 However, the opening of Andrews AFB on an adjacent tract of land, the proximity of the area to the District of Columbia, and a housing shortage after World War II made the Camp Springs area an ideal location for residential development.Most of the development in the Camp Springs area occurred north of the Camp Springs crossroads in the 1940s and 1950s.The lack of water and sewer lines in most locations until the late 1950s and early 1960s kept the pace of development slow.