Editing Spring, Texas (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:SplashtownSpringTX.JPG|thumb|[[Six Flags Hurricane Harbor SplashTown]]]]
Harris County Precinct 4 operates parks in the Spring CDP. Southwell Park, a {{convert|5|acre|adj=on}} 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: one for children aged 2 through 5 and one for those aged 5 through 12.<ref>"[http://www.hcp4.net/parks/southwell/index.htm Southwell Park]." ''Harris County Precinct 4''. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref> Bayer Park, a {{convert|30|acre|adj=on}} facility at 24811 West Hardy Road, includes four lighted softball fields, seven lighted baseball fields, and toilets.<ref>"[http://www.hcp4.net/parks/bayer/index.htm Bayer Park]." ''Harris County Precinct 4''. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref> Pundt Park is a {{convert|380|acre|adj=on}} park at 4129 Spring Creek Drive that was being developed as of 2008. The park was to 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.<ref>"[http://www.hcp4.net/parks/pundt/index.htm Pundt Park]." ''Harris County Precinct 4''. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref> Precinct 4 also operates the [[Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens]], south of and adjacent to the Spring CDP at 22306 Aldine Westfield Road.<ref>"[http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/contact.htm Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509170912/http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/contact.htm |date=2008-05-09 }}." ''Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens''. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref> 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.<ref name="Boettcherlibrary"/><ref>"[http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/amenities.htm Amenities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509092144/http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/amenities.htm |date=2008-05-09 }}." ''Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens''. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref>

The Cypresswood Golf club is at 21602 Cypresswood Drive in the CDP. It leases the land from Harris County and maintains the facilities.<ref>"[http://www.hcp4.net/parks/cwgc/index.htm Cypresswood Golf Club]." ''Harris County Precinct 4''. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref>

A [[water park]] called [[Six Flags Hurricane Harbor SplashTown]] is in Spring. Old Town Spring is a popular shopping area in Spring.

The [[Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion]] in [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]] is in proximity to Spring.<ref name="Slate">{{cite magazine| url=http://www.slate.com/id/2196810/| title=Dude, You Stole My Article| last=Rosen| first=Jody| date=August 6, 2008| magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]| access-date=August 8, 2008}} "How could I have known that I was previewing a concert to take place some 15 months later at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Spring, Texas?"</ref>

===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|Harris County]], [[Texas]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Old Town Spring is north of [[Houston]] and outside [[Beltway 8]]. Many of the original buildings, some over 100 years old, now house places to buy antiques, collectibles, clothing, and gifts.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

[[File:Wunche Bros. Saloon.JPG|thumb|upright|Wunsche Bros. Saloon was the first two-story building erected in Old Town Spring. It is still standing today after undergoing massive restoration after a fire burned it down. It reopened in 2019.]]

After the [[Great Depression|Depression]], [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]], and a relocation of the railroad headquarters, the town slowly declined in population until Houston's oil boom in the 1970s and 1980s brought merchants back to the area.