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  2. Rosharon, Texas - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Ramsey Unit - Wikipedia

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    Aerial photograph of the Ramsey Units, January 23, 1995, United States Geological Survey Topographical map of the Ramsey Units, July 1, 1984, United States Geological Survey 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 ...

  4. Lake Creek Settlement - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Lake Creek Settlement (1830s -1840s) in Texas. The Lake Creek Settlement (ca. 1830s through the 1840s) was a settlement in Stephen F. Austin's Second Colony, located in Mexican Texas, and later the Republic of Texas after it gained independence in 1836.

  5. Southern Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Map of the colonies with the proclamation line of 1763 shown in red. The Southern Colonies within British America consisted of the Province of Maryland, [1] the Colony of Virginia, the Province of Carolina (in 1712 split into North and South Carolina), and the Province of Georgia.

  6. List of plantations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.

  7. Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Colonies differed in that the proportion of their populations that were African American slaves was much higher than in the Middle Colonies and New England Colonies, as shown on the map. [60] According to Bertram Wyatt-Brown, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was ...

  8. Farm to Market Road 1462 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Brazoria County, Texas - Wikipedia

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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.