Please tell me about Madisonville, Texas (Houston, Dallas: school district, college, quality of life)

[texas7]

Please tell me about Madisonville, population, employment, quality of life. Considering looking at property there but really know nothing about it. Any insight would be appreciated.

[wnott]

Here is a link to the city's official site for statistics.
http://www.ci.madisonville.tx.us/

It's a lovely small TX town, lots of cattle ranches. They have a Wal-Mart, a couple of new car dealerships, typical small town businesses. There is some industry and I think it is growing. It is relatively close to Huntsville and Bryan/College Station for more shopping/entertainment.

I am attracted to it because it is still 'small town' - I live in the Lake Conroe area where the population continues to explode since it was developed almost 30 yrs ago (I'm a native, I remember). This area is just a burb of Houston now with housing and commercial developments ongoing.

What are your interests? Do you have children or are you retiring? I have a friend who's family still has a ranch up there and I could ask her for particulars.

Hope this helps.
Wanda

[ocean2026]

I had court cases there when I practiced in Huntsville. It was small friendly nothing specially good or bad about it. Summers are hot and humid and the tall pines seem to prevent breezes.

Demographically and investment-wise some of the coast towns near corpus have some real bargains now and I live in Rockport - warm -friendly and beautiful coast and boating. Even with the ocean breeze its still hot in summer though.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by texas7

Please tell me about Madisonville, population, employment, quality of life. Considering looking at property there but really know nothing about it. Any insight would be appreciated.

Its sucks period.

[dylansdestiny]

I agree with metro matt....It Sucks....still stuck in a time warp...very biased town...u are either lucky enough to have land or ranch passed to u. u are either poor or rich...no in between still southern baptist and just recently passed law to sell alcohol..! i had to stay there for help with my boys...my father was the only family i had to help me....he has family that goes back in midway...small and i emphasize small town 10 miles off interstate out of madisonville... my dads family go back generations in madisonville....not the lucky rich land owners....poor white farmers....there is nothing there (madisonville) for children except church activities which is a good thing....or little league...period. the land is really dry...lots of burn bans, flat, dry, dusty roads, .....they do have a lake...small and some fishing....anywayz i got out of madisonville as fast as i could... even the school district still has "corporate punishment" swats...i thought that was banned from the school system?! i dont entirely hate madisonville, however i suffered from stereotyping....single mother on welfare...... i worked for most of my life til il had to depend on public assistance til i could go back to work....what work??? madisonville has no jobs...no public tranportation...etc....so i was able to pull my life back together when i left madisonville.. i did enjoy the rodeos...that was another and last of their activities ... a caveat - madisonville is the horse capital of texas...seriously..it has more horses per square mile than any other towne or county in texas.....good luck...peace and love dylan

[dylansdestiny]

correction on...corporate punishment....should be CORPORAL punishment...aka....swats........peace and love dylan )

[theloneranger]

Uhh...I-45 runs through it and it's about halfway between Dallas and Houston?

That's really all I've ever experienced it as--one of the few towns between the southern Dallas suburbs and Huntsville.