Spring TX Moving Companies

Spring, Texas

The town of Spring, Texas is technically unincorporated but still maintains a great level of autonomy within the greater Houston metropolitan area. The town is 20 miles north of Houston, located on the border of Harris and Montgomery Counties. With a population of 36,385 (in 2000), Spring maintains the feel of a small town in a suburban environment. This combination helped to place the town among the "Top 1,000 Places to Retire," according to U.S. News & World Report. Moving to Spring can bring you easy access to the town itself and to the greater metropolitan area.

Economy:
Originally a settlement based on trade, agriculture and railroads, Spring’s economy now depends on its suburban relationship to the greater Houston metropolitan area. Agricultural production of cotton and sugar cane in the mid-19th century gave way to railroads in the 1870s. With much of the regional operations based in Spring, the town prospered until the railroads removed operations to Houston in 1923. The 1960s growth of Houston returned Spring to economic prosperity and led to a growth in the service industries within the town. The Houston Business Journal announced, in January 2010, that the ExxonMobil corporation planned to open a new corporate campus in Spring. With all of these exciting opportunities, it's no wonder Spring moving companies are busy.

History:
Originally inhabited by the Orcoquisac Indians, the Spring area attracted Europeans from an early time. The Spanish and French traded in Spring at a post called “El Orcoqisac,” and early settlers began farming by the beginning of the 1800s. Agricultural activity expanded with Texan independence from Mexico (1836), but the area’s real growth came with the arrival of the railways in the 1870s. Workers laying rail throughout the winter celebrated springtime by the establishment of Camp Spring. In 1873, Spring became an official settlement along the rail tracks and was soon the railroad base of operations. Over the following 50 years, Spring’s economy, though completely dependent on the rail industry, grew. The town took a major economic and population hit in 1923, when the railroad moved its base of operations to Houston. Most of Spring’s businesses collapsed and the population reduced from 1200 (in 1910) to only 300 (in 1931). The Houston oil boom of the 1960s expanded the metropolitan area and led to Spring’s renewed growth as a suburb through the 1980s.

Tourism:
There are many cultural and entertainment attractions in Spring. The Old Town area is a major draw, with historic homes and over 150 restaurants, galleries, shops and wineries to visit. The Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts & Community Enrichment offers musical concerts throughout the year at Spring’s Centrum cultural center. The museums of Spring include the Spring Historical Museum, the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts (opened in 2008 and associated with the Houston Museum of Fine Arts) and the Civil War Museum. Residents and visitors in Spring all join in the many major events held throughout the year, including the Long Horn Rod Run (the last weekend in September), Down Home Christmas (the second weekend in November), the Springfest art, wine and food festival (March) and the Texas Crawfish & Music Festival (the last two weekends in April). Bus transit (mainly between Spring and Houston) is provided by Harris County’s METRO service. For air transit, the closest airport is Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Colleges/Universities:

• Lone Star College

Interesting Facts:

• Chad Hedrick, a five-time Olympic speed skating winner, was born and raised in Spring. The son of roller skating rink owners, the speed skater earned three medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics and two medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
• One of the famous Good Year blimps spent over twenty years based in Spring. Between 1969 and 1992 (when it moved to Ohio), the airship America could be found in the town.
• During the Depression of the 1930s, desperate bank robbers hit the Spring State Bank on several occasions. Local lore held that infamous robbers Bonnie and Clyde were behind the heists, but it is more likely that others were the real culprits.

Helpful Links:

• Spring Community Site
• Great Northwest Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau