The City of Hedwig Village is located in Harris County, Texas and is a part of a collection of upscale communities known as the Memorial Villages. The Memorial Villages also include the cities of Spring Valley Village, Piney Point Village, Bunker Hill Village, Hilshire Village and Hunters Creek Village.

According to local historian Tom Roth, the Memorial Villages derived from land grants given to John Taylor and Isaac Bunker for their service during the Texas War of Independence from Mexico. Over the years, they sold parts of their land and the area was settled. In the early years, the area contained mostly farms, but there were also sawmills and lumberyards due to the area being heavily wooded.

In 1954, a group of citizens intent on instituting zoning and resisting being annexed by Houston, incorporated the Memorial Villages and the city of Hedwig Village was born. The city is named after Hedwig Road, which was named after Hedwig Jankowski Schroeder, a landowner who emigrated from Germany.

Before the incorporation, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office policed the area. After incorporating, Hedwig Village appointed one paid marshal and had several volunteers patrolling in their own cars. In 1958, Hedwig Village voted to join with other area cities to form a joint police department. In 1964, the lot at 9000 Gaylord, where the current police station is located, was purchased for $33,600 and the original Memorial Villages Police Station was built.