Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas, United States and is one of the city's major cultural areas. Neartown is a area roughly bounded by Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, Bagby Street on the east, and Shepherd Drive to the west. Neartown neighborhoods include Cherryhurst, Courtlandt Place, Hyde Park, Montrose, Vermont Commons, Mandell Place and Winlow Place. These neighborhoods are collectively referred to locally as the better known Montrose.