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Nashville (also known as Nashville-on-the-Brazos) was a community, now a ghost town, on the southeastern bank of the Brazos River in present-day Milam County, Texas, United States. [1] The town was surveyed in the fall of 1835, with Sterling C. Robertson as its founder. [2] It was named in honor of Nashville, Tennessee, Robertson's
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In 1830, Sterling C. Robertson of the Texas Association, along with Alexander Thomson, Jr. [18] began recruiting settlers for the Texas colonization. The new Law of April 6, 1830, however, nullified the colonization contract with the Texas Association. Stephen F. Austin was able to get an exemption for his colony and that of Green DeWitt. [19]
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The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.16. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.50% under the age of 18, 32.00% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 13.80% from 45 to 64, and 6.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.10 males.
Caney Creek (Wharton County) from the Handbook of Texas Online (June 12, 2010). Retrieved September 1, 2018. Johnston, Steven; Janhsen, Kathy (2017). "Caney Creek Watershed: Brazos-Colorado Coastal Basin" (PDF). Houston Galveston Area Council (H-GAC). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2018
It then progresses northeast out of Brenham through mainly farming lands. It passes near Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, which is the birthplace of Texas as the location of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. It then crosses the Brazos River before passing through Navasota. The route briefly joins SH 6 before proceeding east ...