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Washington County, Texas. / 30.21°N 96.41°W / 30.21; -96.41. Washington County is a county in Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,805. [ 1] Its county seat is Brenham, which is located along U.S. Highway 290, 72 miles northwest of Houston. [ 2] The county was created in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico and organized as ...
Area code. 979. FIPS code. 48-10156 [6] GNIS feature ID. 2409901 [5] Website. www .cityofbrenham .org. Brenham ( / ˈbrɛnəm / BREH-nəm) is a city in east-central Texas, United States, and the county seat of Washington County, [7] with a population of 17,369 according to the 2020 U.S. census .
1349512 [ 1] Washington-on-the-Brazos is an unincorporated community along the Brazos River in Washington County, Texas, United States. [ 1] The town is best known for being the site of the Convention of 1836 and the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence . The town is named for Washington, Georgia, itself named for George Washington.
Brazos Valley ( / ˈbræzəs / ⓘ BRAZ-əs) is a region of the U.S. state of Texas comprising the following 7 counties in Central Texas: Brazos, Burleson, and Robertson (which collectively comprise the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area), and the neighboring counties of Grimes, Leon, Madison, and Washington. [ 1]
Populated places in Washington County, Texas (2 C) Protected areas of Washington County, Texas (4 P) Pages in category "Geography of Washington County, Texas"
Abolished in 1899 and annexed to Webb County. Foley County, formed in 1887 from Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County. Greer County, formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. the State of Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) and is now part of southwestern Oklahoma.
268,581 sq mi (695,620 km 2) Coastline. 367 mi (591 km) Highest point. Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) Lowest point. Gulf of Mexico, sea level. 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 ...
Rock Island, Washington County, Texas. / 30.180750; -96.166909. Rock Island[ 1] is a historical settlement located on the Brazos River in Washington County, Texas, United States, northeast of Chappell Hill, and northwest of Hempstead. It emerged from a pre-Texas Republic era plantation named Rock Island for a small island in the Brazos.