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History
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area was first settled in the 1820s by Anglo-Americans who set up large cotton
plantations. Later arrivals were members of Austin's "Old Three Hundred." After
the Civil War, the community's future looked dim. Growth was non-existant and
it went into an economic coma until after WWII
when it was one of several communities included in the Brazosport industrial and
port area.
Jones Creek had a population of 2,851 in the mid 1950s and
included former communities of Perry Landing, Peach Point, and Peach
Crest. Gulf Park, a residential community established in 1927 is included
under Jones Creek.
The town incorporated in 1970 and it was around that
time when the population declined to 1,268. Ten years later it had returned to
2,634. The Austin School, two churches, and several buildings were shown on county
maps in the 1970s and the Gulf Prairie Church and the Gulf Park settlement are
nearby. |
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1920s
Brazoria County map showing Perry Landing (S of Angleton)
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
1940s
Brazoria County map showing Perry Landing (S of Angleton)
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office | |
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