Missouri City City Council renames Confederate Court, Confederate South Drive

“We had over 90% of families in support of this name change on our street,” said resident Marsha Willis, the applicant for Confederate Court, during the council’s April 4 meeting. “The degradation and the embarrassment will finally come to an end with your vote. We appreciate it, and we’re excited to celebrate.”

This is not the first time the City Council has approved renaming Missouri City streets. On June 21, 2021, the council approved renaming Confederate Drive as Prosperity Drive.

That approval came on the heels of the City Council passing changes to the city’s street-naming policies in July and August 2020, which reduced the percentage of signatures required to rename a city street from 90% down to 70%.

As of March, the cost to implement the street name change would be $633.51 for the residents for one intersection-control sign at Confederate Court and Truesdale Drive. The cost for Confederate South Drive, meanwhile, was estimated at $335 for one intersection-control sign at Confederate South Drive and Truesdale Drive, according to agenda documents.

However, U.S. Rep. Al Green, who represents Texas’ 9th Congressional District, which includes most of Missouri City, is covering the costs of the street name changes, said Jeffrey Boney, Missouri City mayor pro tem.

“I wanted to thank the residents who stepped up to the plate to come together to ensure that this name change took place,” Boney said.