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CLUTE, TEXAS
aka Clute City
Brazoria County,
Texas Gulf Coast
29°1'34"N 95°23'40"W (29.026060, -95.394539)
Between highways 332 and 227
10 miles S of Angleton the county
seat
ZIP code 77531
Area code 979
Population: 11,690 Est. (2019)
11,211 (2010) 10,424 (2000) 8,910 (1990)
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Clute, Texas
in the 1920s
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Originally a plantation,
the community was started when Joseph Pegan, Soloman J. Clute, and
George and John Clute built here after the Civil War. More land was
acquirred in the 1870s and by the mid 1880s the land was know as Clute's
Place.
In 1933 the town had only ten people and two businesses. In 1940 Clute
became part of the Brazosport industrial and port area and grew accordingly.
The population was 700 by 1950 and by the mid fifties there were over
3,200.
A post office opened in 1943 and a new elementary school went up in
the mid fifties. In 1952 Clute incorporated as Clute City.
Three years later it was changed back to Clute. By 1980 the
residents decided they liked Clute City after all and changed
the name back. In 1970 there were 7,000 people calling the place home.
In 2010 the population has reached its highest point to date: 11,211.
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| Clute, Texas
has The Great Texas Mosquitos Festival every year in July honoring
the real "State Bird of Texas". |
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