Montgomery County
Historical Commission
"Birthplace of the Lone Star Flag"
Historical Markers in Montgomery County
Arnold-Simonton House
Baker Cemetery
Bay's Chapel Cemetery
Bay's Chapel Methodist Church
Beeson Cemetery
Bennett's Early Homesite
Bethel Cemetery
Boeykn Cemetery
Calvary Road-Lakeview-Plainview Cemetery
Campbell
Cartwright Cemetery
Cartwright-Mt. Zion
Cathalorri
Charles Bellinger Stewart
Collier-Moore Cemetery
Conroe
Conroe Community Cemetery
Conroe Fire of 1911
Conroe Memorial Park-Mims Cemetery
Conroe Oil Field
Conroe Telephone Exchange
Copeland Chapel Cemetery
Crane Family Cabin
Crater Hill
Crawford Cemetery
Cude Cemetery
Danville Cemetery
Danville-Shepherd Hill Cemetery
Davis Law Office
Decker Prairie Cemetery
Decker Prairie Cemetery #2
Dr. Charles B. Stewert Cemetery
Dry Creek-Grater
East River Baptist Church Cemetery
Ebenezer Cemetery
Elizabeth Shaw Cartwright Cemetery
Enloe
Esperanza
Fernland Historical Park
First State Bank of Montgomery
Forest Park
Former Homesite of Joseph L. Bennett
Fostoria Cemetery #1
Fostoria Cemetery #2 (Private)
Freeman Cemetery
Frontier Colonial Home
Garden Park Cemetery
George Bell Madeley Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Goodson Cemetery
Gorgey Cemetery
Griffith Cemetery
Griffith Graves
Heritage Museum of Montgomery County
Hickory Grove Cemetery
J. S. Griffith Home
Jacob Shannon Evergreen Cemetery
James Jordan (Jardine) Log House
John English Cemetery
John M. Wade
Johnson Cemetery
Johnson Road-Votaw Cemetery
Jones Chapel Cemetery
Keenan Cemetery
Kidd Cemetery #1
Kidd Cemetery #2
Kingwood Funeral Home
Kirbee Kiln Site
Koonce-Urech Cemetery
Lake Creek Settlement
Landrum-Springer Cemetery
Lee Allen Grave
Lee Cemetery
Leonard Grave
Lewis Dupree Cemetery
Lowery Cemetery
M. B. Steger Home
Mabin Alexander Anderson
Madeley Cemetery
Magnolia
Magnolia Cemetery
Magnolia Depot
Major & Margaret Uzzell Graves
Mallalieu United Methodist Church
Malone
Martin Cemetery No.1
Martin Hill Cemetery
Matthew W. Cartwright y
Mausoleum of the Cross
Methodist Parsonage
Miller Graves
Mink Cemetery
Mizell Cemetery
Montgomery Baptist Church Building
Montgomery County
Montgomery County, C. S. A.
Montgomery County Courthouse
Montgomery County Courthouses
Montgomery Memorial Cemetery
Montgomery United Methodist Church, Site of
Moore Grave
Morgan Cemetery
Mostyn-Tillis Prairie Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Mt. Zion
Mt. Zion Cemetery
N. H. Davis Cottage
Nat Hart Davis Pioneer Complex and Museum
New Bethlehem Cemetery
New Caney
New Cemetery of Montgomery
New Home Cemetery
New Montgomery Cemetery
Noah Griffith and Esther Wightman Griffith
Oakley-White Oak Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery
Oklahoma Cemetery
Oklahoma School
Old Bird Cemetery
Old Cemetery #2 (NE of Cook Lake)
Old China Grove Cemetery
Old Dean Cemetery
Old Dr. Wm. P. Powell Home
Old Methodist Cemetery
Old Rocky Cemetery
Old Smith Cemetery
Pate Cemetery
Pauluka Gravesite
Peterson Cemetery
Pilgreen Cemetery
Piney Grove
Pool's Cemetery
Porter Chapel
Post Oak Cemetery
Prairie Cemetery
Prater
Prater Cemetery
Presswood-Roberts Cemetery
Private Cemetery
Ratliff Vault
Rayford Rest Cemetery
Reaves Cemetery
Red Bluff Cemetery
Reinhardt Homestead
Reuben Jonathan Palmer
Richard Williams Cemetery
Robinson-Brown Cemetery
Robinson-McFaddin Cemetery
Rose Cemetery
Rosewood Cemetery
Rosewood Funeral Home
Rosewood Memorial Park Cemetery
Rosewood Memorial Park Cemetery-North
Saddler Cemetery
Sanders Cemetery
Sapp Cemetery
Scotts Ridge
Secretaries of State
Security Cemetery
Shelton-Smith House
Shepard Hill Catholic
Shepherd Drive Methodist Church
Simonton Home
Singleton Cemetery
Site of Former Town of Danville
Site of Willis Cigar Factory
Site of the Home of Dr. Charles B. Stewart
Skinner Cemetery
Small Private Cemetery
Splendora Cemetery
Spring Branch Cemetery
St. Buelah Missionary Baptist Church
Steger Cemetery
Stowe Cemetery
Sugar Hill-Martin Cemetery
Sunday-Moore House
Tamina-Sweet Rest Cemetery
Telegraph Road
Texas Cemetery
Texas Flag Park
The Davison Home
The Griffith Homesite and Cemetery
The Isaac Conroe Property
The Old Methodist Churchyard
The Railroad in Montgomery
The Richard Williams Cemetery
The W. A. "Bay" Evans Home
Thomas Chapel United Methodist Church
Town of Montgomery
Travis-Turner Cemetery
Turner Family
Turner-Simmons Cemetery
Turner-Thomas Cemetery
Two Single Graves
Union Grove Cemetery
Unknown Cemetery #1
Unknown Cemetery #2
Unknown Grave (Steger Lane)
Vick’s Cemetery
Waller Cemetery
Weaver Memorial Cemetery
West Fork of The San Jacinto River
Whispering Pines Cemetery
Wiggins Family
Wilburton
William Cartwright
William S. Taylor
William Womack Home
Willis
Willis Cemetery
Willis Male and Female College
Willis Methodist Church
Willis Rest Haven
Womack-Cawthorn-Sturges Cemetery
Womack Cemetery
Womack-Springer Cemetery
Wood Cemetery
Wood-Valda Home
Yell Cemetery #1
Yell Cemetery #2
unknown #6 (Carver Sch)
Montgomery County Markers
The Texas Lone Star flag was designed by Montgomery County resident, Dr. Charles B. Stewart. Dr. Stewart signed the Texas Declaration of Independence as well as designing the Texas flag. The flag was officially designated in 1839. On May 30, 1997 Governor George W. Bush signed House Resolution 1123 recognizing the county for its heritage as the birthplace of the Lone Star flag. This project is supported by funds from the city of conroe commission on arts and culture conroe service league
Established in 1901, the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church has served the Black community of Conroe, Texas for 120 years.
The Addison-Gandy House was built for John Britton Addison and his wife Martha Bowe Davis Addison around 1892. Local craftsmen Robert and John Carpenter constructed the residence out of pine and cypress timbers. Today, the facade is unchanged with its detailed Victorian gingerbread port railing. It is a one story "L" shaped cottage with a gabled roof and a front porch supported by plain square posts and decorative brackets. Read more...
Algernon Alexander is internationally recognized as a father of Texas Blues. Born into abject poverty on September 12, 1900 in Jewett, Leon County, Texas, Algernon was raised in Richards, Texas, by his grandmother, Sally Beavers. While working in the cotton fields and for the railroad, Alexander learned the "Blues," a new expressive style of emotional and spiritual music sung by African Americans. Alexander made over 69 recordings for Okeh and Vocalion records as "Texas" Alexander.
Conroe Service League began in 1955 with 12 enterprising women who made a difference in their community by forming one of the first organizations in the county to help the needy and disadvantaged children. The women were pioneers that effected change for the underserved in the community. They were instrumental in establishing the Heritage Museum. Local women have followed in their footsteps using their guiding principles and ideals to continue their legacy.
The Grogan-Cochran house was built in 1924 by James G. Grogan, Sr., who was prominent in the lumber industry at that time. This single-story frame house was built for his family in the Texas Bungalow architectural style that was common during the early 1900's. The house was constructed with wooden shiplap walls and floors from local pine produced at the Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company sawmill. The house was originally located near downtown Conroe at 615 North Thompson.
The Strake-Gray Oilfield House was purchased by George Strake, Sr. for his first oilfield superintendent in 1938. The house was originally located at 11585 Duffey Road off FM 1314. It represents the typical front gable single story bungalow-style house of the period. It is unique in that it is of portable construction, meaning it was prefabricated. It is believed that the house was ordered from a Sears and Roebuck Catalogue, shipped by rail in pieces, transported to the oilfield, Read More
Julius J. Sanders was born in Jones County, GA in 1836. He and his wife Sarah Torvah moved to Texas in 1872 after serving in the Civil War. Julius was a circuit preacher for the Methodist Church and traveled to many towns in Montgomery County preaching the gospel. In 1875, he acquired 59 acres in the W. Hillhouse Survey establishing his homestead and family cemetery. he was one of the first Methodist Ministers in Magnolia and helped build the first Methodist Church building.
This is the oldest barber shop in continuous use in Montgomery County. The building was known locally as the "Little Jack West Building" when constructed by Pete West about 1914. It was first used as a barber shop by Henry Williamson in about 1922 and then in 1938 by Stovall Thomas. Bob Shepard purchased the building from Waren Stubblefield in 2000. The building's exterior was restored in 2007.
The Dean family were one of the prominent mercantile and community leaders of Magnolia in the early 1900s. In 1919, W.A. (Willie) Dean constructed this house and completed it a year later in time for his wedding to Gertrude Crook. They lived in this house until Willie's death in 1963. This home is a typical one-story house popular in the early 1900s. It was constructed of pine and hardwoods milled at a Magnolia sawmill. The Dean home is an excellent example of typical 20th century small housing.
