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Surfside Beach, also known locally as Surfside, is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, that is situated on Follet's Island by the Gulf of Mexico near the city of Freeport. The population was 640 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ]
Fort Velasco was a small circular palisade fort built by a garrison of Mexican soldiers at (what would become known as) Velasco, Texas at the present-day location of Surfside Beach on the northeast bank at the mouth of the Brazos River and Texas Gulf Coast. [1]
Surfside Beach voters will choose a new mayor on Nov. 7 among a pool of three candidates who have experience in public service, either through being elected or appointed.
Former Surfside Beach Police Sgt. Kyle Lundgren is sworn into office in December 2020. Lundgren was initially terminated for misconduct and then allowed to resign in August 2022.
In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule. A general-law municipality has no charter and is limited to the specific powers granted by the general laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government" [6] from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law ...
Floodwaters swirl around the Romero house in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) A man takes pictures before the arrival of Tropical Storm Alberto at Bagdad Beach in Matamoros, Mexico.