[9] In 1848, St. Peter's United (Lutheran) Church opened on a site donated from the Bauer family; the lumber used in the construction originated from one of the local sawmills.

[10] The early settlers all had roads named after their families – Gessner, Conrad Sauer, Witte, Wirt, Blalock, Campbell, Hillendahl, Bauer, Fries, and Neuens.

[citation needed] After World War II James E. Lyon served as a developer in Spring Branch.

[5] In the mid-to-late 20th century, Spring Branch had a rural suburban character with dirt roads and horses in the area.

The sign used by the city to indicate the proposed site repeatedly received spray paint graffiti stating "no niggers.

Kim Cobb, the author of the 1988 Houston Chronicle article, said that many of the poorly maintained complexes were located next to well-maintained single family subdivisions.

[20] In May 2011 the Spring Branch Central Super Neighborhood campaigned against having federal funds used to improve older apartment complexes in the area.

[27] Terrence McCoy of the Houston Press said in 2012 that in Spring Branch "[a]venues lined with orderly yards and American flags buttress shopping centers where Spanish dominates.

It wasn’t uncommon to see pastures full of horses, relics of its past life as farmland tilled by generations of German immigrants".

[22] In 1983 there were a travel agent, an optical shop, multiple restaurants, a newsstand, a bookstore, a pharmacy, and a furniture store in Spring Branch catering to Koreans.

[4][33] Cameron International Corporation's Drilling and Production Systems center is in the Westway Business Park in Spring Branch and in an unincorporated area.

[47] Station 49 opened in a former Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department facility at Campbell at Long Point in 1956.

[55] The council for the #85 Super Neighborhood, which includes the Binglewood, Binglewood 5, Campbell Woods, Hollister Place, Holley Terrace, Kempwood North, Langwood II, Outpost Estates, Spring Branch Estates II, Spring Branch Oaks, Springwood/Timbercreek, and Western Oaks subdivisions, many of which still have deed restrictions, opened on August 24, 2000.

[57] The council for the #84 Super Neighborhood, which mostly consists of deed-restricted, single family subdivisions such as Spring Shadows and also includes nine apartment complexes and one mobile home area, opened on March 14, 2005.

[60] The Spring Branch Management District's mission is to positively impact public safety, business development, environmental and urban design, and mobility and transportation to help create an environment attractive to business, to facilitate profitability, and to promote the redevelopment and growth of the area.

[61] Ongoing programs spearheaded by the Spring Branch Management District include working with the Houston Police Department to promote its Blue Star Program to bring apartment complexes and multifamily residential units into compliance with current city codes, providing constable patrols to enhance security, removing graffiti on public and private property, maintaining various landscapes throughout the district, removing bandit signs, enforcing news rack ordinance, and pursuing health code violations.

[62] The management district's boundaries are almost entirely within the City of Houston; a portion in the north is in an unincorporated area in Harris County.

[4][63] As of 2012, according to Bob Stein, a Rice University political scientist, voters in Houston City Council District A tend to be older people, conservative, and White American, and many follow the Tea Party movement.

[68] The Harris County Department of Education maintains an office in the North Post Oak Building in Spring Branch.

[69] The Harris County Toll Road Authority operates its West Area EZ Tag Store in Spring Branch.

Bob Eckels, then the Precinct 3 commissioner, established a community center in the ground floor's north half.

[80] Spring Branch is partially in Texas's 18th congressional district, which has been represented by Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee since 1995.

Nestor Rodriguez, an immigration expert from the University of Houston, said that the white population of Spring Branch implied that many were leaving not because of racial differences but because the new residents were not middle class.

[91] Houston-based McVey & Co. Investments LLC purchased Spring Branch Medical Center, at 8850 Long Point Road, early 2011.

The southern portions of west Spring Branch have students zoned to Stratford High School in the Memorial area of Houston.

Some areas of Spring Branch along Westview and Interstate 10 have students zoned to Memorial High School in the City of Hedwig Village.

[135] The adjacent R. L. and Cora Johnson Community Center, located at 9801 Tanner Road, has a 0.25 mile hike and bicycle trail, a playground, an outdoor basketball pavilion, and lighted tennis courts.

[135] The park has an indoor gymnasium, a .35 mile hike and bicycle trail, a playground, a lighted sports field.

The 13-acre (53,000 m2) Nob Hill Park, located at 10300 Timber Oak Drive, has a 0.59-mile (950 m) walking trail, a picnic, a playground, a gazebo, and a softball field.

[154] The area has a Polish American house of worship, Our Lady of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Parish, established in the 1980s.