Editing Deer Park, Texas (section)

== Government ==
===Municipal government===
The city has a [[council-manager government|council-manager]] form of government. The city council has seven elected members, including the mayor and six city council members.<ref name=Government-DP>{{cite web|accessdate=March 24, 2025
|url=https://www.deerparktx.gov/256/Mayor-City-Council
|title=Mayor & City Council|publisher=City of Deer Park}}</ref>  The city council sets the policies for city operations.  The city manager, who is appointed by the city council, is responsible for administering city policies.<ref name=Government-DP/>

Deer Park City Hall is located at 710 E. San Augustine Street.

As of 2024, the City had 420 employees.<ref name=TopEmployers-DP/>

===Public faciilities===
'''Library''': The Deer Park Public Library has a collection of over 60,000 books. They also participate in inter-library loan programs.<ref name=Chron-DPlibrary>{{cite news|accessdate=March 24, 2025 |date=January 25, 2007
|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/About-the-Deer-Park-Public-library-9614427.php
|title=Neighborhoods: About the Deer Park Public Library
|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref name=DPlibrary-history>{{cite web|accessdate=March 24, 2025
|url=https://deerparktx.gov/375/Learn-More-About-the-Library#:~:text=The%20first%20Deer%20Park%20Public%20Library%20opened,that%20had%20previously%20been%20a%20fire%20station.&text=The%20Deer%20Park%20Public%20Library%20opened%20its,with%20a%20full%20time%20staff%20of%20nine.
|title=History of the Library|publisher=City of Deer Park}}</ref>  The first Deer Park Public Library was opened on September 20, 1961, in what had previously been a fire station. In 1965, the library became an official city department.  The current library opened its doors in a newly constructed building on February 25, 1969.  The library underwent two expansions &mdash; in 1993 and 2013. The latest renovation added new facilities, including a tech lab and a children's reading area. The library now has almost 19,000 square feet (1,750 square meters) of space.<ref name=DPlibrary-history/>

The Deer Park Library is located at 3009 Center Street.<ref>"[http://catalog.library.deerparktx.org/polaris/library/hours.aspx?ctx=3.1033.0.0.3 Hours]." ''Deer Park Library''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

'''Post Office''': Deer Park Post Office is located at 200 East San Augustine Street.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=December 6, 2008
|url=http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/34792?p=2&s=TX&service_name=post_office&z=Deer+Park |archive-date=2012-07-28
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728210438/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/34792?p=2&s=TX&service_name=post_office&z=Deer+Park |title=Post Office Location - DEER PARK]|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]}}</ref>

The first post office was established in 1893, and discontinued in 1919. A new post office was established in 1930.<ref name=TSHA-DP>{{cite web|accessdate=March 24, 2025|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/deer-park-tx
|title=Deer Park, Texas|first=Diana J.|last=Kleiner|date=September 21, 2023
|work=Handbook of Texas|publisher=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)}}</ref>

'''Medical facilities''':  The designated public hospital for Deer Park is [[Ben Taub General Hospital]] in the [[Texas Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|title=Clinic/Emergency/Registration Center Directory By ZIP Code|publisher=[[Harris County Hospital District]]|date=2001-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011119141023/http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|accessdate=2021-04-08|archive-date=2001-11-19}} - See ZIP code 77536. [https://www.harrishealth.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/community-assessment/pregnancy-birth-data/2012/infant-mortality-rate-2012.pdf See this map for relevant ZIP code].</ref>

=== State and federal voting districts ===
'''[[United States Congressional District]]'''
* [[Texas's 36th congressional district|Texas 36th congressional district]]
:US Representative [[Brian Babin]] (R)

'''Texas State Senate Districts'''
* Texas Senate District 11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/City.aspx?CityCode=19624&CityName=Deer%20Park|title=Who Represents Me?|access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref>
:Texas Senator [[Larry Taylor (Texas politician)|Larry Taylor]] (R)
* Senate District 6<ref name="Texas Senate District 6">{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist6/dist6.htm|title=Members of the Texas State Senate|publisher=The Senate of Texas|access-date=20 July 2011|archive-date=July 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722093608/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist6/dist6.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
:Texas Senator [[Sylvia Garcia]] (D)

'''Texas State House Districts'''
* Texas House District 144
:Representative [[Mary Ann Perez]] (D)

* Texas House District 128
:Representative [[Briscoe Cain]] (R)