Smith survey, first settled in the late s. A small tram line connected the mill to the I-GN track, but Conroe soon transferred his operations down the tracks to the rail junction, where his new mill became a station on the I-GN. In January a post office was established at the mill commissary, and, at the suggestion of railroad official H.
Hoxey, the community took the name Conroe's Switch, in honor of the Northern-born, former Union cavalry officer who founded it and served as its first postmaster; within a decade the name was shortened to Conroe. In the mids the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway extended its Navasota-Montgomery spur eastward through the town, which thus became the only junction of major rail lines in the county. Conroe Mill School was established in , and not long afterward the community's first Black school was founded at Madeley Quarters, south of town.
A lumber boom beginning in the late nineteenth century in the Piney Woods of eastern and central Montgomery County attracted scores of settlers to Conroe. By the population had climbed to an estimated In that year Conroe replaced Montgomery as county seat.
A residence donated by Isaac Conroe served as a temporary courthouse until a permanent brick structure could be erected in By the early s Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist congregations were organized in the town; they initially shared a single house of worship.
By the community had become a shipping center for lumber, cotton, livestock, and bricks, and had five steam-powered saw and planing mills, several brickyards, a cotton gin, a gristmill, several hotels and general stores, and a population of The Conroe Independent School District was established in , combining twelve nearby common school districts, and within a year a second White school was established in the town.
By the community's first weekly newspaper, the Courier , had been founded. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Conroe briefly shipped local tobacco. In a four-room schoolhouse for White pupils of all grades was constructed, and the local Black school was transferred to the building abandoned by the Whites.
Since most Black residences have been in a district on the southeastern edge of town. In the town's first White high school class graduated. Three years later a public school library was established. In April a private coeducational vocational school for Blacks was founded by Dr. Jimmie Johnson on a seven-acre tract in northeast Conroe and quickly began to attract students from around the state. Funds for support of the institution were solicited from Black churches, conventions, and organizations throughout the nation; local White residents also made financial contributions to the school and provided its students with employment in their homes and businesses.
By the end of World War I the college's enrollment had climbed above By Conroe was Montgomery County's largest community. It was incorporated in with a population of 1,, and its first mayor and city council were elected the following year. In the first electric lighting appeared in the town when an electrical generating plant was constructed on nearby Stewarts Creek. About the community's first Catholic church was constructed, and the first Black public school was established.
Over the next two decades the Conroe Independent School District was expanded to encompass twenty-five square miles. We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari.
On Oct. His name was Isaac Conroe. In time, Conroe bought a tract of land and established a sawmill about two miles east of the present town that bears his name. It was merely a forest, but that is part of what initially drew Conroe.
A post office was soon established there and Conroe served as the first postmaster. A railroad official suggested making the new mill site a regular stop and gave it the name "Conroe's Switch. Lumbering brought prosperity to Conroe. The railroads made transporting lumber goods to market an easier task and many mills sprouted up. The sawmills caused new families to move into the area and the town thrived.
Unemployment Rate. Median Income. Median Home Price. Median Age. Comfort Index Climate. Not only is the population huge, but the area includes 10 counties covering some square miles and spreads some 50 miles in each direction.
Read More about Conroe. Houston is a national and world center for the petroleum and petrochemical industry, but also shines as a general corporate center; local companies include Continental Airlines, Browning Ferris Industries, Waste Management, MinuteMaid owned by Coca-Cola , and American General insurance.
There is a considerable amount of banking and general commerce and trade in the area, driven in part by the large port facility and the petrochemical industry. The city grew in a fairly haphazard manner, with skyscraper complexes downtown and satellite corporate centers on the periphery.
To the west along the I inner beltway, the commercial center and satellite downtown area known as the Galleria contains a gigantic mall with over stores and large office complexes. Both of these core areas feature a very modern skyline and the latest in transportation conveyances. So much commercial activity is actually done on the periphery that downtown — if you can get there — is relatively pleasant, uncrowded and attractive.
Suburbs spread in all directions and particularly to the west, southwest, northwest and north. Areas southeast are older, more built up, industrial, and constrained by Galveston Bay. The heavier industry is east and southeast in a 25 miles industrial corridor towards Texas City. Baytown, to the east and at the head of Galveston Bay, is a major oil refining and petrochemical center dominated by Exxon-Mobil.
Farther west along the coast lies the industrial center of Freeport in Brazoria County, an enormous petrochemical and mineral processing center, with numerous beach houses built up on stilts up and down the coast and a corridor of small towns and residential areas spread back north towards Houston. Cultural amenities are excellent and include performing arts, museums, and a variety of entertainment options.
The Texas Medical Center is a leading-edge facility including 39 centers and employing 50, healthcare professionals.
Although there are some lakes and the Gulf is 50 miles away, the area is notably lacking in outdoor recreational opportunities and the landscape is relatively featureless. Cost of living is notably low for a big city, and excellent housing is available. The Houston landscape mainly is a flat, treeless plain crossed by several small streams and rivers, with a little more relief and some wooded areas to the north and northeast.
The climate is humid subtropical with a marine influence. High relative humidity makes these temperatures uncomfortable—air-conditioning is a must.
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