Brazoria County ( ) is a

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in the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 372,031. The

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is Angleton. Brazoria County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land

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. It is located in the

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region of Texas. Regionally, parts of the county are within the extreme southernmost fringe of the regions locally known as

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. Brazoria County is among a number of counties that are part of the region known as the Texas Coastal Bend. Its county seat is Angleton, and its largest city is

Pearland Pearland ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Brazoria County, with portions extending into Fort Bend and Harris counties. The city of Pearland is a principal city within the metropolitan statistical area. At the 2020 U.S. census, t ...

. Brazoria County, like Brazos County farther upriver, takes its name from the Brazos River. It served as the first settlement area for Anglo-Texas, when the

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emigrated from the United States in 1821. The county also includes what was once Columbia and

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, early capital cities of the Republic of Texas. The highest point in Brazoria County is Shelton's Shack, located near the Dow Chemical Plant B Truck Control Center, measuring 342 ft above sea level.

History

Brazoria County takes its name from the Brazos River, which flows through it. Anglo-Texas began in Brazoria County when the first of

Stephen F. Austin Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American-born empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas,Hatch (1999), p. 43. he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization ...

's authorized 300 American settlers arrived at the mouth of the Brazos in 1821. Many of the events leading to the Texas Revolution developed in Brazoria County. In 1832, Brazoria was organized as a separate municipal district by the Mexican government, so became one of Texas original counties at independence in 1836. An early resident of Brazoria County, Joel Walter Robison, fought in the Texas Revolution and later represented Fayette County in the

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. Stephen F. Austin's original burial place is located at a church cemetery,

Gulf Prairie Cemetery Gulf Prairie Cemetery (also known as Gulph Prairie Cemetery, Gulf Prairie Presbyterian Cemetery, and Peach Point Cemetery) is located in Jones Creek, Texas, United States, off State Highway 36 and County Road 304 and was the original resting plac ...

, in the town of

Jones Creek Jones Creek is a village in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,020 at the 2010 census. It is the first location in Texas where Stephen F. Austin settled. History The Father of Texas, Stephen F. Austin, first settled in J ...

, on what was his brother-in-law's Peach Point Plantation. His remains were exhumed in 1910 and brought to be reinterred at the state capital in Austin. The town of West Columbia served as the first capital of Texas, dating back to prerevolutionary days. Men in Work Clothes

Temple Lea Houston Temple Lea Houston (August 12, 1860 – August 15, 1905) was an American attorney and politician who served from 1885 to 1889 in the Texas State Senate. He was the last-born child of Margaret Lea Houston and Sam Houston, the first elected pre ...

, youngest son of Sam Houston, around 1880 was the

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of Brazoria County. His life story is reflected in the 1963 film ''The Man from Galveston'' and the 26-episode 1963-1964

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, '' Temple Houston''. The Hastings Oil Field was discovered by the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in 1934. Production was from a depth of , associated with a

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structure. Total production by 1954 was about 242 million barrels. Lake Jackson is a community developed beginning in the early 1940s to provide housing to workers at a new Dow Chemical Company plant in nearby Freeport. The county has elements of both

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and suburban communities, as it is part of

greater Houston Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Co ...

On June 2, 2016, the

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of the Brazos River required evacuations for portions of Brazoria County.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (16%) are covered by water.

Adjacent counties

* Harris County (north) *

Galveston County Galveston County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, located along the Gulf Coast adjacent to Galveston Bay. As of the 2020 census, the population was 350,682. The county was founded in 1838. The county seat is the City of Galveston, ...

(northeast) *

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(southeast) *

Matagorda County Matagorda County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,255. Its county seat is Bay City, not to be confused with the larger Baytown in Harris and Chambers Counties. Matagorda County is ...

(southwest) * Wharton County (west) *

Fort Bend County Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days. Th ...

(northwest)

National protected areas

* Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge *

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(part)

Communities

Cities

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* Angleton (county seat) * Brazoria * Brookside Village * Clute *

Danbury Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut. Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...

* Freeport *

Iowa Colony Iowa Colony is an incorporated Home Rule City in Brazoria County, Texas, Brazoria County, Texas, United States, in the Houston metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the city has a population of 1,170. History Iowa Colony was founded in 1908 b ...

* Lake Jackson *

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* Manvel * Oyster Creek *

(small parts in

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and Fort Bend counties) * Richwood * Sandy Point * Surfside Beach * Sweeny * West Columbia

Towns

* Holiday Lakes * Quintana

Villages

* Bailey's Prairie * Bonney * Hillcrest *

Census-designated places

* Damon * East Columbia * Rosharon * Ryan Acres * Wild Peach Village

Unincorporated communities

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* Brazosport * Bryan Beach * Chenango * China Grove * Chocolate Bayou * Danciger *

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* Four Corners * Hinkle's Ferry * Lochridge * Old Ocean * Otey * Silverlake *

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* Turtle Cove

Ghost towns

* Hasima *

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* Lake Barbara * Mims * Oakland * Perry Landing * Velasco

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, 241,767 people, 81,954 households, and 63,104 families resided in the county. The

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was 174 people per square mile (67/km²). The 90,628 housing units averaged 65 per mi² (25/km²). According to the

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, 313,166 people were living in the county; by 2020, its population grew to 372,031. Of the 81,955 households in 2000, 40.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.20% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.00% were not families. About 19.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82, and the average family size was 3.23. In the county, the age distribution as 28.60% under 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 8.80% who were 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 107 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.4 males. The median income for a household in the county was $48,632, and for a family was $55,282. Males had a median income of $42,193 versus $27,728 for females. The

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for the county was $20,021. About 8.1% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the

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, including 12.6% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

Race and ethnicity

In the late 1800s the county was majority black as many were former slaves who had worked on plantations in the county. In 1882 it had 8,219 black people and 3,642 white people. However after

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were cemented, many African-Americans moved to Houston and the county became majority white. By 2022, due to the growth of ethnic minorities in Pearland, non-Hispanic white people were now a plurality and not a majority in the county as a whole. ''Note: the U.S. Census Bureau treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' In 2000, the

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of the county was 77.09% White, 8.50% Black or African American, 0.53% Native American, 2.00% Asian, 9.66% from other races, and 2.22% from two or more races. About 22.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. About 12.1% were of

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, 11.2% American, and 7.2%

ancestry according to 2000's census; about 79.0% spoke only

at home, while 18.1% spoke

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. By 2010, 70.1% were

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, 12.1%

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, 5.5%

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, 0.6% Native American, 9.2% of some other race, and 2.6% of more than one race; about 27.7% were

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(of any race).

Government and politics

Elected officials

Nathan Haller, a black man, was the elected representative for the county from 1892 to 1897. After Jim Crow laws were imposed, black residents were suppressed politically until the

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of the 1950s and 1960s. In 2022 most major government officials were white.

United States Congress

Texas Legislature

Texas Senate

Texas House of Representatives

Pearland native

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, a Republican from College Station, holds the District 12 state House seat based in Brazos and four neighboring counties.

Law enforcement and jails

The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is the oldest law enforcement agency in the State of Texas, established by the Republic of Texas in March 1836. Among its duties include running the Brazoria County Jail, located at 3602 County Road 45 in unincorporated central Brazoria County, north of Angleton. ClemensUnitBrazoriaCoTX

The

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(TDCJ) operates six state prisons for men and its Region III office in

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Brazoria County. As of 2007,1,495 full-time correctional job positions were in the county.Lowman, John.
Talk of prison move preliminary
" '' Brazosport Facts''. Wednesday June 6, 2007. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. In 1995, of the counties in Texas, Brazoria had the second-highest number of state prisons and jails, after Walker County.Horswell, Cindy.
For hard-hit economy of Liberty County, crime officially pays
" ''

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''. Thursday June 29, 1995. A30. Retrieved on July 23, 2010. In 2003, a total of 2,572 employees were employed at the six TDCJ facilities.Isensee, Bridie
"TDCJ makes overtime changes"
'' Brazosport Facts'', 13 August 2003, Retrieved 2010-05-09. The TDCJ units are: *

Clemens Unit Clemens Unit (CN) is a prison farm of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, in Greater Houston. The prison, with about , is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2004 and Texas Stat ...

, nearBrazoriaStaff and Wire Reports.
Parts of Houston join evacuation
" ''

'', 21 September 2005, Retrieved on May 10, 2010. * Darrington Unit, near Rosharon - The Windham School District Region III office is within the unit. *

Wayne Scott Unit The Wayne Scott Unit (J4), formerly known as the Beauford H. Jester IV Unit, is a psychiatric facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, east of Richmond. It is a part of the Jester St ...

, near Angleton. (The following 3 are co-located in Otey, near Rosharon.) *

Ramsey Unit The W. F. Ramsey Unit (previously Ramsey I Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, with a Rosharon postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. The ...

- The unit is co-located with Stringfellow and Terrell. The TDCJ Region III Maintenance Headquarters is within this unit. * Stringfellow Unit, near Rosharon - The unit is co-located with Ramsey and Terrell. The unit was originally named Ramsey II Prison Unit. *

C. T. Terrell Unit The Charles T. Terrell Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated area, unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, Brazoria County, Texas, with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon ce ...

- The unit is co-located with Ramsey and Stringfellow. It was originally known as the Ramsey III Unit. In 2007, TDCJ officials said discussions to move the Central Unit from

Sugar Land Sugar Land is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the metropolitan area. Located about southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around ...

to Brazoria County were preliminary.

Education

A variety of school districts serve Brazoria County students. They include: * Alvin ISD * Angleton ISD * Brazosport ISD * Columbia-Brazoria ISD * Danbury ISD * Damon ISD * Friendswood ISD * Pearland ISD * Sweeny ISD Alvin Community College and

Brazosport College Brazosport College (BC) is a public community college in Lake Jackson, Texas. The college was opened in 1968 and offers primarily associate degrees and some bachelor's degrees. The campus features The Clarion, a regional musical performance ven ...

serve as

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facilities. Alvin CC serves areas in Alvin, Danbury, and Pearland ISDs as well as portions of the Angleton ISD that Alvin CC had annexed prior to September 1, 1995. Brazosport College serves the remainder of Angleton ISD and the Brazosport, Columbia-Brazoria, Damon, and Sweeny ISD areas. The Brazoria County Library System has branches in Alvin, Angleton, Brazoria, Clute, Danbury, Freeport, Lake Jackson, Manvel, Pearland, Sweeny and West Columbia, and runs the Brazoria County Historical Museum.

Transportation

Major highways

* State Highway 6 * State Highway 35 * State Highway 36 *

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Airports

The

Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport , previously known as Brazoria County Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, United States, in Greater Houston, located southwest of the central business distric ...

, in central unincorporated Brazoria County, is the county's sole publicly owned airport. The following airports, located in the county, are privately owned and for public use: * Flyin' B Airport in western unincorporated Brazoria County * Skyway Manor Airport in

Pearland Regional Airport Pearland Regional Airport is in Brazoria County, Texas, near Pearland in Greater Houston, south of Downtown Houston. It was formerly Clover Field. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Pea ...

in eastern unincorporated Brazoria County south of the Pearland city limits The closest airport with regularly scheduled commercial service is Houston's

William P. Hobby Airport William P. Hobby Airport (colloquially referred to as Hobby Airport, Houston Hobby, or simply Hobby) is an international airport in Houston, Texas, located from downtown Houston. Hobby is Houston's oldest commercial airport, and was its primar ...

, located in southern

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in adjacent Harris County. The

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, an international airport in Houston in Harris County.

Toll roads

The Brazoria County Toll Road Authority operates toll lanes on TX 288 inside Brazoria County. They connect to the SH 288 Express Toll Lanes in Harris County operated by the

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History

BCTRA came into existence in December, 2003 when it saw that the

area needed more roadways and wanted to have a say so about any roads that come into Brazoria County.

Roadway system

The only toll road BCTRA has in operation at this time is the Brazoria County Expressway. Located within the media of SH 288, the expressway begins at County Road 58 in Manvel and is maintained by BCTRA for five miles up to the Harris County line at Clear Creek. The 288 Toll Lanes continue into Harris County (maintained by

TxDOT The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT ) is a government agency in the American state of Texas. Though the public face of the agency is generally associated with the construction and maintenance of the state's immense state highway system ...

) for ten miles up to

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US 59 U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...

. Construction began on the Brazoria County Expressway in late 2016 and was completed on November 16, 2020. Tolls are collected electronically and an

EZ Tag EZ TAG is an electronic toll collection system in Houston, Texas, United States, that allows motorists to pay tolls without stopping at toll booths. Motorists with the tags are allowed to use lanes reserved exclusively for them on all Harris Coun ...

TxTag TxTag , operated by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), is one of three interoperable electronic toll collection systems in Texas. The system is also interoperable with the K-TAG system used in Kansas and the Pikepass system used in Ok ...

TollTag The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is an organization that maintains and operates toll roads, bridges, and tunnels in the North Texas area. Functioning as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under Chapter 366 of the Transpor ...

is required for passage.Fresh drive: This is what the new 288 toll road looks like for one of the first drivers
Click2Houston.com (KPRC-TV) Published on November 12, 2020, and updated on November 16, 2020 (Retrieved 22 November 2020)

References

External links

Brazoria County governmentBrazoria County Day websiteBrazoria County FireFighters AssociationBrazoria County MuseumBrazoria County Parks Department
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History

Geography

Adjacent counties

National protected areas

Communities

Cities

Towns

Villages

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Demographics

Race and ethnicity

Government and politics

Elected officials

United States Congress

Texas Legislature

Texas Senate

Texas House of Representatives

Law enforcement and jails

Education

Transportation

Major highways

Airports

Toll roads

History

Roadway system

See also

References

External links