Editing Spring Branch, Houston (section)

{{Short description|Neighborhood in Houston, Texas, US}}
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| postal_code              = 77080, 77041, 77043, 77055
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'''Spring Branch''' is a district in west-northwest [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]], [[Texas]], [[United States]], roughly bordered by Tanner Road and Hempstead Road to the north, [[Beltway 8]] to the west, [[Interstate 10 (Texas)|Interstate 10]] to the south, and [[Interstate 610 (Texas)|the 610 Loop]] to the east; it is almost entirely within the city of [[Houston]].<ref name="SBMDBorderMap">{{cite web|url=http://sbmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/boundaries.pdf |date=October 2012 |title=Spring Branch District Maps: District Map (PDF) |access-date=March 26, 2016 |website=sbmd.org |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326171617/http://sbmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/boundaries.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2016 }} ()</ref> Established by the [[Texas Legislature]], the Spring Branch Management District exercises jurisdiction over the area.

Several minor [[bayou]]s run through the community, including Brickhouse Gully, Spring Branch (the neighborhood namesake), and Briar Branch, which drain into [[Buffalo Bayou]] in central Houston. Spring Lake is a large pond near the center of the neighborhood.

Spring Branch includes significant immigrant [[Korean American]] and [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic American]] communities,<ref name="SeoulofHouston">Lomax, John Nova. "[http://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-seoul-of-houston-the-weather-was-not-the-strong-point-on-long-point-6741244 The Seoul of Houston: The Weather Was Not the Strong Point on Long Point]." ''[[Houston Press]]''. January 30, 2008.</ref> and was established in the 1800s as a rural [[German American]] community.
As of 2020 Spring Branch East/West population has grown by 7,298 residents and over 400 new construction homes built.