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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.
In 2013, CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center became the first hospital in the state of Texas to earn 3 Beacon Awards for Excellence from the AACN. [45] Also in regards to its nursing program, the hospital received ANCC Magnet® Designation for Nursing Excellence four times in 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2014.
The former Angleton Times office became the Angleton office of the Brazosport Facts. In 2004 The Facts had an Angleton circulation of 4,000 while the Angleton Times had 1,100 subscribers; there were 730 people/entities who/which subscribed to both newspapers. [6] The newspaper led the move to consolidate the town of Velasco into Freeport in 1957.
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.
In 1997, the hospital was established as the flagship hospital for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, as part of the non-profit St. Luke's Episcopal Health System (SLEH). In 2004, SLEH entered into an agreement with the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) to become its primary adult teaching hospital. [ 1 ]
In May 2013, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, a six-hospital system based in Houston, Texas, joined CHI as St. Luke's Health System. [6] The organization included outpatient clinics in Houston and affiliations with Baylor College of Medicine, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Texas Heart Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, and MD Anderson Cancer ...
Brazos County (/ ˈ b r æ z ə s / ⓘ BRAZ-əs) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 233,849. [1] [2] The county seat is Bryan. [3]Along with Brazoria County, the county is named for the Brazos River, which forms its western border.
Texas Children's Hospital was the primary pediatric evacuation hospital during Hurricane Katrina. [22] Texas Children's completed a capital campaign in 2018, called Promise: The Campaign for Texas Children's Hospital, which was intended to meet the needs of a growing patient population who have a wider spectrum of complex needs. [23]