A Brief History of Old Town Spring

A Brief History of Old Town Spring

Spring, a picturesque shopping village today was once a bustling town, populated by farmers, railroad works and sawmill laborers. Spring's agrarian roots date to 1837 when German immigrants sailed into Galveston and moved West to places like Spring where land was plentiful and cheap. The railroads cam also, in 1900 two lines stretch through Spring from Houston north. Supposedly, railroad workers gave Spring its name by declaring that the season changed from winter to spring when workers laid tracks through the town.