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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. [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.
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 ...
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 ...
111 E Locust St., Angleton, Texas Coordinates 29°10′03″N 95°25′51″W / 29.16750°N 95.43083°W / 29.16750; -95.43083 ( Old Brazoria County Courthouse
20th Century Technology Museum. The list of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Pages in category "Museums in Brazoria County, Texas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.
Columbus Patton was declared insane in 1854, at which time his property was placed under the control of Brazoria County farmer and merchant John Adriance. [6] Upon Patton's death in 1856, the estate was placed into probate, since Patton had died intestate. Soon after Patton's death, Adriance found Patton's 1853 will. Patton's will not only left ...
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.