Editing Splendora, Texas (section)

==History==
In the late 1800s, The Houston, East and West Texas Railway (now the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]), at the suggestion of Charles Cox, decided to build a narrow-gauge spur at the location of what is now Splendora. The location was originally known as "Cox's Switch."<ref name=Handbook/> The area slowly grew more populated after W.W. Burrow built a general store in the area in 1883.<ref name=genweb>Duke, Linda. [http://www.countygenweb.com/txmontgomery/town_splendora2.htm Splendora: Montgomery County, Texas.] County Genweb: October 18, 2016. Accessed on June 25, 2017.</ref> In 1896, Cox recommended to the town's postmaster, Milton Z. King, that the town's name should be changed. They decided to change the name to Splendora because of the "splendor of its floral environment."<ref name=Handbook/><ref name=genweb/> The town was incorporated in December 1966.<ref name=Handbook/>