1920 Map of Spring

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Spring Creek and its complex network of gullies define the northern border of Harris County on this survey, reflecting the landscape as it appeared just after the First World War. The rail crossroads at Spring serves as a focal point, where the International and Great Northern and its Fort Worth Line intersect. To the south, the Galveston Houston and Henderson railroad line passes through Westfield and Sellers, paralleling the watercourse of Cypress Creek. The rural character of the area is emphasized by a high density of small local institutions serving farming families, including Roth School, Rothman School, Shultz School, and Harril School. Early road networks like Stuebner Road and Louetta Road connect the scattered settlements of Rotherwood, Klein, and Bammel, showing the distribution of early 20th-century residential and agricultural activity before the region's suburban expansion.