Get to know Kingwood

Kingwood was started in 1971 by a partnership between developers King Ranch and the Friendswood Development Company, Exxon’s housing subsidiary. It’s one of the largest master-planned communities in the Houston area and frequently considered as an alternative to The Woodlands. Kingwood is also known as the “Livable Forest,” with the houses nestled among old-growth pine trees, magnolias, and under canopies of oaks. There’s the Greenbelt, made up of 75 miles of hiking and biking trails that wind around the neighborhood’s woods and lakes. Kingwood is technically part of Houston, as it was annexed in 1996, but it retains its own character. The area is divided into 25 residential villages, each with its own community association and amenities, which generally include a pool and a community room. Kingwood has the advantage of being closer to downtown Houston than the towns outside of the city limits, making it a popular commuter choice.

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Living in Greater Houston

Like all of Texas, Greater Houston’s history is the story of oil, with suburban towns developed by and for gas and oil executives, with Houston’s Energy Corridor remaining a major employer today. The suburbs of north Houston stretch from Kingwood, technically inside the city limits, all the way up to and beyond The Woodlands, whose growth and prominence has earned it its own identity, separate from H-Town. These suburbs are young metropolises—towns that grew out of farmland and forest in the past 50 years, with houses, office parks, newly created lakes, and golf courses emerging from rural lands where only cows and feral pigs once roamed. As Houston’s economy has diversified and as the region has created more new jobs, Houston residents have looked farther and farther out for more space to settle. Greater Houston is booming and there’s no better place to call home.