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During the early 1830s the population
of the region increased rapidly, and in December, 1837 the Republic
of Texas Congress established Montgomery County, which was named for
its largest settlement. The town of Montgomery, situated on the
stagecoach line that ran from Huntsville to Houston, was made the
first county seat and became the focal point for new immigrants to
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Montgomery County's citizens
overwhelmingly supported the Southern cause, and nearly 80 percent
(318 of 416) of those who went to the polls cast their votes in
favor of secession. The county's men volunteered for the Confederate
army in large numbers, a sizeable number of them serving in the
Fourth Texas Regiment of Hood's Texas Brigade; others joined Terry's
Texas Rangers (Eighth Texas Cavalry).
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The construction of the railroads touched off an
intense controversy concerning the location of the county seat. The
first railroad missed the town of Montgomery. Willis, a new town on
the railroad was voted county seat in 1874, but the county seat was
moved back to Montgomery in 1880, after the Houston and Texas
Central was built through. In 1889, however, the county seat was
moved to the fledgling community of Conroe, which was situated at
the junction of the International-Great Northern and the newly built
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
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Cities and Towns |
Conroe
Cut and Shoot
Houston (portion, including a portion of the Kingwood area)
Magnolia
Montgomery
Oak Ridge North
Patton Village
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Roman Forest
Shenandoah
Splendora
Stagecoach
Woodbranch
Woodloch
Willis
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