Spring Branch, Comal County, Texas
| Spring Branch, Texas | |
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| City of Spring Branch | |
View of Spring Branch, the city's namesake, in June 2007.
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 Spring Branch
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| Coordinates: 29°53′24″N 98°25′31″W / 29.89000°N 98.42528°WCoordinates: 29°53′24″N 98°25′31″W / 29.89000°N 98.42528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Comal |
| Established | 1852 |
| Incorporated | November 19, 2015 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Type C General-Law Municipality |
| • Mayor | James Mayer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,115 ft (340 m) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 250 |
| • Density | 130/sq mi (51/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 78070 |
| Area code(s) | 830 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1380926 |
Spring Branch is a city located in Comal County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan area and has approximately 250 residents. The community voted to incorporate in an election held on November 3, 2015 and Spring Branch officially became a city on November 19, 2015.
Originally settled by Germans in the 19th century, Spring Branch is named for a spring fed creek that flows into the Guadalupe River.
Spring Branch is located in western Comal County along U.S. Highway 281, north of Bulverde, west of Canyon Lake and the surrounding unincorporated community of the same name. New Braunfels is approximately 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Spring Branch. The city covers 1.9 square miles.
A significant portion of Spring Branch that borders the Guadalupe River was first settled by German native Adam Becker (1815–1901). Becker journeyed to Texas in 1845 to join Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels in establishing a colony on behalf of the Adelsverein, also known as the German Emigration Company. Becker contributed to the building of Fredericksburg, Texas, and assisted with other aspects of the colony. He married Elizabeth Monken and by 1852 had established his homestead on what is now Phantom Rider Trail in Spring Branch. On his homestead, he raised cattle. The house he built for his family, which was privately restored in the first decade of the 21st century, was constructed of locally quarried stone and hand-hewn cypress from the banks of the nearby Guadalupe River. Adam Becker became a United States citizen in 1860 and upon his death in 1901 was buried in the cemetery on his homestead.
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