Montgomery County, Texas

administration
The Montgomery County Courthouse in Conroe
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Conroe
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Montgomery County Courthouse P.O. Box 959 Conroe, TX 77305-0959
Foundation :	1837
Made up from:	Washington County
Area code :	001 936
Demographics
Residents :	455,746 (2010)
Population density :	168.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2789 km²
Water surface :	85 km²
map

Website : www.co.montgomery.tx.us

The Montgomery County is a county in the US state of Texas . The county seat is in Conroe .

geography

The county is located in the east of Texas, in the southeast about 70 km from the Gulf of Mexico and in the east about 100 km from Louisiana and belongs to the Houston metropolitan area . It has an area of 2789 square kilometers, of which 85 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Walker County , San Jacinto County , Liberty County , Harris County , Waller County, and Grimes County .

history

Montgomery County was formed on December 14, 1837 from parts of Washington County . It was named after Montgomery , the largest settlement when the county was formed. This place in turn was named in honor of Richard Montgomery , who was a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and who commanded the invasion of Canada .

One site in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 20, 2020, the Kirbee Kiln Site .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2384	-
1860	5479	129.8%
1870	6483	18.3%
1880	10.154	56.6%
1890	11,765	15.9%
1900	17,067	45.1%
1910	15,679	-8.1%
1920	17,334	10.6%
1930	14,588	-15.8%
1940	23,055	58%
1950	24,504	6.3%
1960	26,839	9.5%
1970	49,479	84.4%
1980	128,487	159.7%
1990	182.201	41.8%
2000	293,768	61.2%
2010	455.746	55.1%
1850-2010 Montgomery County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Arnold-Simonton House , listed in the NRHP with the number 79002996

According to the 2000 census , Montgomery County had 293,768 people; 103,296 households and 80,157 families were counted. The population density was 109 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.25 percent white, 3.49 percent African American, 0.47 percent Native American, 1.11 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 4.86 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.79 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.65 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 103,296 households, 40.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 64.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers, and 22.4 percent were non-families. 18.3 percent were single households and 6.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.21 people.

29.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24, 30.6 percent between 25 and 44, 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 95.4 males.

The median income for a household in the 50,864 US dollars , and the median income for a family was 58,983 USD. Males had a median income of $ 42,400 versus $ 28,270 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,544. 7.1 percent of families and 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Montgomery County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original dated April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 214.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 20, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 20, 2020.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

^ Montgomery County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .