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ANGLETON,
TEXASBrazoria County
Seat, Texas
Gulf Coast
State Hwys 288 and 35
41 miles S of Houston
16 miles N of Freeport
Population 18,130 (2000) 17,140 (1990)
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The
Veterans Park in Angleton
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, July 2007 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
A timeline of significant occurances and incidents:
1890: Angleton is founded.
1892: A post office is granted
1896: Angleton
was chosen the new county seat of Brazoria County over the town of Brazoria
- even though a monumental courthouse
by J. Riely Gordon had been built in hopes of securing the county seat. (See
photos
of remains of the building) The battle was one of the most contested courthouse
battles in state history. The controversy resurfaced in 1913, when Brazoria
tried again to become county seat. Once again it failed.
1900: The hurricane
known as the Galveston
Storm destroyed Angleton's High School and the University of SouthTexas.
1907: Community band is formed by newspaper editor
1909: Another hurricane
destroys the rebuilt high school
1912: Angleton incorporates, electrical service
arrives
1923: The last legal hanging in Texas occurred on August 31, 1923.
WWII: County Fairgrounds
are used as POW camp.
See Brazoria
County Courthouse |
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Subject: Angleton,
Texas Depot The
UP razed the 1800s MP depot here in Angleton just a few weeks ago. They did not
offer to sell it or donate it as a historical building. They did not inform anyone
as far as I know that they were going to destroy it until it was done. - Steven
Pousson, Angleton, Texas, August 17, 2007 |
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