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Spring Branch is a district in west-northwest Harris County, Texas, United States, roughly bordered by Tanner Road and Hempstead Road to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south, and the 610 Loop to the east; it is almost entirely within the city of Houston. [4]
Spring Branch is located in western Comal County along U.S. Highway 281, north of Bulverde, west of Canyon Lake and the surrounding unincorporated community of the same name. New Braunfels is approximately 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Spring Branch. The city covers 1.9 square miles, all land. [2]
In the mid-1950s, effort to form a Spring Branch municipality failed. [6] Hilshire Village incorporated on April 15, 1955. [5] Because of the 1955 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Hilshire Village's territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were unincorporated. [7] In 1960 543 people lived in ...
In 1936 state highway maps indicated a cemetery and a church. Initially the settlement consisted of one and one-half square miles. [5]In the mid-1950s, efforts to form a Spring Branch municipality (proposed to be called the city of Spring Branch in roughly the area known today as the Memorial Villages) failed. [6]
The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
When Houston was established in 1837, the city's founders divided it into political geographic districts called "wards." The ward designation is the progenitor of the nine current-day Houston City Council districts. Much of the predominantly African American First Ward was demolished and renovated as part of a gentrification effort. Much of the ...
Spring Branch may refer to: A spring branch, a stream carrying the outflow of a spring to a nearby primary stream; Spring Branch (Murderkill River tributary), a stream in Kent County, Delaware; Spring Branch (Little Blue River tributary), a stream in Missouri; Spring Branch, Comal County, Texas, city north of San Antonio; Spring Branch, Houston ...
The Memorial area of Houston, Texas is located west of Downtown, northwest of Uptown, and south of Spring Branch.The Memorial Super Neighborhood, as defined by the City of Houston, is bounded by Buffalo Bayou to the south, Barker Reservoir to the west, Westview to the north, and the Memorial Villages (Spring Valley Village, Piney Point Village, Bunker Hill Village, Hedwig Village, Hilshire ...