The Township of The Woodlands Texas
The Woodlands is a master planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas in the Houston– The Woodlands– Sugar Land city. It is mostly located in Montgomery County, with parts extending into Harris County. Since the 2010 census, the CDP population was 93,847, up from 55,649 at the 2000 census. In 2018, the Howard Hughes Corporation approximated the population to be 116,278.
The Woodlands is 28 miles (45 km) north of Houston along Interstate 45. It started as an exurban advancement and a bedroom neighborhood, it has also drawn in corporations and has a number of business campuses, most significantly Chevron Phillips Chemical, Huntsman Corporation, Woodforest National Bank, Baker Hughes, McDermott International, McKesson Corporation, Aon plc, Maersk Line, Safmarine, and Halliburton.
The Woodlands Data
| Coordinates: 30°10′39″N 95°30′14″WCoordinates: 30°10′39″N 95°30′14″W | |
| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Texas |
| Counties | Montgomery & Harris |
| Established | 1974 |
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Government |
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| • Board of Directors[1] | Gordy Bunch (R) (Chairman) John McMullan (Vice Chairman) Ann Snyder (Secretary) John Anthony Brown (Treasurer) Brian Boniface Bruce Rieser Carol Stromatt |
| • General Manager | Don Norrell |
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Area |
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| • Total | 43.9 sq mi (113.6 km2) |
| • Land | 43.3 sq mi (112.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
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Elevation |
160 ft (50 m) |
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Population (2010)
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| • Total | 93,847 |
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• Estimate (2016)
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114,625 |
| • Density | 2,649/sq mi (1,022.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 281/346/713/832/936 |
| FIPS code | 48-72656 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1867568 |
| Website | www www |
History
The Woodlands was developed after the oil market financier George P. Mitchell 1George Mitchell was the first to use hydraulic fracturing to crack the Texas Barnett shale field. He sold his company, Mitchell Energy & Development, to Devon Energy for $3.5 billion in 2002. He completed $24 million in renovations of his three Galveston hometown hotels, damaged by Hurricane Ike. He’s spent $30 million building the Giant Magellan Telescope, a ground-based replacement for the Hubble. He graduated from Texas A&M University’s petroleum engineering and geology class in 1940. participated in a seminar by the Rouse Company subsidiary American City Corporation and developer of Columbia, Maryland. on how to establish new towns utilizing the HUD Title VII program. It was devoted by George P. Mitchell in 1974 and handled by The Woodlands Corporation as an extension of Mitchell Energy & Development. Mitchell, an oil businessman, prepared to establish a conference center, hotels, office parks, retail shopping centers, schools, large distribution centers, and golf courses. Homes would range from moderately low to costly and large. Expense Schadewald of the Houston Business Journal stated that Mitchell wanted the development to “attract city slickers trying to find the far-flung rural quality of life”. Schadewald said that local sources specified that the HUD New Town program, a federally moneyed program, had a “low survival rate” and questioned whether The Woodlands would be successful.
The Woodlands Corporation was acquired on July 31, 1997, by a partnership between Morgan Stanley and Crescent Real Estate Equities. In December 2003, The Rouse Company got Crescent’s interest, and Rouse was bought by General Growth Properties on November 12, 2004. In 2011 The Woodlands was sold to the Howard Hughes Development Corporation.
The original planning utilized many of the preparation concepts and style experts utilized in other well-regarded new communities of that era such as Columbia, Maryland, Irvine Ranch, California and Reston, Virginia. The original development strategy included environmental design principles embraced by Ian McHarg, a distinguished landscape designer, instructor and author of the influential work Design With Nature.
It continues to grow residentially and commercially as lots of companies are moving there. In addition to Chevron Phillips, Huntsman Corporation, Hewitt Associates, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Maersk, M&S Engineering and Woodforest National Bank have established operations. The Town Center includes shopping and consuming centers along with a waterway resembling the San Antonio River Walk.
Location
The Woodlands is primarily in Montgomery County, Texas, with a small portion of the CDP in Harris County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 43.9 square miles (113.6 km2), of which 43.3 square miles (112.1 km2) are land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), or 1.32%, are water.
It is in a heavily forested area, and much of the neighborhood has kept trees for shade and decoration. The surface is essentially flat, with the exception of topographic variations ranging from 125 to 175 feet in between Spring Creek and Flintridge Drive.
Culture and Entertainment
The Woodlands Waterway 2The Woodlands Waterway is the city’s lifeblood. Kayak along its waters, dine at its edge, and watch the sunset from its banks. Attractions include a concert at one of America’s finest amphitheaters. Restaurants on The Waterway in The Woodlands range from seafood and steaks to Mexican and Italian. will ultimately be more than 1/2 mile long, reaching from The Woodlands Mall around to Lake Woodlands 3Lake Woodlands functions as a recreational residential and business neighborhood for the surrounding Woodlands. Research Forest Lakeside is a top 11-building, 77-acre commercial office development containing a total of 1,615,198 square feet of office space. One Lake’s Edge is an 825,000-square-foot, 390-unit multi-family development. The building boasts panoramic lake views and is just steps from Hughes Landing’s shopping, dining, and entertainment. The plan provides full versatility for multiple tenants and single company occupancy. and with broad, lighted pathways along both sides. Sixteen Art Benches line The Woodlands Waterway and are popular places to rest on a stroll down The Waterway. Every April, The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival draws 220 juried artists from around the world to the Woodlands Waterway for a great arts celebration.
Religion
Since 2016 there were nearly 50 centers of worship in The Woodlands, occupying a total of 330 acres (130 ha) of land. As of 2011, the community is bulk Christian.
Pastor Kerry Shook developed Fellowship of The Woodlands Church, now understood as Woodlands Church, in 1993. On December 25, 2001, the Korean Community Church in The Woodlands, with Presbyterian Korean-language services and non-denominational English services, opened. Other Protestant or Non-denominational Christian churches in The Woodlands include Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, and Unity of The Woodlands.
Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Parish, the very first Catholic church in The Woodlands, was developed circa 1980, with its 400 parishioners at first fulfilling at Knox Junior High School prior to moving into its irreversible structure in 1981. Since 2013 it had 3,800 families in its parish. St. Anthony of Padua, another Catholic church, had 5,700 families in its parish in 2013. It operates St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School.
There are 2 Jewish places of worship, standard and reform. Congregation Beth Shalom, established circa 1984 led by Rabbi Edwin C. Goldberg, has about 175 families, and is associated with Reform Judaism. Its associated companies are the Association of Reformed Congregations and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Chabad of The Woodlands was developed in 2011 by Rabbi Mendel and Leah Blecher. It is a branch of the worldwide Chabad Lubavitch motion, providing traditional-style services to contemporary Jewish families. Chabad of The Woodlands inaugurated and sponsors the annual Chanukah on Market Street event, and established the very first Jewish preschool in the area. The Woodlands Animal Control.
The Woodlands, TX Zip Codes
77354 77375 77380 77381 77382 77384 77385 77386 77389