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Hunters Creek Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the metropolitan area. The population was 4,367 at the 2010 census. It is part of a collection of upscale residential communities in west Houston known as the Memorial Villages. While Hunters Creek Village is an independent municipality, and not part of the city of Houston, the United States Postal Service uses "Houston" for all Hunters Creek Village addresses; "Hunters Creek Village" is not an acceptable city designation for mail addressed to places in Hunters Creek Village (). As of 2000, Hunters Creek Village was the 5th wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income. A 2010 ''BusinessWeek'' study stated that Hunters Creek Village was the most expensive suburb in Texas.〔Sarnoff, Nancy. "(The state's most expensive suburb... )" ''Houston Chronicle''. November 22, 2010. Retrieved on December 7, 2010.〕 ==History== Prior to the incorporation of Piney Point Village, German farmers settled the area and opened sawmills. By 1936 the community had a sawmill and several residences. In the mid-1950s, effort to form a Spring Branch municipality failed. The city incorporated in 1954 with a mayor-alderman government.〔 Because of the 1954 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Hunters Creek Village's territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were unincorporated.〔Lee, Renée C. "(Annexed Kingwood split on effects )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday October 8, 2006. A21. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. "Some of the area communities that incorporated as cities and escaped annexation by Houston:" Print version exclusively has the information cited; the information is ''not'' included in the online edition.〕 By 1966 year the community had a school and a church. Between 1960 and 1980 the population increased from 2,478 to 4,580. In 1982 the population fell to 4,215. 4,598 people lived in Hunters Creek Village in 1990.〔 In 2008, Forbes.com selected Hunters Creek Village, along with the adjacent community of Bunker Hill Village and (southwest suburban) Sugar Land, as one of the three Houston-area "Top Suburbs To Live Well." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hunters Creek Village, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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