WalterGrey Homes will custom build a new home on your lot in Conroe, Texas
Conroe is a suburban city 40 miles north of Houston in the gulf coastal plains/piney woods region of southeast Texas.
It is the seat of Montgomery County and falls within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.
History
The city is named after northern born, Southern Cavalry officer, and Houston lumberman Isaac Conroe who founded a sawmill there in 1881, and the city originally gained in wealth due to the lumber and oil industries.
During the 1930s, due to oil profits, the city boasted more millionaires per capita than any other US city, though only for a brief period of time.
Within the first decade of the 21st century the city attracted a great deal of new residents from the Houston area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.9 square miles (98 km2), of which, 37.8 square miles (98 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.21%) is water.
Demographics
As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 36,811 (though a 2009 estimate placed the population at 53,000.)
In the city the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 101.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,123, and the median income for a family was $37,201.
Education
The city is served by the Lone Star College System primarily by the Lone Star College-Montgomery Campus and LSC University Center.
Almost all areas of Conroe are within the Conroe Independent School District though a small northern section of Conroe is within the Willis Independent School District.
All of the schools listed here are in the city of Conroe, and all of the Conroe ISD section of Conroe is zoned to Conroe High School
Recreation
The city is about 7 miles southeast of popular Lake Conroe which is at the center of multiple, year round water and culture events.
The city is served by a number of parks, most notably, Candy Cane Park.
All Conroe, TX area information provided courtesy of Wikipedia
