Spring, Texas Spring, Texas Location of Spring, Texas Location of Spring, Texas Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land urbane area. The populace was 54,298 at the 2010 census. While the name "Spring" is applied to a large region of northern Harris County and a lesser area of southern Montgomery County, the initial town of Spring, now known as Old Town Spring, is positioned at the intersection of Spring-Cypress and Hardy roads and encompasses a mostly small region of perhaps 1 km2.
The large geographic region now known as Spring was originally inhabited by the Orcoquiza Native Americans.
In 1836, the Texas General Council of the Provisional Government placed what is now the town of Spring in the Harrisburg municipality.
In 1840, the town of Spring had 153 residents.
The chief cash crops in Spring were sugar cane and cotton; region residents also interval vegetables. In 1871, the International and Great Northern Railroad, assembled through Spring, opened, which caused Spring to expand.
By 1884, Spring had 150 residents, two steam saw and grist mills, two cotton gins, three churches, and a several schools.
In 1901 1903, the International-Great Northern Railroad opened, connecting Spring to Fort Worth.
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 citizens .
In the 1970s, Houston's suburbs began to grew to the north, and more subdivisions and residentiary areas opened in the Spring area.
Some older homes in the town of Spring received restorations and homed shops.
The Old Town Spring Association opened in 1980 to promote the Old Town Spring shopping area, which consists of the restored homes.
In 1984 and 1989, the Spring region had 15,000 residents.
By 1989, Old Town Spring became a tourist area.
In 1990, the Spring region had 33,111 residents.
Map of Spring CDP (as of 2000) Spring is positioned at 30 3 15 N 95 23 13 W (30.054127, -95.386991). The Spring Fire Department serves areas inside the Spring CDP and some areas outside of the CDP with Spring addresses. The fire department is headquartered at 656 E.
Stations inside the Spring CDP include Station 71 at 646 E.
Station 77 at 2900 Cypresswood is adjoining 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 positioned in Voting District No.
Spring is inside Harris County Precinct 4. As of 2011 Jack Cagle heads the precinct. The CDP is served by Harris County Sheriff's Office 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 positioned 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 directed the Old Town Spring Storefront, which was positioned in Old Town Spring. Jones Park, positioned southeast of the Spring CDP. Montgomery County operates the Precinct 3 Recycling Center at 1122 Pruitt Road in an unincorporated region of Montgomery County, north of the Spring CDP. Spring is positioned in District 150 of the Texas House of Representatives.
As of 2008 Debbie Riddle represents the district. Spring is inside 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 postal service is the Spring Post Office at 1411 Wunsche Loop. The postal service serves around 80,000 citizens . In January 2010 the Houston Business Journal reported that real estate officials said that Exxon - Mobil prepared to build a corporate ground in unincorporated Harris County along Interstate 45, adjoining to the Spring CDP. According to the article Exxon - Mobil 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 merged into the new facility. Spring High School All areas inside the Spring CDP are inside the Spring Independent School District. Several elementary schools, George E.
Winship, are inside the CDP and serve sections of the CDP. Marshall Elementary School was scheduled to open in 2010. Three middle schools, Bailey, Dueitt, and Twin Creeks, are inside the CDP and serve sections of the CDP. All inhabitants are zoned to Spring High School. Carl Wunsche Sr.
High School is in the Spring CDP. In February 2017 the precinct proposed redrawing the attendance boundaries of its high schools; this would take effect in the 2020-2021 school year. According to the proposed 2020-2021 high school map, the easterly portion of the Spring CDP will be reassigned from Spring High School to Dekaney High School. Middle School #8 is scheduled to open in fall 2010. Harris County inhabitants with Spring addresses that are not in the CDP either attend schools in Spring ISD or Klein Independent School District.
Montgomery County inhabitants 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 easterly side, and both The Woodlands High School and The Woodlands College Park High School on the side.
Originally Spring was served by the Spring Common School District.
In 1935 that precinct and the Harrell Common School District consolidated , forming the Spring Independent School District.
The Southwell School, the segregated black school, served Spring from the early 1900s until 1945.
In 1932 the Wunsche family donated territory 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.
Winship Elementary School's classes began in fall 1972; the Winship ground 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 turn into a multi-purpose school.
Twin Creeks, which took the middle school populace of Wunsche, opened in 1984. Smith opened in 1986. Anderson was titled 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 inside the Spring CDP. Langtry Preparatory Academy, a private school, is positioned in the Spring CDP. Area private schools: Frassati Catholic High School Spring Cypress Presbyterian School (now defunct) Prior to the opening of Frassati Catholic, some pupils from the Spring region attended Pope John XXIII High School (now Saint John XXIII High School) in Harris County, inside Greater Katy. Northwoods Catholic School, a private Catholic school in the Spring area, was positioned off of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2920 and Gosling Road, in a 51-acre (21 ha) campus. It used a curriculum from the Legionaries of Christ.
In the 2015-2016 school year, the school's final year of operation, it had 268 students; it was projected to have 160 students for the following school year.
The school announced on May 4, 2016 that it was closing, and a shrinking budget and declining enrollment were cited as reasons. It closed on June 30, 2016. An region developer who was buying territory from the school got into a legal dispute with the owner of the territory and with a Catholic priest. 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 problematic the North Harris County College.
HCPL operates the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park at 22248 Aldine Westfield Road, south of the Spring CDP. The 10,137-square-foot (941.8 m2) branch opened in 1986. It was constructed on donated land.
The Barbara Bush Branch Library at Cypress Creek is positioned in at 6817 Cypresswood Drive in an region with a Spring address west of the Spring CDP.
Jesse Sendejas of the Houston Chronicle said there was "a need to furnish a more spacious and accommodating facility to Spring and its encircling areas.
Harris County Precinct 4 operates parks in the Spring CDP.
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 kids aged 2 through 5 and one for kids aged 5 through 12. Bayer Park, a 30-acre (12 ha) facility at 24811 West Hardy Road, includes four lighted softball fields, seven lighted baseball fields, and toilets. Pundt Park is a 380-acre (150 ha) park at 4129 Spring Creek Drive that is being advanced 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 fitness connecting Bayer Park to the Spring Creek Greenway. Predinct 4 also operates the Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, south of and adjoining 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 kids aged 6 through 12, a tea home, a trail, and a visitor center. A water park called Splash - Town Houston is positioned in Spring.
Old Town Spring is a prominent shopping region in Spring.
Greg Baldwin, actor - Uncle Iroh on the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, graduated from Spring High School in 1978.
Josh Beckett, MLB pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers), born and raised in Spring and attended Spring High School.
He was chose USA Today's High School Pitcher of the Year. Lee Pace, actor - Ned on the ABC series Pushing Daisies; graduated from Spring's Klein High School, with fellow actor Matthew Bomer Jim Parsons, actor - The Big Bang Theory; graduated from Klein Oak High School Patrick Reed, Professional golfer - 5 experienced wins; resides in Spring, TX Laura Wilkinson, Olympic diver - gold medalist in platform diving 2000 Summer Olympics; graduated from Klein High School with Lee Pace and Matthew Bomer Marqui Christian, (American Football Player)Arizona Cardinals; graduated from Spring High School a b c d e Spring, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Spring CDP, Texas".
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