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Website. brazoriacountytx .gov. Brazoria County ( / brəˈzɔːriə / brə-ZOR-ee-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 372,031. [1] The county seat is Angleton. [2] Brazoria County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area.
Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site. / 28.99917°N 95.64833°W / 28.99917; -95.64833. The Levi Jordan Plantation is a historical site and building, located on Farm to Market Road 521, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of the city of Brazoria, in the U.S. state of Texas. Founded as a forced-labor farm worked by enslaved Black people, it ...
Brazoria is located southwest of the center of Brazoria County at (29.047216, –95.567625 The northeastern edge of the community, known as Old Brazoria, is located along the Brazos River . Texas State Highway 36 runs through the center of the city, leading southeast 16 miles (26 km) to Freeport and northwest 41 miles (66 km) to Rosenberg .
Founded in 1831, Velasco is situated on the east side of the Brazos River in southeastern Texas. It is 16 miles (26 km) south of Angleton, and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the Gulf of Mexico . The town's early history is closely tied with the Battle of Velasco and the Texas Revolution. Velasco was an important entry point for American settlers in Texas.
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. / 28.86667°N 95.53333°W / 28.86667; -95.53333. The San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge is a 45,730-acre (185.1 km 2) [1] wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), south of the towns of Sweeny and Brazoria, Texas. It encloses a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico.
Lake Jackson, Texas. / 29.03694°N 95.43833°W / 29.03694; -95.43833. Lake Jackson is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,177. [4] In 1942 a portion of Lake Jackson was first developed as a company town for workers of the Dow ...
Website. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. The Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is a 44,414-acre (179.74 km 2) [1] wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), east of the towns of Angleton and Lake Jackson, Texas. It borders Christmas Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Follet's Island .
Bailey's Prairie, Texas. / 29.15806°N 95.49111°W / 29.15806; -95.49111. Bailey's Prairie is a village in Brazoria County in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 775 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census. Established in 1818, the village is named for the pioneer James Briton "Brit" Bailey (1779–1832).