek reelection. Savvas T. Stefanides and Andy Chan are the candidates; the latter moved to Southside Place in 2004.

Southside Place is located at (29.709629, –95.435442). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km), all of it land. The city is surrounded by the cities of Bellaire, Houston, and West University Place. A portion of Braeswood Place, Blocks 1 and 2 of Braes Heights Section 1, is in Southside Place. The rest is in the City of Houston.

Southside Place is in Harris County Precinct 1. As of 2022, Rodney Ellis serves as the commissioner of the precincts. Southside Place is located in District 134 of the Texas House of Representatives. As of 2021 Ann Johnson represents the district. Southside Place is within District 17 of the Texas Senate. Southside Place is in Texas's 7th congressional district; as of 2019 Lizzie Fletcher is the representative.

The Braes Heights Shopping Center, a two story mid century modern shopping center, is located in Southside Place. 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. The editors said "In many ways, Braes Heights seems more like Rice Village than Rice Village" because many iconic small businesses had left Rice Village by 2012. The facility opened as a geophysical processing center in 1936. 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 the most of the staff employed by the Bellaire center, while some staff would go to the Woodcreek Technology Campus in western Houston. Shell said that it closed the Bellaire facility partly because two thirds of the land was leased, and the lease was set to expire in 2010. The move decreased tax revenue into the City of Southside Place; the city rezoned the parcel for various land uses. The Palace Bowling Lanes bowling alley, a two story, structure that was built in 1955, was on a plot of land in Southside Place. In October 2016 the owners sold the alley, which had been renamed Bowl on Bellaire but still had signage reading "Palace Bowling Lanes", to Sparkle Frame, and that group closed the business later that month. In September 2018 the real estate firm Triple Crown Investments stated that it would remodel the building into the Southside Commons complex, and Arch Con Construction will be the construction company. A bowling alley, restaurants, of retail space, and other entertainment facilities will be on the first floor; the restaurant and entertainment businesses would take up a total of of space. Offices, including medical and non medical purposes, occupying are to go on the second floor. The building is scheduled to re open around Summer 2020. The community is within Trustee District V.

Pupils who live in Southside Place and people who live in Southside Place south of Bellaire Boulevard are zoned to Mark Twain Elementary School in the Braeswood Place neighborhood of Houston. All Southside Place pupils are zoned to Pershing Middle School in Braeswood Place in Houston; any student zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School (in Bellaire)'s regular program. Pupils in Southside Place who are west of Stella Link and south of Bellaire Boulevard are zoned to Bellaire High School in Bellaire, while all other pupils in Southside Place are zoned to Mirabeau B. Lamar High School (in Upper Kirby), also in Houston. Gabriela Mistral Early Childhood Center is the closest early childhood center to the city of Southside Place. Since only poor students, homeless students, students who are not proficient in English, or children of active duty members of the U. S. military or whose parent has been killed, injured, or missing in action while on active duty may be enrolled tuition free in HISD preschools, most Southside Place residents rely on private preschools. Students who are eligible for HISD's preschools may attend any Early Childhood Center in Houston ISD. Nearby is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston Houston's St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School (K–8).

The Texas Legislature designated Houston Community College System (HCC) as serving Houston ISD (including Southside Place).

Southside Place is near three public libraries. Harris County Public Library system operates a branch in West University Place. The Houston Public Library system operates the McGovern Stella Link Branch in Braeswood Place and in Houston. The city of Bellaire also operates its own library.

The park and pool facilities are operated by the Southside Place Park Association, which is not affiliated with the City of Southside Place. The SPPA is governed by a seven member Board of Directors and managed by two paid employees. The park/pool area is located between Auden and Edloe on the streets of Garnet and Farbar. Facilities include a park, tennis courts, baseball field, basketball court, swimming pool and clubhouse. Only the park, field and basketball court are open for public use. Use of the tennis court, pool and clubhouse require a park membership. Annual membership is $425 and is open to residents of Southside Place. Approx. 80% of Southside Place residents are also park members. The clubhouse is home to a summer camp that is run by the Parks Department. 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 pool is also home to a 150+ member swim team that competes with other pools in the Houston area. Swim team season runs from mid May through the end of June. The Parks Director is Andrew Devers. The Weekley Family YMCA is in the area. It opened in 1951 as the Southwest YMCA, in West University Place. The current facility in Braeswood Place, Houston broke ground in 2001.

The Houston Chronicle is the area regional newspaper. On Thursdays, residents receive the Bellaire/West U/River Oaks/Meyerland local section. The West University Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community
The Village News and Southwest News is a local newspaper distributed in the community. The city government publishes Southside Place Today, a community newsletter that is included with resident water bills. In the mid 20th century the community newspaper Southwestern Times served Southside Place and surrounding communities. The paper was headquartered in Rice Village, and it served as an official publication for the city.

Southside Place is a member city of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO). The city is served by bus lines 2 (Bellaire), 68 (Brays Bayou Crosstown), and 73 (Bellfort Crosstown).