Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Jersey Village, TX

Jersey Village is an independent city of about 3.5 square miles in west-central Harris County, at U.S. Highway 290 and Farm to Market Road 529 in the Houston metropolitan area.

The city grew out of Clark W. Henry's F&M Dairy, where he raised Jersey cattle — the herd that gave Jersey Village its name.

Henry and LeRoy Kennedy began developing the residential community in February 1954 on Henry's 1,236 acres around Jersey Lake, after Henry's health forced him to give up dairy farming.

Jersey Village incorporated on April 16, 1956, with all 58 votes cast in favor of incorporation — and because it incorporated, Houston could not annex its territory.

In August 1986 Jersey Village voters adopted a home rule charter by a vote of 306–36, giving the city broader taxing and governing powers.

The 2020 census counted 7,921 residents in Jersey Village — a long climb from just 493 residents in 1961 — at a density of about 2,335 people per square mile.

A new high school was completed in Jersey Village in 1972, and today Jersey Village High School serves the city as part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.

Jersey Village still runs its own police force, which began as a volunteer force at incorporation in 1956.