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Willis is a city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States, located eight miles north of Conroe in north central Montgomery County. The city began to develop in 1870 after what is now the Union Pacific Railroad built track through the area.
In addition to maintaining the dam that creates the reservoir, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains recreational facilities at the lake. Taylor Park, Willis Creek Park, and Wilson H. Fox Park include day use areas for picnics and boat ramps for lake access. Overnight camping at both improved and primitive sites is permitted.
In 1993, the city of Austin purchased land adding 13.6 acres (55,000 m 2) to Williamson Creek Greenbelt and Dove Springs District Park. [3] In 2006, there were protests over a federal proposal for the United States Army Corps of Engineers to widen the creek in four areas in order to mitigate flooding in other neighborhoods. Local residents were ...
A resident of the Conroe, Texas, area captured this photo of a possible tornado in the area of Willis, between Conroe and Huntsville, Texas, on May 23, 2023.
Corn Hill was an unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas. [1] Corn Hill was located at the intersection of present day Interstate 35 and Willis Creek.
M. Robert Kidd, proprietor of the first general store, and originally from Pontotoc, Mississippi, is said to have given the community and the creek their names.In 1859, Benjamin J. Willis was one of the first settlers in this community, that historically was a junction of roads leading to San Saba from Fort Mason and from Llano.
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 620,443. [1] The county seat is Conroe. [2] The county was created by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 14, 1837, and is named for the town of Montgomery. [3]
The Calf Creek post office was discontinued on January 31, 1954. Contrary to popular belief repeated in various other histories of Calf Creek, the land for the Calf Creek schoolhouse and cemetery were not donated by the Alexander family, but rather by the Huey family in 1902. [3] The total amount of land donated by the Huey's was 6 acres ...