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You can help. Summary. Description ... English: This is a locator map showing Brazoria County in Texas. ... United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006 ...
Brazoria County (/ b r ə ˈ z ɔːr i ə / 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. It is located in the Gulf Coast region of Texas.
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Brazoria County, Texas" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Main Street / Contractor Road / Copper Road: Interchange: 13.0: 20.9: SH 288 south / Bus. SH 288 north – Freeport, Angleton: Interchange; east end of SH 288 overlap; no access from mainlanes (ramps closed until August 2020) Freeport: 16.5: 26.6: FM 523 – Oyster Creek: Bridge over Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: Surfside Beach: 20.4: 32.8
Angleton was founded in 1890 near the center of Brazoria County and named for the wife of the general manager of the Velasco Terminal Railway. [8] A bitter rivalry emerged between the town and nearby Brazoria for the location of the county seat; Angleton was chosen as the seat in 1896 and rechosen by county-wide election in 1913. The town was ...
The 5.2 miles (8.4 km) of express lanes in Brazoria County, dubbed the Brazoria County Expressway, are operated by the county government through the Brazoria County Toll Road Authority (BCTRA). [2] BCTRA has proposed a second phase of the project, which will stretch about 10 miles (16 km) south to a planned extension of Grand Parkway (SH 99) in ...
Brazoria is located southwest of the center of Brazoria County. 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.
Port Freeport was officially created as a governing entity in 1925. Port Freeport, originally known as the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District of Brazoria County, is a Special District created under the Texas Constitution by the legislature in 1925 and approved by the citizens of Brazoria County. Port Freeport is a local government entity ...