Patton Village, TX
| Patton Village, Texas | |
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City offices for Patton Village
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 Location of Patton Village, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 30°11′47″N 95°10′32″W / 30.19639°N 95.17556°WCoordinates: 30°11′47″N 95°10′32″W / 30.19639°N 95.17556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Montgomery |
| Incorporated | 1966 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Type A General Law |
| • Mayor | Leah Tarrant |
| • City Council | Garry Hershman (Mayor pro tem Jonathan Whitworth David Daniel Jeanne Reeves Clyde Reeves |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.1 sq mi (5.3 km2) |
| • Land | 1.9 sq mi (5.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 89 ft (27 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,557 |
| • Density | 740/sq mi (290/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 48-56156 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1388598 |
| Website | http://www.pattonvillage.us/ |
Patton Village is a city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,557 at the 2010 census. It is located in Greater Houston. After the community was established, it became known as a "speed trap."
A man named H. L. Patton founded the community. Patton Village was developed beginning in the 1960s. Patton remained in control of Patton Village during its development and its incorporation as a municipality in 1966.
By 1970 Patton Village reported that it had 667 people. The population steadily increased over a following three decade period. Patton Village became a bedroom community for Houston. In the late 1970s H. L. Patton lost control of the development, due to age. Bruce Nichols of The Dallas Morning News said that "Several people familiar with the town said troubles began in Patton Village after founding father H.L. Patton [...] lost control."
In 1985 the city instituted a small property tax. In 1986, after most residents refused to pay the tax, the city repealed it. In 1988 Robert "Bob" Devaney, the mayor of Patton Village, said "Property values are zero. Nobody wants to buy here." H. L. Patton died at age 100 in February 1989.
In 1989 Bruce Nichols of The Dallas Morning News said that the community "may be the most squabble-prone small town in Texas. Council meetings regularly become shouting matches. Officials frequently resign or are impeached." Nichols pointed to the firing and rehiring of police chief Bruce Nichols and to a town judge, who later was forced to leave his post, who pleaded no contest to clearing a woman's speeding ticket in exchange for solicited sex. In 1988 state prosecutors indicted 76-year-old Floyd Duval, the municipal court judge, for official oppression after soliciting sex from a 21-year-old woman from Splendora as compensation for a traffic ticket fine. Three weeks before Thursday May 26, 1988, the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct suspended Duval's license. On Tuesday May 24, 1988, 36-year-old Lynn Coleman, a lawyer from New Caney and a former Montgomery County assistant attorney, replaced Duval as the municipal court judge. In 1988 a former mayor of Patton Village had been charged with killing his wife and her male companion.
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