Angleton
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General Information
Other Name: -, District: Texas, State: South West, United States of America
Area: 10.6 sq mi
Languages Spoken: English
Long Distance Code: +1(979)
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Angleton is a hub of technology, agriculture and history located 30 miles from Houston and 12 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.The population was 18,130 at the 2000 census.As the county seat, Angleton hosts the Brazoria County Fair every October; it is considered Texas''s largest county fair.Location
30 miles from Houston and 12 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.Climate
Mild
Museum housed in the 1897 Brazoria County Courthouse, the heart of Stephen F. Austin’s Colony. This is where Texas began its emergence as an independent nation. Exhibits include the Austin Colony exhibit and chronicle the birth of that nation. It also speaks to the frontier experience that has so marked the American character.
Refuge on more than 42,000 acres along Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; nesting area for mottled ducks and ancestral wintering grounds of snow geese. Freeport Christmas Bird Count always one of highest in nation; since area established in 1966, 247 bird species identified here. Access by boat for fishing, crabbing, oystering (permitted in public waters), and waterfowl hunting in specified areas.