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Conroe, TX: History of a Growing Community in North Houston

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Kate Writes Right

Conroe Texas Heritage Museum, Kathi Frank RealtorIn 1881, Isaac Conroe was a lumberman from Houston and he established a sawmill near the railroad tracks. Soon a post office was established in his mill commissary. By the mid nineteenth century, a lumber boom had attracted settlers and the population climbed to 300 by 1889. They became a shipping center for lumber, cotton, livestock and bricks. The Conroe Independent School District was established in 1892, combining twelve nearby school districts. In 1896, the Courier was founded. It remains one of the few daily newspapers still in operation.

Although the city survived a devastating fire in 1901, Conroe became incorporated in 1904 with a population of 1,009. Then the Great Depression almost devastated this small town. The lumber supply had been mismanaged. In November 1930, the only bank abruptly failed and forced many mills to close.

But things Crighton Theater, Conroe Texas, Kathi Frank Realtorimmediately turned around when in December of 1931 George Strake discovered oil seven miles southeast of town. By 1933 the population had blossomed to more than 5,000 and lent Conroe a boomtown atmosphere. It briefly claimed more millionaires per capita than any other town in the United States. During that time the Crighton Theater was built and in 1950 Elvis Presley performed there.

Since those oil boom days, Conroe has steadily grown in size. The Montgomery County Airport was built as a military facility in 1945, but has since then served as a local airfield. By 1972, when Houston began a big oil boom of their own, Conroe's population had climbed to 12,000...and reached 27,500 by 1990. Today's population is about 45,000.

Here's a link to the City of Conroe Event Calendar.  You can see what a busy thriving area Conroe has become.  Search the MLS in Conroe TX through this link.

Contact me with any questions on the real estate market in Conroe, Texas.

Kathi Frank, REALTOR
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