Spring Hill was an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Gregg County,
Texas
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, United States.
Founded sometime before 1900, the town became the site of many oil field camps during the
oil boom of the 1930s. Most oil workers would leave by the end of the decade. By 1940, Spring Hill had a population of 140, a consolidated school district, and a number of businesses. By 1984, the population stood at 1,458 due in part to development in nearby
Longview. Spring Hill was annexed to Longview on October 7, 1983.
Spring Hill still retains its own school district, the
Spring Hill Independent School District.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Gregg County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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