Little Hewitt, Texas, just located outside the notorious Waco, actually has a couple of movie mentions to its credit. Probably the most recognizable is Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, in which the pair is headed to a wedding in one of the character's hometown, Hewitt.
Hewitt, along with several neighboring communities and some unincorporated areas of McLennan County, is served by the Midway Independent School District
Little Hewitt, Texas, just located outside the notorious Waco, actually has a couple of movie mentions to its credit. Probably the most recognizable is Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, in which the pair is headed to a wedding in one of the character's hometown, Hewitt.
Hewitt, along with several neighboring communities and some unincorporated areas of McLennan County, is served by the Midway Independent School District. There are six elementary schools, two intermediate schools, one middle school and one high school. The climate of east Texas is much like most of the South. Summers are hot and humid (thanks to the Gulf of Mexico), topping out at a wet and sticky 95 in July. This often feels more like 100 with the heat index. Winters are significantly milder, bottoming out in January around 33 degrees. The area gets about 33 inches of rainfall and averages about one inch of snow per year. The population of Hewitt is 13,368, as of 2010. The area grew slowly and steadily until the 1970s, when it started growing like weeds in the garden. Jobs here are an even mixture of professional positions and unskilled labor, with much of the workforce serving in sales, education and office jobs. Two accredited non-profit hospitals serve the Hewitt community, Hillcrest Health System and Providence Health Care Network.
If you're planning a move to Hewitt, it's a good idea to spend a little time familiarizing yourself with the neighborhoods and the layout of the city. You'll want to make a number of appointments with landlords to see different places and get a feel for what is available. You should ask yourself what type of place you're looking for and what you want from your new apartment. Do you want to live in a stand-alone house or townhouse or do you prefer to live in a big apartment complex or high-rise? Do you want to be close to all the action and in walking distance of grocery stores and restaurants or do you prefer to live in a quiet section of town? Do you like brand new luxury apartment buildings or do you like the coziness and quaintness of living in older buildings? Do you want to be close to a park? Close to the highway for an easy commute? Asking yourself these questions before you start looking will definitely help you narrow down your search and save time! Then you can start making appointments to see different places with different landlords. Try to look in as many different areas of the city as you can it's a fun way to get to know more about your new town!
What you'll need: In order to move to Hewitt, you're going to need all the required forms to have ready for your landlord in order to begin the rental process. Landlords will usually want to see a copy of your ID, your credit report, bank statements, pay stubs, letter of employment, references and any other paperwork you might need depending on your specific situation (i.e. you're bringing your cat, dog or bird). Gather all this stuff and have it ready before you start your search it will save you a lot of time in the long run! It's also a great idea to bring your checkbook along where you go check out apartments! You never know when you're going to want to put a deposit check down on one of them!
Whether you like living in a quiet, residential area or you prefer more of the action of a downtown setting, you can find it all in Hewitt! Here's a little info about some of the different neighborhoods.
Austin Avenue: Austin Avenue doesn't have any apartment complexes, but it does have a few homes for rent. Most of the available properties offer three bedrooms and one to two bathrooms and range in price according to the features of the home.
Carver: Carver offers more single dwelling homes than apartments. Apartments and homes for rent here include everything from studios to five bedroom units.
Downtown / Brazos: The downtown area of Hewitt used to be called Brazos and you'll still see this name referenced from time to time. The downtown has two apartment complexes, including Abbey Glenn, which rents one to three bedroom units and Franklin Place, which rents one and two bedroom units.
Dean Highland: Dean Highland has a few rental homes, but no apartments. Rent to own options are available. Most homes here are two or three bedrooms with one to two bathrooms and vary in price.
Kendrick: Kendrick has two sets of apartments, the Retreat at Central Texas Marketplace and the Residence at Central Texas Marketplace. The Retreat offers one to three bedroom apartments. The Residence features one to three bedroom units.
Oakwood: Oakwood also has a single set of rental apartments: Lux at 1300. One and two bedroom units here are easy to find!
Richland Hills: There are two apartment complexes in Richland Hills, Sandstone and Baxter Crossing. Sandstone Apartments feature one and two bedroom units. Baxter Crossing Apartments also offers one and two bedroom units.
North Hewitt Drive is dotted by a few of Hewitt's best restaurants. Whether you're in the mood for Bush's chicken or Rosati's pizza, you're sure to drive by plenty of mouth watering options - the hardest part is choosing just one.
For a truly Texan experience, consider stopping by the Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo. Baylor university is also nearby if you ever get the hankering to sign up for a class just for fun, or to start or finish your college degree.
On weekends where you want to get away, Waco airport is located conveniently nearby.
