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Buying a Home in Kingwood, Texas

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Kingwood is located in Harris, Montgomery County

Population: 65,000 On December 28, 1967, Friendswood Development Company and King Ranch, Inc. purchased 50,000 acres of land from the Foster Lumber Company. The land was located on US Highway 59 about 25 miles northeast of downtown Houston. At that time, Kingwood was one of only two master-planned communities in the Houston region. The other community, also developed by Friendswood Development Company, is Clear Lake City, the home of NASA - Johnson Space Center.

The decision was made by Friendswood Development Company, the pioneer in the design and implementation of "master-planning" to develop a "new town" in cooperation with nature on the 14,000 acres closest to Houston in 1970-1971, the first five families moved into Trailwood, the first of 21 villages, which now make up the master-planned community of Kingwood, The Livable Forest. Kingwood is now almost 15,000 acres, which included the two newest villages south of the San Jacinto Bridge - Kings River and Kingwood Glen.

Kingwood is a complete community consisting of approximately 58,000 residents; the total population will be around 65,000 in three to five years when Kingwood is completely developed. Located within are churches, shopping centers, parks, playgrounds, ball fields, riding stables, a private boat launch, golf courses, banks, office complexes, restaurants, two hospitals and various medical/dental facilities, Kingwood College, apartments, and schools. Kingwood is situated within the nationally acclaimed Humble Independent School District.

There are ten public elementary schools, three middle schools, and one high school located in Kingwood. One of the main reasons people choose to relocate to Kingwood is because of these fourteen "Exemplary" rated schools. The Texas Education Agency rates each public school based on the number of students attending, standardized test results and the drop out ratio - for the school year of 1997-98, Kingwood's number of schools receiving the "Exemplary" rating increased from 11 to 14. Kingwood is also home to a number of private schools, day-care facilities and Mothers-Day-Out programs.

The development of Kingwood has been carried out carefully in accordance with a plan designed to save the wooded nature of this beautifully forested tract of land, part of which has been owned by the Foster Family since shortly before the Civil War. Another amenity, which was an original design of Friendswood Development Company, is the over 65+ miles of the greenbelt system which winds throughout the community. These trails have been developed to preserve wildlife and to provide safe access to schools, parks, and stores without having to cross a major road. Families can walk, ride bikes, or roller blade through tunnels built under the busy streets.