Spring Valley Village, Texas

Spring Valley Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, and an enclave of Houston. The population was 3,715 at the 2010 census.[3]

City of Spring Valley Village
City
Spring Valley Village City Hall
Coordinates: 29°47′23″N 95°30′17″W
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHarris
Area
 • Total1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2)
 • Land1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
75 ft (23 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,715
 • Density2,900/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
77024, 77055
Area code(s)713
FIPS code48-69812[1]
GNIS feature ID1376280[2]
Websitewww.springvalleytx.com

History

In 1936 state highway maps indicated a cemetery and a church. Initially the settlement consisted of one and one-half square miles.[4]

In the mid-1950s, effort to form a Spring Branch municipality (proposed to be called the city of Spring Branch in roughly the area known today as the Memorial Villages) failed.[5] The city incorporated in 1955 as Spring Valley.[4] There had been two elections for incorporation. The first result was against incorporation, and state law mandated that the next election for incorporation of the same boundary would have to be held at least one year later. Some advocates of incorporation convinced Robert R. Casey, then a Harris county judge, to modify the boundary of the proposed area by removing the Campbell Place area and therefore many voters who opposed incorporating. The following election, held on April 9, 1955, was in favor of incorporation, 183 for and 165 against.[6] Because of the 1955 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Spring Valley's territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were unincorporated.[7] In 1960 the city had 3,004 residents and two businesses. The city had 3,800 residents in 1976 and 3,392 residents in 1990.[4]

In 2007, the name of the city was officially changed from Spring Valley to Spring Valley Village.[8] Regardless of the name change, all postal addresses in Spring Valley Village are Houston-based.[9]

Geography
Location of Spring Valley Village

Spring Valley Village is at 29°47′23″N 95°30′17″W (29.789727, -95.504774).[10]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all of it land.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19603,004—
19703,1705.5%
19803,3535.8%
19903,3921.2%
20003,6116.5%
20103,7152.9%
Est. 20184,333[11]16.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]

As of the census of 2010,[13] there were 3,715 people, 1,368 households, and 1,099 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city by population was 3,445 White, 218 Asian, 36 African American, 16 Native American, 1 Pacific Islander, 43 from other races, and 11 from two or more races, and 286 Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,368 households, out of which 476 had children under the age of 18 living with them, 964 were married couples living together, 100 had a female householder with no husband present, and 269 were non-families. 243 households were made up of individuals, and 126 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 2,671 over the age of 18 and 469 who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.4 years.

Government and infrastructure

As of 2018 the mayor of Spring Valley Village is Tom Ramsey. Allen Carpenter, Tom Donaho, David Dominy, Joy McCormack and Marcus Vajdos currently serve as members of the city council.

Spring Valley Village Police Department is a 24-hour police organization that provides police services to the City of Spring Valley Village. As of 2016 the Chief of Police is Loyd Evans and the department employs 32 persons: 26 sworn Texas Peace Officers and 6 Telecommunication Officers. The City of Spring Valley Village was recognized as the safest city in Harris County 2019, (per Houston Chronicle survey). The Police Department was recognized by the Texas Police Chiefs Association as a recognized agency in early 2020.

Spring Valley Village was located in District 136 of the Texas House of Representatives. Beverly Woolley represented the district.[14] Spring Valley Village is within District 7 of the Texas Senate; since 2007 Dan Patrick represents the district,[15] though in May 2014 Patrick won his party's nomination to run for Lieutenant Governor of Texas.[16]

Spring Valley Village is in Texas's 7th congressional district; in 2008, the publication Human Events identified the zip code 77024 as the zip code that gave the eighth largest contribution to John McCain's 2008 U.S. Presidential Election campaign. The zip code, which includes Hedwig Village, gave $540,309 United States dollars by October 24, 2008.[17][18] As of 2019, however, the 7th congressional district is represented by a Democrat, Lizzie Pannill Fletcher.[19]

Fire service

The Village Fire Department serves all of the Memorial villages.[20]

Education

Primary and secondary schools
Spring Branch Education Center, housing the Spring Branch School of Choice and the Cornerstone Academy
Bear Boulevard School (PreK)

Spring Valley Village is served by the Spring Branch Independent School District.[21]

Spring Valley Village is zoned to Bear Boulevard School in Spring Valley Village,[22] Valley Oaks Elementary School in Spring Branch, Houston,[23][24] Spring Branch Middle School in Hedwig Village,[25] and Memorial High School in Hedwig Village.[26]

Spring Branch School of Choice is located in Spring Valley Village.

Colleges and universities

Spring Valley Village is served by the Houston Community College System.

Public libraries

The Harris County Public Library (HCPL) system operates the Spring Branch Memorial Branch at 930 Corbindale Road in the City of Hedwig Village. The 10,500-square-foot (980 m2) branch opened in 1975.[27][28]

Media

The Houston Chronicle is the metropolitan newspaper. The Memorial Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community.[29]

"Love's Embrace," a statue of Pam Lychner and her daughters at Spring Valley Village City Hall

Notable people
  • Pam Lychner, a Spring Valley Village [30] real estate agent who promoted the Pam Lyncher Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 after an assault in a vacant house. After Lychner and her daughters died on TWA Flight 800, Congress passed the bill.[31] The City of Spring Valley Village posted a statue of Lychner and her daughters at the city hall. After the statue was posted, visitors read the plaques, left roses, and touched the bronze. Lisa Gray of the Houston Press described it as "shamelessly emotional, a monument to a secular saint and her daughters."[32]

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  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Spring Valley Village city, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  4. Spring Valley, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
  5. Spring Branch, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
  6. Meeks, Flori. "Community - Fight failed to make Spring Branch a city - Proposal to incorporate followed by establishment of Memorial Villages." Houston Chronicle. Thursday, September 20, 2012. ThisWeek p. 1. Available on Newsbank, Record Number 14919922. Available at the Houston Public Library with a library card. "And so the boundary lines were changed by eliminating Campbell Place, which lies north of Briar Branch Creek, east of Adkins Road, and west of Campbell Road. This eliminated a good many voters who were against incorporation."
  7. Lee, Renée C. "Annexed Kingwood split on effects." Houston Chronicle. Sunday October 8, 2006. A21. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. "Some of the area communities that incorporated as cities and escaped annexation by Houston:" Print version exclusively has the information cited; the information is not included in the online edition.
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  9. http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp
  10. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  11. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  12. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  13. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  14. "House District 134 Archived June 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." Texas House of Representatives. Accessed October 11, 2008.
  15. "Senate District 7" Map. Senate of Texas. Accessed September 28, 2008.
  16. Dan Patrick wins GOP nomination for Texas lieutenant governor -Terrence Stutz and Robert Garrett, Dallas Morning News
  17. Connelly, Richard. "Memorial & Hunters Creek Village -- The Real America." Houston Press. October 24, 2008.
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  20. "VFD History". Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  21. "Zoning Map." Spring Valley Village. Retrieved on December 6, 2018.
  22. "Early Childhood Archived June 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine." Spring Branch Independent School District.
  23. "Elementary School Boundaries Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." Spring Branch Independent School District.
  24. https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1526316598/springbranchisdcom/w2iz9sjgd3epcevpbftm/VALLEYOAKS.pdf Valley Oaks Attendance Zone]. Spring Branch Independent School District. Retrieved on December 6, 2018.
  25. Spring Branch Middle Attendance Zone. Spring Branch Independent School District. Retrieved on December 6, 2018.
  26. Memorial High School Zone. Spring Branch Independent School District. Retrieved on December 6, 2018.
  27. "Spring Branch Memorial Branch Library Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." Harris County Public Library. Retrieved on November 29, 2008.
  28. "Public Libraries Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." City of Spring Valley Village. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.
  29. http://www.examinernews.com/about_us/%5B%5D
  30. Gray, Lisa. "After the Crash." Houston Press. October 23, 1997. 1. Retrieved on January 16, 2010.
  31. "Background Information on the Act and Its Amendments." Bureau of Justice Assistance of the United States Department of Justice. Retrieved on January 16, 2010.
  32. Gray, Lisa. "After the Crash." Houston Press. Thursday October 23, 1997. 6. Retrieved on July 4, 2010.
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