Editing Conroe, Texas (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:Downtown Conroe 105.jpg|thumb|View of [[Texas State Highway 105]] in downtown Conroe. The archway connects the Montgomery County Courthouse (right) with the Montgomery County Court Annex.]]

In 2012 the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] classified the area around Conroe and [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]] as a "large urbanized transit area." This is defined as an area having more than 200,000 residents, which makes it eligible to receive federal transportation funds, particularly to support transit.<ref>Lee, Renée C. "[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Growth-transforms-rural-areas-north-of-Houston-to-3925086.php Growth transforms rural areas north of Houston to urban centers]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Saturday, October 6, 2012. Retrieved on October 7, 2012.</ref>

*[[Interstate 45]] directly connects the city with [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] to its south (40&nbsp;miles) and with [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] to its northwest (200&nbsp;miles).
*[[Texas State Highway 105|Texas Highway 105]] connects the city of [[Cleveland, Texas|Cleveland]] to the east and town of [[Montgomery, Texas|Montgomery]] to the west.
*[[Texas State Highway Loop 336|Texas Loop 336]] circles the city of Conroe.
*[[Lone Star Executive Airport|Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport]] provides [[general aviation]] services to Conroe.
*[[Greyhound Bus Lines]] operate a small station.<ref>[http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/terminal.aspx?city=680669 Greyhound Conroe]</ref>
*[[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas]] (291 Conroe Park & Ride) provide service to Downtown Houston.
*The City of Conroe launched a local bus service, Conroe Connection, in 2015. It runs Monday through Friday, from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm<ref name=transport>[http://cityofconroe.org/departments/transit City of Conroe: Transit.] Accessed on June 25, 2017.</ref>
*Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway [[BNSF Railway]] operates the busy Conroe subdivision, an east–west railroad main line that runs from Silsbee in Hardin County to Navasota in Grimes County. There it intersects a main line running between Fort Worth and Galveston.<ref name=transport/>
Union Pacific Railroad Corporation operates another busy main line that runs north from Houston in Harris County to Palestine in Anderson County, known as the Palestine subdivision. The two railroads intersect at a diamond in downtown Conroe between Main and First Streets.<ref name=transport/>

===Healthcare===
In the early 1920s the Mary Swain Sanitarium, was established as the first organized healthcare institution in the city.<ref name="HernandezMont">{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Sondra |date=2021-03-23 |title=Developer looks to renovate old Montgomery County Hospital property |url=https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/moco/events/article/Developer-looks-to-renovate-old-Montgomery-County-16046849.php |accessdate=2021-04-28 |work=[[The Courier (Conroe newspaper)|The Courier]] |location=Conroe, Texas}} - [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/moco/events/article/Developer-looks-to-renovate-old-Montgomery-County-16046849.php See at] ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/houston-chronicle/20210324/281560883569143 see at] [[PressReader]].</ref> The Mary Swain Sanitarium was private.<ref name=staffrep2017>{{cite web |title=Mary Swain Sanitarium, County Hospital cornerstones to local modern healthcare |url=https://www.yourconroenews.com/125years/article/Mary-Swain-Sanitarium-County-Hospital-12377049.php |work=[[The Courier (Conroe newspaper)|The Courier]] |location=Conroe, Texas |date=2017-11-22 |accessdate=2021-04-28}}</ref>

In 1938 the Montgomery County Hospital, a public institution, replaced it. It had 25 beds.<ref name=staffrep2017/> The hospital closed after a new hospital of the Montgomery County Hospital District opened in 1982.<ref name=HernandezMont/>