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West Columbia is located in western Brazoria County at (29.141513, –95.647016), [5] about 2 miles (3 km) west of the Brazos Texas State Highway 35 leads east 13 miles (21 km) to Angleton, the county seat, and southwest 23 miles (37 km) to Bay City.
The site is located on Farm to Market Road 2852 off State Highway 35, two miles north of West Columbia. The site is near 66 acres (27 ha) in size. Varner Creek runs through the property. [2] An 1835-era farmhouse, refurbished by Miss Ima, is located on the site. The house and other buildings represent antebellum Texas plantation life.
West Columbia Brazoria 29°9′45″N 95°38′28″W / 29.16250°N 95.64111°W / 29.16250; -95.64111 ( Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historic
The town of West Columbia served as the first capital of Texas, dating back to prerevolutionary days. Group of men at work in Brazoria County, 1939. The Hastings Oil Field was discovered by the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in 1934. Production was from a depth of 5,990 feet (1,830 m), associated with a salt dome structure. Total production by ...
Texas Midwest/West-Central Texas (includes Abilene, San Angelo, Brownwood, Texas) Texas Urban Triangle (Houston to San Antonio to Dallas-Fort Worth) West Texas. Concho Valley; Edwards Plateau; Llano Estacado (a portion of northwest Texas) Permian Basin; South Plains (includes 24 counties south of the Texas Panhandle and north of the Permian Basin)
West Texas is often subdivided according to distinct physiographic features. The portion of West Texas that lies west of the Pecos River is often called "Far West Texas" or the "Trans-Pecos", a term introduced in 1887 by geologist Robert T. Hill. [4] The Trans-Pecos lies within the Chihuahuan Desert and is the aridest part of the state.
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The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.