Kingwood is a 14,000 acre master-planned community located in northeast Houston, Texas. The majority of the community is located in Harris County with a small portion in Montgomery County. Known as the "Livable Forest," it is the largest master-planned community in Harris County and second-largest within the 10-county Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Kingwood, founded in 1969, is being developed on Lake Houston by the Friendswood Development Company, headed up by John Bruton Jr. The name is derived from the King Ranch, which at one point owned the land, as well as the Friendswood Development Company. Kingwood is divided into 25 neighborhoods, called "villages." Most villages have a neighborhood pool providing free access for village residents, and most provide their own set of village-specific services. http://www.kingwoodonline.com/
