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Rosharon (/ r oʊ ˈ ʃ ɛər ən / roh-SHAIR-ən), is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brazoria County, [1] Texas, United States, at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 521 and Farm to Market Road 1462. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,152. [2] There are areas outside of the CDP, with Rosharon postal addresses, in Fort ...
The W. F. Ramsey Unit (previously Ramsey I Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, [1] with a Rosharon postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. [2]
Aerial photograph, U.S. Geological Survey – January 25, 1995 Topographic map, U.S. Geological Survey – July 1, 1984 The Memorial Unit (DA), known as the Darrington Unit until 2023, is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) men's prison located in Brazoria County, Texas, [1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; [2] it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. [3]
An early resident of Brazoria County, Joel Walter Robison, fought in the Texas Revolution and later represented Fayette County in the Texas House of Representatives. [ 3 ] Stephen F. Austin's original burial place is located at a church cemetery, Gulf Prairie Cemetery , in the town of Jones Creek , on what was his brother-in-law's Peach Point ...
The A. M. "Mac" Stringfellow Unit (previously Ramsey II Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, [1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. [2]
The Charles T. Terrell Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, [1] with a Rosharon, Texas postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. [2] The facility is located on Farm to Market Road 655, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Farm to Market Road 521.
The property was run through a convict lease system through the Texas prison system until the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 knocked down most of the buildings but left the farmhouse intact. [3] Former Governor Jim Hogg bought the property in 1902. Although the family used it as a second home, Hogg intended to use it as an investment.
FM 1462 was originally designated in Brazoria County on July 14, 1949, connecting SH 288 near Rosharon to SH 35 in Alvin. The route was extended to the Brazos River crossing at the county line on September 27, 1960, and then through Fort Bend County and to SH 36 at Damon on October 10, 1961.