Spring, Texas
Encyclopedia
Spring, Texas is a census-designated place
(CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of Houston
in Harris County
, Texas
, United States
, 20 miles (32.2 km) north of Downtown Houston
. The population was 54,298 at the 2010 census. While the name "Spring" is applied to a large area of NW Harris County, the town of Spring is located at the intersection of Spring-Cypress and Hardy Roads and encompasses a relatively small area of perhaps 1 sq.km.
. In 1836 the Texas General Council of the Provisional Government placed what is now the town of Spring in the Harrisburg municipality. In 1838 William Pierpont placed a trading post on Spring Creek. In 1840 the town of Spring had 153 residents. By the mid-1840s many German immigrants, including Carl Wunsche, moved to the area and began farming. People from Louisiana and the post-United States Civil War Southern U.S.
settled in Spring. The main cash crops in Spring were sugar cane and cotton
; area residents also grew vegetables.
In 1871 the International and Great Northern Railroad, built through Spring, opened. This caused Spring to expand. In 1873 Spring received a post office
. By 1884 Spring had 150 residents, two steam saw and grist mills, two cotton gin
s, three churches, and several schools. In 1901–1903 the International-Great Northern Railroad
opened, connecting Spring to Fort Worth
. Spring, now with a roundhouse
, became a switchyard with 200 rail workers and fourteen trackyards. The population increased to 1,200 by 1910. The Spring State Bank opened in 1912. In 1923 the roundhouse relocated to Houston, causing Spring to enter a decline. By 1931 Spring had 300 people. The bank was robbed several times in the 1930s; false rumors stated that Bonnie and Clyde
robbed the bank once. The bank consolidated with Tomball Bank in 1935.
By 1947 the town Spring had 700 residents. Starting in 1969 the Goodyear
airship America was based near the town of Spring. In the 1970s Houston's suburbs began to expand to the north. More subdivisions and residential areas opened in the Spring area. Some older houses in the town of Spring received restorations and housed shops. The Old Town Spring Association opened in 1980 to promote the Old Town Spring
shopping area, which consists of the restored houses. In 1984 and 1989 Spring area had 15,000 residents. By 1989 Old Town Spring became a tourist area. In 1990 the Spring area had 33,111 residents. In 1992 Goodyear moved America to Akron, Ohio
.
The 1992 Log Cabin Republican convention was held in Spring.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the CDP has a total area of 24 square miles (62.2 km²), of which, 23.9 square miles (61.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (0.13%) is water.
The Spring CDP is actually in Northern Harris County, Texas, United States
of 2000, there were 36,385 people, 12,302 households, and 9,829 families residing in the CDP. The population density
was 1,520.0 people per square mile (586.8/km²). There were 12,714 housing units at an average density of 531.1 per square mile (205.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 83.01% White, 6.99% African American, 0.51% Native American, 1.42% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 5.62% from other races
, and 2.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.06% of the population.
There were 12,302 households out of which 46.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were married couples
living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.30.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,662, and the median income for a family was $60,934. Males had a median income of $42,134 versus $30,270 for females. The per capita income
for the CDP was $21,027. About 3.1% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.
serves areas within the Spring CDP and some areas outside of the CDP with Spring addresses. The fire department is headquartered at 3915 Farm to Market Road 2920
, west of the CDP. Stations within the Spring CDP include Station 71 at 26511 Preston Street, Station 73 at 4923 Treaschwig Road, and Station 74 at 24030 Old Aldine-Westfield. Station 77 at 148 Magic Oaks Drive is adjacent to the Spring CDP, on the other side of Interstate 45. The North Harris County Regional Water Authority provides water services to the Spring CDP, which is located in Voting District No. 5. The Texas House of Representatives
bill that created the water authority, HB 2965, was signed into law on June 18, 1999. On January 15, 2000 voters voted to confirm the creation of the authority in a special election.
District II Patrol, headquartered from the Humble Substation at 7900 Will Clayton Parkway in Humble
. Areas west of Interstate 45 which have Spring addresses and are located outside of the CDP are served by Harris County Sheriff's Office District I Patrol, headquartered from the Cypresswood Substation at 6831 Cypresswood Drive. The office formerly operated the Old Town Spring Storefront, which was located in Old Town Spring
.
Harris County Precinct 4 operates a recycling center at Jesse H. Jones Park, located southeast of the Spring CDP. Montgomery County
operates the Precinct 3 Recycling Center at 1122 Pruitt Road in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, north of the Spring CDP.
. As of 2008 Debbie Riddle
represents the district. Spring is within District 7
of the Texas Senate
; as of 2008 Dan Patrick
represents the district.
Spring is in Texas's 2nd congressional district
; as of 2008 Ted Poe
is the representative. Spring's designated United States Postal Service
post office is the Spring Post Office at 1411 Wunsche Loop. The post office serves around 80,000 people.
planned to build a corporate campus in unincorporated
Harris County along Interstate 45
, adjacent to the Spring CDP. According to the article ExxonMobil plans to consolidate thousands of employees from Houston and Fairfax County, Virginia
into the facility; employees from over two dozen locations in Greater Houston
are expected to be consolidated into the new facility.
All areas within the Spring CDP are within the Spring Independent School District
. Several elementary schools, George E. Anderson
, Chet Burchett, Pearl M. Hirsch, Mildred I. Jenkins, McNabb, Northgate Crossing, Salyers, Lewis Eugene Smith, and John A. Winship, are within the CDP and serve sections of the CDP. Marshall Elementary School will open in 2010.
Four middle schools, Bailey, Dueitt, Roberson (opened in 2009), and Twin Creeks, are within the CDP and serve sections of the CDP. All residents are zoned to Spring High School
. Carl Wunsche Sr. High School
is in the Spring CDP.
Harris County residents with Spring addresses that are not in the CDP either attend schools in Spring ISD or Klein Independent School District
. Montgomery County residents with Spring addresses attend schools in Conroe Independent School District
. Areas in Klein ISD with "Spring" addresses are served by Klein Oak High School
, Klein High School
, and Klein Collins High School
. Areas in Conroe ISD with "Spring" addresses are served by Oak Ridge High School
on the eastern side, and both The Woodlands High School
and The Woodlands College Park High School on the western side.
. The Southwell School, the segregated African-American school, served Spring from the early 1900s until 1945. In 1932 the Wunsche family donated land to the Spring school district, and the Carl Wunsche School, serving middle and high school, opened. In 1947 an addition opened and elementary school students began to be served by Wunsche. Salyers, opened in 1959 as Spring Elementary School, was the first dedicated elementary school of Spring ISD. As a result of Salyers opening, elementary school classes were removed from Wunsche School. Spring High School
opened in 1969, taking high school students from Wunsche. As a result, Wunsche became SISD's first dedicated middle school.
Winship Elementary School's classes began in the northern hemisphere fall 1972; the Winship campus opened on December 15 of that year. Jenkins opened on February 6, 1977. Hirsch opened in 1978. Anderson opened in 1979. Dueitt opened in 1980. Wunsche closed as a regular middle school in 1983, and it was retrofitted to become a multi-purpose school. Twin Creeks, which took the middle school population of Wunsche, opened in 1984. Smith opened in 1986. Anderson was named a 1989-90 National Blue Ribbon School. Burchett opened in August 2005. Bailey opened in August 2006 and was dedicated on October 15 of that year. By Spring 2015 Spring ISD projects building a new elementary school and High School #4 within the Spring CDP.
Area private schools:
In 2006 Trinity Lutheran School received the Blue Ribbon Award
.
operates the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park at 22248 Aldine Westfield Road, south of the Spring CDP. The 10137 square feet (941.8 m²) branch opened in 1986. The Barbara Bush Branch Library at Cypress Creek is located in at 6817 Cypresswood Drive in an area with a Spring address west of the Spring CDP. The 32000 square feet (2,972.9 m²) branch originally opened in June 1976. The Library was upgraded and expanded in 2002.
, south of and adjacent to the Spring CDP at 22306 Aldine Westfield Road. The facility includes the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library, an endangered species garden with a beaver pond, a canoe launch, picnic areas, a playground for children aged 6 through 12, a tea house, a trail, and a visitor center.
The Cypresswood Golf club is located at 21602 Cypresswood Drive in the CDP. The club leases the land from Harris County and maintains the facilities.
A water park
called SplashTown Waterpark Houston is located in Spring. Old Town Spring
is a popular shopping area in Spring.
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands
is in proximity to Spring.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
(CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction
Extraterritorial jurisdiction
Extraterritorial jurisdiction is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries.Any authority can, of course, claim ETJ over any external territory they wish...
of Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
in Harris County
Harris County, Texas
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, 20 miles (32.2 km) north of Downtown Houston
Downtown Houston
Downtown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States. Downtown Houston, the city's central business district, contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district...
. The population was 54,298 at the 2010 census. While the name "Spring" is applied to a large area of NW Harris County, the town of Spring is located at the intersection of Spring-Cypress and Hardy Roads and encompasses a relatively small area of perhaps 1 sq.km.
History
The large geographic area now known as Spring was originally inhabited by the Orcoquiza Native AmericansNative Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
. In 1836 the Texas General Council of the Provisional Government placed what is now the town of Spring in the Harrisburg municipality. In 1838 William Pierpont placed a trading post on Spring Creek. In 1840 the town of Spring had 153 residents. By the mid-1840s many German immigrants, including Carl Wunsche, moved to the area and began farming. People from Louisiana and the post-United States Civil War Southern U.S.
Southern United States
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
settled in Spring. The main cash crops in Spring were sugar cane and cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
; area residents also grew vegetables.
In 1871 the International and Great Northern Railroad, built through Spring, opened. This caused Spring to expand. In 1873 Spring received a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
. By 1884 Spring had 150 residents, two steam saw and grist mills, two cotton gin
Cotton gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job formerly performed painstakingly by hand...
s, three churches, and several schools. In 1901–1903 the International-Great Northern Railroad
International-Great Northern Railroad
The International – Great Northern Railroad was a railroad that operated in the U.S. state of Texas. It was created on September 30, 1873, when International Railroad and Houston and Great Northern Railroad merged....
opened, connecting Spring to Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. Spring, now with a roundhouse
Roundhouse
A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...
, became a switchyard with 200 rail workers and fourteen trackyards. The population increased to 1,200 by 1910. The Spring State Bank opened in 1912. In 1923 the roundhouse relocated to Houston, causing Spring to enter a decline. By 1931 Spring had 300 people. The bank was robbed several times in the 1930s; false rumors stated that Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were well-known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934...
robbed the bank once. The bank consolidated with Tomball Bank in 1935.
By 1947 the town Spring had 700 residents. Starting in 1969 the Goodyear
Goodyear Blimp
The Goodyear Blimp is the collective name for a fleet of blimps operated by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for advertising purposes and for use as a television camera platform for aerial views of sporting events...
airship America was based near the town of Spring. In the 1970s Houston's suburbs began to expand to the north. More subdivisions and residential areas opened in the Spring area. Some older houses in the town of Spring received restorations and housed shops. The Old Town Spring Association opened in 1980 to promote the Old Town Spring
Old Town Spring
Old Town Spring is an old town with over 150 shops, restaurants, and art galleries in Spring, a community in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.Old Town Spring is north of the city of Houston and outside Beltway 8...
shopping area, which consists of the restored houses. In 1984 and 1989 Spring area had 15,000 residents. By 1989 Old Town Spring became a tourist area. In 1990 the Spring area had 33,111 residents. In 1992 Goodyear moved America to Akron, Ohio
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
.
The 1992 Log Cabin Republican convention was held in Spring.
Geography
Spring is located at 30°3′15"N 95°23′13"W (30.054127, -95.386991).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP has a total area of 24 square miles (62.2 km²), of which, 23.9 square miles (61.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (0.13%) is water.
The Spring CDP is actually in Northern Harris County, Texas, United States
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 36,385 people, 12,302 households, and 9,829 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 1,520.0 people per square mile (586.8/km²). There were 12,714 housing units at an average density of 531.1 per square mile (205.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 83.01% White, 6.99% African American, 0.51% Native American, 1.42% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 5.62% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 2.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.06% of the population.
There were 12,302 households out of which 46.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.30.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,662, and the median income for a family was $60,934. Males had a median income of $42,134 versus $30,270 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $21,027. About 3.1% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.
Local government
The Spring Fire DepartmentSpring Fire Department
The Spring Volunteer Fire Department is a combination fire department located in Spring, Texas, in unincorporated Harris County. It is the third largest volunteer fire department in Harris County following Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department and Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department...
serves areas within the Spring CDP and some areas outside of the CDP with Spring addresses. The fire department is headquartered at 3915 Farm to Market Road 2920
Farm to Market Road 2920
Farm to Market Road 2920 is a state highway in northwest Harris County in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston – Sugar Land – Baytown metropolitan area.The road, also called Waller–Tomball Road, passes from U.S...
, west of the CDP. Stations within the Spring CDP include Station 71 at 26511 Preston Street, Station 73 at 4923 Treaschwig Road, and Station 74 at 24030 Old Aldine-Westfield. Station 77 at 148 Magic Oaks Drive is adjacent to the Spring CDP, on the other side of Interstate 45. The North Harris County Regional Water Authority provides water services to the Spring CDP, which is located in Voting District No. 5. The Texas House of Representatives
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...
bill that created the water authority, HB 2965, was signed into law on June 18, 1999. On January 15, 2000 voters voted to confirm the creation of the authority in a special election.
County representation
Spring is within Harris County Precinct 4. As of 2008 Jerry Eversole heads the precinct. The CDP is served by Harris County Sheriff's OfficeHarris County Sheriff's Office
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency serving the over three million citizens of Harris County, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in the 1200 Jail in Downtown Houston.As of the 2000 U.S...
District II Patrol, headquartered from the Humble Substation at 7900 Will Clayton Parkway in Humble
Humble, Texas
Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.As of the 2000 census, the city population was 14,579. The city shares a zip code with the small Houston neighborhood of Bordersville, although people who live in Bordersville still have Humble...
. Areas west of Interstate 45 which have Spring addresses and are located outside of the CDP are served by Harris County Sheriff's Office District I Patrol, headquartered from the Cypresswood Substation at 6831 Cypresswood Drive. The office formerly operated the Old Town Spring Storefront, which was located in Old Town Spring
Old Town Spring
Old Town Spring is an old town with over 150 shops, restaurants, and art galleries in Spring, a community in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.Old Town Spring is north of the city of Houston and outside Beltway 8...
.
Harris County Precinct 4 operates a recycling center at Jesse H. Jones Park, located southeast of the Spring CDP. Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Texas
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The county was created by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 14, 1837. The county was named for the town of Montgomery, Texas. In 2000, its...
operates the Precinct 3 Recycling Center at 1122 Pruitt Road in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, north of the Spring CDP.
State and federal representation
Spring is located in District 150 of the Texas House of RepresentativesTexas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...
. As of 2008 Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle is a horse breeder and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, serving House District 150, which comprises much of northwest Harris County.-Significant legislation:...
represents the district. Spring is within District 7
Texas Senate, District 7
District 7 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves a portion of Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas. The current Senator from District 7 is Dan Patrick.-2006:-2002:-2000:-1996:-1994:...
of the Texas Senate
Texas Senate
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing 31 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 672,000 per constituency. There are no term limits, and each term is four years long. The Senate meets at the...
; as of 2008 Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
Daniel Patrick Pugh , professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio...
represents the district.
Spring is in Texas's 2nd congressional district
Texas's 2nd congressional district
Texas's 2nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. It stretches from Houston's northern suburbs through eastern Harris County, and across Southeast Texas to the Louisiana border...
; as of 2008 Ted Poe
Ted Poe
Lloyd "Ted" Poe is a Republican politician currently representing Texas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district includes most of northern Houston, as well as most of the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area. He is the first Republican to ever...
is the representative. Spring's designated United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
post office is the Spring Post Office at 1411 Wunsche Loop. The post office serves around 80,000 people.
Economy
In January 2010 the Houston Business Journal reported that real estate officials said that ExxonMobilExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas...
planned to build a corporate campus in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Harris County along Interstate 45
Interstate 45
Interstate 45 is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It connects the cities of Dallas and Houston, continuing southeast from Houston to Galveston over the Galveston Causeway to the Gulf of Mexico...
, adjacent to the Spring CDP. According to the article ExxonMobil plans to consolidate thousands of employees from Houston and Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...
into the facility; employees from over two dozen locations in Greater Houston
Greater Houston
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is a 10-county metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas...
are expected to be consolidated into the new facility.
Public schools
Spring Independent School District
Spring Independent School District is a school district based in the Gordon M. Anderson Leadership Center in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States....
. Several elementary schools, George E. Anderson
George E. Anderson Elementary School
George E. Anderson Elementary School is a primary school at 6218 Lynngate Drive in the Spring CDP in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.Anderson opened in 1979. The school was named a 1989-90 National Blue Ribbon School.-Feeder patterns:...
, Chet Burchett, Pearl M. Hirsch, Mildred I. Jenkins, McNabb, Northgate Crossing, Salyers, Lewis Eugene Smith, and John A. Winship, are within the CDP and serve sections of the CDP. Marshall Elementary School will open in 2010.
Four middle schools, Bailey, Dueitt, Roberson (opened in 2009), and Twin Creeks, are within the CDP and serve sections of the CDP. All residents are zoned to Spring High School
Spring High School
Spring High School is a public secondary school located in the Spring CDP in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.Spring High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Spring Independent School District. Spring High School's mascot is the lion. School colors are...
. Carl Wunsche Sr. High School
Carl Wunsche Sr. High School
Carl Wunsche Sr. High School is a career academy magnet high school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas which opened in mid August 2006.Wunsche is in the Spring Independent School District and serves grades 10 through 12...
is in the Spring CDP.
Harris County residents with Spring addresses that are not in the CDP either attend schools in Spring ISD or Klein Independent School District
Klein Independent School District
Klein Independent School District is a school district that covers of land in Harris County, Texas, United States. Almost all of the territory is unincorporated; a small portion of Houston is within the district's limits. 41,800 students attend Klein ISD Schools for the 2007-08 school year. Klein...
. Montgomery County residents with Spring addresses attend schools in Conroe Independent School District
Conroe Independent School District
Conroe Independent School District is a school district based in the Deane L. Sadler Administration/Technology Center in Conroe, Texas.CISD serves the cities of Conroe, Oak Ridge North, and Shenandoah, and the towns of Cut and Shoot and Woodloch...
. Areas in Klein ISD with "Spring" addresses are served by Klein Oak High School
Klein Oak High School
Klein Oak High School is a Blue Ribbon public high in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. It was established in August 1982. The school's principal is Ron Webster....
, Klein High School
Klein High School
Klein High School is a public high school located in Klein, Texas, approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. It serves grades 9-12 in the Klein Independent School District.-History:...
, and Klein Collins High School
Klein Collins High School
Klein Collins High School is a public high school located at 20811 Ella Boulevard in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12, as part of the Klein Independent School District...
. Areas in Conroe ISD with "Spring" addresses are served by Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge High School (Montgomery County, Texas)
Oak Ridge High School is a secondary school located in The Woodlands, Texas, USA. Oak Ridge High School is a 5A school in the Conroe Independent School District. It was built in 1981...
on the eastern side, and both The Woodlands High School
The Woodlands High School
The Woodlands High School is a public high school in The Woodlands CDP, unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas, United States and is a part of the Conroe Independent School District...
and The Woodlands College Park High School on the western side.
History of schools
Originally Spring was served by the Spring Common School District. In 1935 that district and the Harrell Common School District merged, forming the Spring Independent School DistrictSpring Independent School District
Spring Independent School District is a school district based in the Gordon M. Anderson Leadership Center in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States....
. The Southwell School, the segregated African-American school, served Spring from the early 1900s until 1945. In 1932 the Wunsche family donated land to the Spring school district, and the Carl Wunsche School, serving middle and high school, opened. In 1947 an addition opened and elementary school students began to be served by Wunsche. Salyers, opened in 1959 as Spring Elementary School, was the first dedicated elementary school of Spring ISD. As a result of Salyers opening, elementary school classes were removed from Wunsche School. Spring High School
Spring High School
Spring High School is a public secondary school located in the Spring CDP in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.Spring High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Spring Independent School District. Spring High School's mascot is the lion. School colors are...
opened in 1969, taking high school students from Wunsche. As a result, Wunsche became SISD's first dedicated middle school.
Winship Elementary School's classes began in the northern hemisphere fall 1972; the Winship campus opened on December 15 of that year. Jenkins opened on February 6, 1977. Hirsch opened in 1978. Anderson opened in 1979. Dueitt opened in 1980. Wunsche closed as a regular middle school in 1983, and it was retrofitted to become a multi-purpose school. Twin Creeks, which took the middle school population of Wunsche, opened in 1984. Smith opened in 1986. Anderson was named a 1989-90 National Blue Ribbon School. Burchett opened in August 2005. Bailey opened in August 2006 and was dedicated on October 15 of that year. By Spring 2015 Spring ISD projects building a new elementary school and High School #4 within the Spring CDP.
Private schools
Langtry Preparatory Academy, a private school, is located in the Spring CDP.Area private schools:
- Christ Community School
- Northland Christian SchoolNorthland Christian SchoolNorthland Christian School is a private college-preparatory Christian school in unincorporated northwest Harris County, Texas, United States, near Houston....
- John Cooper School
- Concordia Lutheran School
- Providence Classical School
- Spring Cypress Presbyterian School (now defunct)
- The Redd School
- The Banff School
- Trinity Lutheran School
- Cypress Christian School
- Sweetwater Christian School
- St. Edward's Catholic School
- St. Anne's Catholic School
- Northeast Christian School
- Lutheran High North
- Northwoods Catholic School
In 2006 Trinity Lutheran School received the Blue Ribbon Award
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
.
Community colleges
Lone Star College System (formerly the North Harris Montgomery Community College District) serves the area. Residents of Spring ISD and two other K–12 school districts voted to create the North Harris County College. The community college district began operations in the northern hemisphere fall of 1973.Public libraries
Harris County Public LibraryHarris County Public Library
Harris County Public Library is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States. The county library system is headquartered at 8080 El Rio in Houston....
operates the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park at 22248 Aldine Westfield Road, south of the Spring CDP. The 10137 square feet (941.8 m²) branch opened in 1986. The Barbara Bush Branch Library at Cypress Creek is located in at 6817 Cypresswood Drive in an area with a Spring address west of the Spring CDP. The 32000 square feet (2,972.9 m²) branch originally opened in June 1976. The Library was upgraded and expanded in 2002.
Parks and recreation
Harris County Precinct 4 operates parks in the Spring CDP. Southwell Park, a 5 acres (2 ha) facility located at 27419 Nelson Street, includes the B.F. Clark Community Building, a picnic pavilion with tables and a barbecue pit, one lighted basketball pavilion, barbecue grills, toilets, and two playgrounds with one for children aged 2 through 5 and one for children aged 5 through 12. Bayer Park, a 30 acres (12.1 ha) facility at 24811 West Hardy Road, includes four lighted softball fields, seven lighted baseball fields, and toilets. Pundt Park is a 380 acres (153.8 ha) park at 4129 Spring Creek Drive that is being developed as of 2008. The park will have a canoe launch, a pavilion facility with a meeting room and toilets, a playground facility, picnic areas, and a trail system connecting Bayer Park to the Spring Creek Greenway. Predinct 4 also operates the Mercer Arboretum and Botanic GardensMercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens are county botanical gardens with an arboretum and natural areas located at 2306 Aldine Westfield Road in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. They are open daily with free admission....
, south of and adjacent to the Spring CDP at 22306 Aldine Westfield Road. The facility includes the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library, an endangered species garden with a beaver pond, a canoe launch, picnic areas, a playground for children aged 6 through 12, a tea house, a trail, and a visitor center.
The Cypresswood Golf club is located at 21602 Cypresswood Drive in the CDP. The club leases the land from Harris County and maintains the facilities.
A water park
Water park
A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...
called SplashTown Waterpark Houston is located in Spring. Old Town Spring
Old Town Spring
Old Town Spring is an old town with over 150 shops, restaurants, and art galleries in Spring, a community in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.Old Town Spring is north of the city of Houston and outside Beltway 8...
is a popular shopping area in Spring.
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands
The Woodlands
The Woodlands may refer to:in Canada*The Woodlands School , a junior high and high school in Mississauga, Ontarioin the United States*The Woodlands , dog and horse racing track in Kansas City, Kansas...
is in proximity to Spring.
Notable residents of the area
- Greg BaldwinGreg BaldwinGreg Baldwin is an American actor. Raised in Spring, Texas, he currently resides in the San Fernando Valley with Melissa Baldwin, his wife of twenty-six years and their two children, Sydney and Cooper...
(actor) - Uncle IrohUncle IrohIroh is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender...
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, graduated from Spring High SchoolSpring High SchoolSpring High School is a public secondary school located in the Spring CDP in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.Spring High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Spring Independent School District. Spring High School's mascot is the lion. School colors are...
in 1978. - Matthew Bomer (actor) - Neal CaffreyNeal CaffreyNeal Caffrey is the main character of the USA Network original series White Collar. He is first introduced as a con artist serving out a four year prison sentence for bond forgery, but after escaping from prison with three months left on his sentence and being recaptured by the FBI, he agrees to...
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, graduated from Spring's Klein High SchoolKlein High SchoolKlein High School is a public high school located in Klein, Texas, approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. It serves grades 9-12 in the Klein Independent School District.-History:...
, with fellow actor Lee PaceLee PaceLee Grinner Pace is an American actor. Pace has been featured in film, stage and television. He is known best for his starring role as Ned in the ABC series Pushing Daisies for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2008.-...
. - Lee PaceLee PaceLee Grinner Pace is an American actor. Pace has been featured in film, stage and television. He is known best for his starring role as Ned in the ABC series Pushing Daisies for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2008.-...
(actor) - NedNEDNed may refer to:* Ned , a slang term for a Scottish urban youth who engages in hooliganism* Ned, a 2003 Australian film* Neds, a 2010 British film.* Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, a Nickelodeon TV show...
on the ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
series Pushing DaisiesPushing DaisiesPushing Daisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007 to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations...
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, with fellow actor Matthew Bomer. - Laura Wilkinson (olympic diving) - gold medalist in platform diving 2000 Summer Olympics also graduated from Klein High School with Lee Pace and Matthew Bomer.
- Chad HedrickChad HedrickChad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP...
(Speedskater) - 2006, 2010 Olympian - 5 Olympic medals - Stephen RippyStephen Rippy-Life and career:Rippy grew up in the Spring area of Harris County, Texas and now resides in Plano, Texas, near Dallas. Making video game music was not Rippy's original career goal...
(composer) - Grew up in the Spring area - Mike Jackson (baseball, born 1964) Former MLB Pitcher, pitched for the Astros and 7 other teams from 1986 to 2004.
- Josh BeckettJosh BeckettJoshua Patrick Beckett is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. During his career in the playoffs, he won the 2003 World Series MVP Award with the Florida Marlins, and received the 2007 ALCS MVP award with the Red Sox.-Florida Marlins :A...
(MLB Pitcher - Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
) - was born and raised in Spring and attended Spring High School. He was selected USA Today's High School Pitcher of the Year. - Eddie FatuEddie FatuEdward Smith "Eki" Fatu was a Samoan-American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Umaga...
a.k.a. Umaga (wrestler) - Resided in Spring - Jim ParsonsJim ParsonsJames Joseph "Jim" Parsons is an American television and film actor. He is best known for playing Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, with his performance often cited as a significant reason for the program's success...
(actor) - Sheldon CooperSheldon CooperSheldon Lee Cooper, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D. is a fictional character from Texas on the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by actor Jim Parsons...
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, graduated from Klein Oak High SchoolKlein Oak High SchoolKlein Oak High School is a Blue Ribbon public high in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. It was established in August 1982. The school's principal is Ron Webster....
. - Ben RappaportBen RappaportBennett Eli "Ben" Rappaport is an American actor. He played the role of Todd Dempsy in the NBC sitcom Outsourced, which aired during the 2010–2011 television season. The series marked Rappaport's debut acting role on screen....
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" is from Spring.
External links
- Old Town Spring - http://www.oldtownspringtx.com/
- Spring Texas Online - http://www.springtexas.com/