{"id":41255,"count":2,"description":"Conroe is the seat of Montgomery\u00a0County and falls within the Houston\u2013Sugar Land\u2013Baytown metropolitan area. It is located about 40 miles (64\u00a0km) north of Houston.\nAs of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 56,207, up from 36,811 in 2000.\nThe city is named after northern born, Southern Cavalry officer, and Houston lumberman Isaac Conroe. 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.\nDuring 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. Elvis Presley performed at the High School football field on August 24, 1955. Also Los Tigres del Norte performed at the Crighton Theatre in 2009.\nAfter the construction of Interstate 45, many Houstonians began to settle...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/conroe\/","name":"Conroe","slug":"conroe","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/41255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=41255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}