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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 ...
Burton, Texas. / 30.18139°N 96.60000°W / 30.18139; -96.60000. Burton is a city in Washington County, Texas, United States. Prior to the 2010 census, Burton changed its status from a town to a city. The population was 294 at the 2020 census.
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.
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.
Location of Washington County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Texas. There are six districts and 62 individual properties listed on ...
The Washington County Courthouse at 110 E. Main in Brenham, Texas is an Art Deco-style courthouse built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and is also part of the National Register-listed Brenham Downtown Historic District .
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.