Spring Branch is a community in west-northwest Houston, Texas, roughly bordered by Clay Road and U.S. Highway 290 to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south, and Interstate 610 to the east. The community has been divided by the city of Houston into three super neighborhoods: Downtown Houston Nickname: Bayou City; Space City; H-Town Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... U.S. Highway 290 (or US-290) is an east-west highway entirely in Texas. ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-5 CA 18-19 I-15 CA 57 I-17 AZ 143 I-17 AZ 150 I-8 AZ 199 I-19 AZ 260 I-25 NM 145 I-20 TX 187 I-35 TX 570-572 I-45 TX 768 I-49 LA 103... Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610 or in Texas IH-610) is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ...

• Spring Branch East
• Spring Branch Center
• Spring Branch West

Spring Branch is perhaps best known for the school district it shares with several other neighborhoods (Memorial, for instance). Spring Branch Independent School District is one of the wealthiest school districts in Houston, largely due to the property tax revenue received from more affluent neighborhoods within the school district. School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ... The Memorial area of Houston, Texas is a wealthy distict west of the Galleria. ... Spring Branch Independent School District is a school district based in Hedwig Village, Texas, including a portion Houston located in the western part of the city and several small municipalities known as the Memorial Villages, including Hedwig Village and Spring Valley. ...

It is served by the Ring and Hillendahl branches of Houston Public Library, as well as the Spring Branch Memorial Branch of Harris County Public Library. Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ...

The community was established fairly early in Houston's history, and it provides a good example of early Houston suburban design. Several minor bayous run through the community, including Brickhouse Gully, Spring Branch (the neighborhood namesake), and Briar Branch, which drain into Buffalo Bayou in central Houston. Another interesting feature is Spring Lake, a rather large pond near the center of the neighborhood. A bayou (pronounced or ) is a small, slow-moving stream or creek formed in the former bed of a river. ... Buffalo Bayou at this location, just south of San Felipe Dr. Buffalo Bayou is a main waterway flowing through Houston, Texas, USA. It begins on the west side of the city and flows east to the Houston Ship Channel. ... A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake. ...

Long Point Road, which runs east/west through the middle of Spring Branch, is one of Houston's earliest roads.

External links

• SPRING BRANCH, TEXAS - The Handbook of Texas Online
• Spring Branch Independent School District

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