Page Contents for Conroe, Texas

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

City Attractions

Government

Chamber of Commerce.

Organizations, Churches, and Sports.

Schools.

Miscellany

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Statistics & Facts

The Texas state capital is Austin.
The population of Conroe is approximately 38,000 (2001), 56207 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 11,500 (1990), 20017 (2010).
The amount of land area in Conroe is 54.249 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.191 sq kilometers.
The distance from Conroe to Washington DC is 1228 miles.
The distance to the Texas state capital is 136 miles. (as the crow flies)
Conroe is positioned 30.32 degrees north of the equator and 95.47 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

40 minutes north of Houston
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History & History Related Items

Here is a history page for the City of Conroe. The following excerpt about how Conroe was named is from the above page. Much more information is available on the history page.

"In 1881, Houston lumberman Isaac Conroe established a sawmill on Stewart's Creek two miles east of the International Great Northern Railroad's Houston-Crockett line on a tract of land in the J. Smith survey, first settled in the late 1830's. A small tram line connected the mill to the 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 1884, a post office was established at the mill commissary, and, at the suggestion of railroad official H.M. 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."
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Attractions

Lake Conroe, 22,000 fresh water acres, with parks, boating forests, camping, hotels and more.
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Conroe City Government

City of Conroe official site

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COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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Montgomery County Courthouse
301 N Main St
Conroe, TX 77301-2809
Phone: 936-856-5151

Conroe Chamber

Chamber Of Commerce
1504 Interstate 45 N
Conroe, TX 77301-1652
Phone: 936-539-2502

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Greater Conroe-Lake Conroe Area Chamber of Commerce
505 W. Davis
PO Box 2347
Conroe, Texas 77305
Phone: 936.756.6644
Phone: 936.441.6644

Conroe Organizations

Chamber Of Commerce
1504 Interstate 45 N
Conroe, TX 77301-1652
Phone: 936-539-2502

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Greater Conroe-Lake Conroe Area Chamber of Commerce
505 W. Davis
PO Box 2347
Conroe, Texas 77305
Phone: 936.756.6644
Phone: 936.441.6644

Conroe Schools

Conroe Independent School District
3205 W. Davis
Conroe, TX 77304
Phone: 936.709.7751 Conroe

Miscellany

The population of Conroe was:
1990 - 27,610
2001 - 38,000+