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Conroe is the seat of Montgomery County and falls within metropolitan area. It is about north of Houston. As of July 2012, the city population was 61,533, up from 36,811 in 2000.〔〔Roden, Howard. (Conroe 10th fastest-growing city over 50K ), ''Conroe Courier'', May 23, 2013.〕 ==History== The city is named after Northern-born Union Cavalry officer and Houston lumberman Isaac Conroe.〔http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hec3.html〕 Conroe founded a sawmill there in 1881.〔 The city originally gained in wealth due to the lumber and oil industries. Originally named "Conroe's Switch",〔 the area saw an influx of residents in the late 19th century due to the lumber demands on the piney wood forest of the area.〔 During the 1930s, because of oil profits, the city boasted more millionaires per capita than any other U.S. city, though only briefly.〔 Elvis Presley performed at the high school football field on August 24, 1955. After the construction of Interstate 45, many Houstonians began to settle communities around Conroe.〔 Within the first decade of the 21st century the city attracted a great deal of new residents from the Houston area. Renée C. Lee said that Conroe around 2002 was "a sleepy, backwater town 40 miles north of Houston" and that at the time, Conroe city officials needed to use financial incentives to attract home developers to Conroe. Lee said that for a three-year period ending in 2007, Conroe became a hotbed of construction of new houses.〔Lee, Renée C. "(Conroe housing market going through the roof )." ''Houston Chronicle''. April 29, 2007. Retrieved on January 15, 2010.〕 In 2012 the U.S. Census Bureau designated the area around Conroe and The Woodlands as a "large urbanized transit area," an area defined as having over 200,000 residents, making it eligible to receive federal transportation funds.〔Lee, Renée C. "(Growth transforms rural areas north of Houston to urban centers )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Saturday October 6, 2012. Retrieved on October 7, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conroe, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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