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Port Freeport. Port Freeport (formally Brazos Harbor Navigation District of Brazoria County) is the geographically smallest deep-water seaport along the U.S Gulf Coast. Located in Freeport, Texas (United States), it has rail access, and both private and public facilities. It is ranked 10th in the nation for chemicals, 19th in the nation for ...
Freeport is located in southern Brazoria County at (28.959527, –95.356941), [10] near the mouth of the Brazos River in the Gulf of MexicoIn 2003, the city annexed 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of beach bounded on the northeast by the village of Quintana and continuing southwest to the mouth of the Brazos River.
Dido was founded in 1848 and named after the mythological queen of Carthage. [2] The town incorporated a post office sometime in the 1850s. [3] In 1894, [4] Dr. Isaac Van Zandt, a pioneer physician and Confederate veteran, donated a small portion of land to build a schoolhouse, a church, and the Dido Cemetery.
Downtown Freeport restaurant to be recognized as one of America's best. Gannett. Chris Green, Rockford Register Star. November 21, 2023 at 5:36 AM.
The Brazos River (/ ˈ b r æ z ə s / ⓘ BRAZ-əs, Spanish:), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Roosevelt County, New Mexico [2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square ...
979. FIPS code. 48-71384 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1369430 [3] Website. www.surfsidetx.org. 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]
The Tarpon Inn is a historic hotel located in Port Aransas, Texas, United States that originally opened in 1886. The building was named after the tarpon sport fish that drew many anglers to the sea side city and Port Aransas was called Tarpon at the time. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1979.
Brazoria County takes its name from the Brazos River, which flows through it. Anglo-Texas began in Brazoria County when the first of Stephen F. Austin's authorized 300 American settlers arrived at the mouth of the Brazos in 1821. Many of the events leading to the Texas Revolution developed in Brazoria County. In 1832, Brazoria was organized as ...