Parks & local places
The HOA’s 2020 letter places the neighborhood near Lilly Road and the Chehalis Western Trail. It supported a future Lilly Road park; that historical letter does not establish an open or completed park today.
Olympia area · Subdivision
Springwood
Springwood is the established HOA neighborhood around Ashley Drive NE, 22nd Way NE and Springview Drive NE. Most sampled homes date to the early 1990s; this is a different place from the Springwood Garden development proposal.
Homes you’ll find
Detached-home subdivision; the 33 residential lots sampled have a 0.19-acre median.
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Schools to check
School boundaries can differ from city limits, mailing addresses and neighborhood names. Check the specific home before relying on an assignment.
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Look up the home’s schools ↗
Open the county’s Elections and Schools Map or Property Map. Search the address, then confirm the result with the district.
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Olympia School District ↗
Enrollment information and the district’s school-boundary lookup. This is a regional starting point, not a confirmed assignment for Springwood.
An ordinary week
Parks, errands & getting around
Regional orientation for Northeast Olympia. Nearby places and services are not promised amenities of this community.
Try the grocery run
Test Lilly Road crossings and the actual trail entrance, then compare the drive toward your everyday shops and appointments. A nearby trail on a map is not proof of a direct connection from the lot.
Drive your own route
Ashley Drive NE · 22nd Way NE · Springview Drive NE. Test the connections from the actual driveway at your normal travel hours. Regional proximity does not guarantee a quick commute.
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Map, location & local context
Regional location context
Northeast Olympia · regional overview
This is a regional context map, not a verified pin or boundary for Springwood. Use recorded locations below when available; confirm the parcel before relying on a neighborhood name.
Find the recorded locations
- Ashley Drive NE · sampled street ↗
- 22nd Way NE · sampled street ↗
- Springview Drive NE · sampled street ↗
These searches help you find an address or sampled street; they do not draw a neighborhood boundary. Confirm the result against the source records below.
Streets: OpenStreetMap. Outlines: City of Olympia association data, retrieved September 19, 2026. Association outlines are not city limits or the full extent of every guide.View all neighborhoods →
Where it fits
Location & local context.
The exact SPRINGWOOD plat contains Ashley Drive NE, 22nd Way NE and Springview Drive NE. Springwood Garden at 1609 Springwood Avenue NE is a separate development proposal and is excluded from this profile.
Regional jurisdiction context: City and urban-edge parcels can differ. Confirm jurisdiction, utilities and school assignment by address.
Housing, subdivisions & builder research
What the records establish
Housing, development history & ownership.
- Construction history
- Of 33 county residential year-built values, 32 fall in 1991–1993 and one is 1922; median 1992. The older observation is retained, not silently discarded. Verify the individual home and permit history.
- Residential lot sample
- 0.19 acres median across 33 residential observations. Individual lots vary; this is not a subdivision-wide minimum or maximum.
- Housing & styles
- Detached-home subdivision; the 33 residential lots sampled have a 0.19-acre median. Individual size, layout and usable yard vary.
- Homebuilder
- Not established in the primary sources reviewed. Original permits and lot-specific construction records are needed before attributing a builder.
- Ownership details
- Recognized homeowners association. Verify the home’s membership, current dues, budget, reserves, insurance, rules and shared-maintenance obligations from current documents.
- Location & setting
- The exact SPRINGWOOD plat contains Ashley Drive NE, 22nd Way NE and Springview Drive NE. Springwood Garden at 1609 Springwood Avenue NE is a separate development proposal and is excluded from this profile.
- Street examples
- Ashley Drive NE · 22nd Way NE · Springview Drive NE. Sample streets, not a boundary or a matched parcel list.
Other builders may also have contributed; not all home and phase records have been reconciled. The documented attribution applies only to the community, offering or phase identified above.
Recorded names & construction-year samples (1 record groups)
October 10, 2026 research snapshot. These are legal-description search groups, not a count of homes or certified plat boundaries. Divisions, phases and similarly named records remain separate. Year-built fields can include later replacement buildings and non-house property types.
| Recorded name | Year-built sample | Residential lot sample |
|---|---|---|
| SPRINGWOOD34 named parcel observations | 1922–199333 year observations · median 1992 | 0.19 acres median33 acreage observations |
Acreage is the median of positive lot-size observations below 100 acres coded RES in the research, not a measurement of every home lot. Samples can be incomplete or overlap; do not add them to calculate community totals. Confirm the actual parcel, original permit, additions and recorded map before relying on a date or size.
Evidence: community documented. Development dates, association formation and individual home completion are separate facts. Research updated October 10, 2026.
- City of Olympia · June 2026 association roster ↗Recognized association identity; recognition does not establish a legal plat boundary or school assignment.
- Thurston County parcel GIS · exact plat sample ↗Reviewed October 15, 2026. Exact SD_NAME filter, deduplicated by parcel number; residential-only year and lot medians. No owner data used.
- Springwood HOA · 2020 park-support letter ↗State-hosted letter from the HOA describing 33 households and the Lilly Road/trail setting; historical park proposal, not current amenity confirmation.
- Springwood Garden · separate SEPA proposal ↗Different property at 1609 Springwood Avenue NE; not this HOA.
The place behind the name
The exact SPRINGWOOD plat contains Ashley Drive NE, 22nd Way NE and Springview Drive NE. Springwood Garden at 1609 Springwood Avenue NE is a separate development proposal and is excluded from this profile.
Parks, open space and everyday routes
The HOA’s 2020 letter places the neighborhood near Lilly Road and the Chehalis Western Trail. It supported a future Lilly Road park; that historical letter does not establish an open or completed park today. Test Lilly Road crossings and the actual trail entrance, then compare the drive toward your everyday shops and appointments. A nearby trail on a map is not proof of a direct connection from the lot.
What to compare at a showing
One county year-built value is 1922 while the other 32 residential records are 1991–1993. Check the specific property rather than assigning one construction era to every home.
Questions to take to a showing
The useful details
What changes from one home to the next?
This is a named subdivision. The recorded plat, phase and parcel explain the legal footprint; the community name alone does not establish a home’s age, builder or shared rights.
What the records show
“SPRINGWOOD” has 33 county records with a year built from 1922–1993, median 1992; sampled residential lots have a 0.19-acre median (33 observations). These assessor samples help compare building eras, but do not establish the first or last home in a subdivision or the permit history of an individual address.
The sampled county records include Ashley Drive NE, 22nd Way NE, Springview Drive NE. These are sampled records, not a mapped neighborhood boundary.
Questions to take to a showing
- Who provides water, sewer, permits and road maintenance at this exact address?
- What do the current governing documents, budget, dues and reserve records require?
- What year does the assessor record for this house, and which additions or major replacements have permits?
Compare another local name
Village At Mill Pond is another plat records in the broader Northeast Olympia browsing guide.
County parcel records identify Village At Mill Pond around TRAIL VIEW ST NE, VILLAGE ST NE, LILLY RD NE, MILL ST NE. Related record names and divisions remain separate until their original maps and governing documents establish the relationship.
Read the Village At Mill Pond profile →Keep researching this address
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