A Town Called Cypress

When we first moved to Cypress, my husband tried to explain to his inner-looper friends exactly where our new home was.

"Do you remember Tin Hall?"
"Oh man -- that place was in the middle of no where! If you went through the blinking light, you missed the town!"
"Well ... we live around  the corner from it now ..."

What was once a sprawling community of horse farms and ranches before 1980, has evolved into a thriving urban oasis. In addition to the infamous dance hall, Cypress now boasts a multitude of dynamic subdivisions, six phenomenal golf courses, and a burgeoning retail market. The once sleepy zip code of 77429 is now listed as the 50th wealthiest urban zip code in the United States. What a difference a few decades make!

Education has historically been an integral part of Cypress and it is currently served by the acclaimed Cypress-Fairbanks school district having 24 public schools within its boundaries. In addition, Cypress students have over 20 private schools to choose from as well. Houses of worship also dot the landscape with a diversity as great as its citizenry. 

The community shares a rich and interesting heritage and served as a campgrounds for Sam Houston and his troops on their way to Harrisburg just days before the Battle of San Jacinto. Before then it was the home of the Atakapan Indians and eventually was settled by German immigrants in the 1840's. The German influence can still be seen in local smokehouses and in street names such as Huffmeister and Telge. You can learn more about the history of this area at Cypress Top Historical Park on Old Hempstead Highway.

Despite the changes urbanization of area has brought, Cypress has managed to maintian its charm. The familes who live within its many subdivisions speak to the closeness of the people in their neighborhoods and the small-town feel of this rather large community.

In addition to the human inhabitants, the city is home to a myriad of wildlife that lives within and around its many creeks and tributaries. Nature flourishes here with beautiful walking trails, picturesque parks, and wooded nature preserves. It is not uncommon to still see horseriders trotting on the trails or cows grazing in nearby pastures. 

If you are looking for a community to call home, take a trip up hwy. 249 or 290 one afternoon and see if you too don't fall in love with an amazing town called Cypress.