Editing Spring, Texas (section)

{{Short description|Census-designated place in Texas, U.S.}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Distinguish|Big Spring, Texas}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Spring, Texas
| settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Spring Texas WS (1 of 1).jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Old Town Spring
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map                = Harris County Texas incorporated and unincorporated areas Spring highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 260px
| map_caption              = Location in [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] and the state of [[Texas]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{Flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{Flag|Texas}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Harris County, Texas|Harris]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = 
| leader_name              = 
| leader_title1            = 
| leader_name1             = 
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 61.0
| area_land_km2            = 60.1
| area_water_km2           = 0.9
| area_total_sq_mi         = 
| area_land_sq_mi          = 
| area_water_sq_mi         = <!-- Population -->
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name=CensusProfileSpring>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Spring_CDP,_Texas?g=160XX00US4869596| title=Spring CDP, Texas| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=September 1, 2024}}</ref>
| population_total         = 62559
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information -->
| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_m              = 
| elevation_ft             = 121
| coordinates              = {{coord|30|3|15|N|95|23|13|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code              = 77373
| area_codes               = [[Area codes 713, 281, 832, 346, and 621|281, 346, 621, 713, 832]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-69596<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1347681<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1347681}}</ref>
| website                  = 
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Spring''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) within the [[extraterritorial jurisdiction]] of [[Houston]] in [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]], [[Texas]], United States, part of the {{nowrap|[[Greater Houston|Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land]]}} metropolitan area.<ref name="Handbook">{{Handbook of Texas|id=hls74|name=Spring, Texas}}</ref><!--The census-designated place is entirely within Harris County and Montgomery County !--> The population was 62,559 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=CensusProfileSpring/> While the name "Spring" is popularly applied to a large area of northern Harris County and a smaller area of southern [[Montgomery County, Texas|Montgomery County]], the original town of Spring, now known as Old Town Spring, is at the intersection of Spring-Cypress and Hardy roads and encompasses perhaps {{convert|1|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.