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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Texas, US}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

[[File:The Spring by the chinaberry grove.JPG|thumb|upright=1.35|This spring is the China Spring community's namesake.]]

'''China Spring''' is a [[census-designated place]] in northwestern [[McLennan County, Texas|McLennan County]], [[Texas]], United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2586920}}</ref> It lies approximately twelve miles northwest of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], on [[Farm-to-Market Road]] 1637, and is part of the [[Waco metropolitan area|Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
{{unsourced|section|date=August 2024}}
Settlement of the area began as early as 1860, and the community was founded in 1867. It was named for a spring in a [[chinaberry]] grove. A post office was established there in May 1873 with Charles S. Eichelberger as postmaster. By the early 1880s, the community had 200 residents with five steam [[cotton gin]]s and [[gristmill]]s, three [[general store]]s and a [[Methodist]] church. [[Cotton]], [[corn]], and [[wool]] were the principal products of the area.

China Spring became the focus of a rural [[school district]] in the late 1920s. Two churches, a school, and many houses marked the community on topographic maps of the mid-1970s.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010=1281
|2020=1436
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850–1900<ref name=1900CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/49-population-tx.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-tx-p1.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1920<ref name=1920CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-tx-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch10.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br>
1950<ref name=1950CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-46.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/33255142v1p45ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00496492v1p45s1ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1980<ref name=1980CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/texas/1980a_txab-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

China Spring first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[2010 U.S. Census]].<ref name=2010CensusTX/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''China Spring CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – China Spring CDP, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4814740&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – China Spring CDP, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4814740&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,067
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,074
|83.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |74.79%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|0.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.25%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.49%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.42%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45
|0.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.13%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|191
|style='background: #ffffe6; |284
|14.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19.78%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,281'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,436'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

==Notable person==

Musician [[Ted Nugent]] owns a ranch in the area.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

==Education==
[[China Spring Independent School District]] serves area students.

==References==
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==External links==

{{McLennan County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in McLennan County, Texas]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Texas]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in McLennan County, Texas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1867]]

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