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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 .
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.
Location of Brazoria County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Brazoria County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brazoria County, Texas. There are two districts and 10 individual properties listed on the ...
Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was born on July 23, 1798, in Charles County, Maryland. [1] She was a niece of General James Wilkinson; [2] her father was James' eldest brother, William Mackall Wilkinson (c.1751–1799).
The 1920 oil strike proved to be the cornerstone of his children's wealth. [2] The family leased the property for livestock grazing and farming. The Governor's daughter, Ima Hogg, refurbished the house, and in 1958, she donated it to the state to commemorate her father and the heroes of Texas and America. [2]
Levi Jordan (1793–1873), a Georgia-born planter, traveled in 1848 to Brazoria County, Texas, bringing with him twelve enslaved Black people. [3] Previously, Jordan had owned adjoining plantations on the Louisiana-Arkansas border (Union County, Arkansas) with his son-in-law, James Campbell McNeill, [2] however he was not as successful as he wanted to be.
Brazosport is an unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 61,198 in 2000. It is located within the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
Peach Point Plantation is a historic site located in Jones Creek, Brazoria County, Texas.It was a forced-labor farm and the homestead and domicile of many early Texas settlers, including Emily Austin Perry, James Franklin Perry, William Joel Bryan, Stephen Fuller Austin, and Guy Morrison Bryan.