Alvin, Texas Alvin, Texas Alvin is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Texas inside the Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land urbane region and Brazoria County.
Census, the town/city population was 24,236. Alvin's claim to fame is Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who moved with his family to the town/city in 1947 as an infant and lived there until he moved to Round Rock in 2003.
The Nolan Ryan Museum is in the Nolan Ryan Foundation and Exhibit Center on the ground of Alvin Community College.
The Alvin region was settled in the mid-19th century when bull ranches were established in the area.
Alvin was originally titled "Morgan" by the town's inhabitants in honor of the settlement's initial resident, Santa Fe employee Alvin Morgan; upon discernment that the name Morgan had been taken, the town titled itself after Morgan's first name.
The town was officially incorporated in 1893, making it the earliest incorporated settlement in Brazoria County. Alvin Morgan received a territory grant from the state of Texas before to 1891.
On July 25, 1979, Tropical Storm Claudette stalled over Alvin and inundated the region with 45 inches (1,100 mm) of precipitation in 42 hours.
Alvin is positioned in northeastern Brazoria County at 29 23 37 N 95 16 18 W (29.393698, -95.271588). It is bordered to the northeast by Friendswood and League City in Galveston County, and part of its southeast border is along the village of Hillcrest.
Texas State Highway 35 bypasses the center of the town/city to the east; it leads north 25 miles (40 km) to downtown Houston and southwest 21 miles (34 km) to Angleton, the Brazoria County seat.
Texas State Highway 6 crosses Highway 35 and passes through the center of Alvin, dominant southeast 30 miles (48 km) to Galveston and 28 miles (45 km) northwest to Sugar Land According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Alvin has a total region of 25.6 square miles (66.4 km2), of which 24.3 square miles (62.9 km2) is territory and 1.4 square miles (3.5 km2), or 5.26%, is water. As of the 2010 Census, the populace was 24,236 citizens , with a populace density of 1,475 citizens per square mile.
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,413 citizens , 7,826 homeholds, and 5,603 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Alvin High School Students in Alvin attend schools in the Alvin Independent School District. Alvin High School Alvin Junior High School Alvin Elementary School Alvin Primary School Alvin Community College Alvin Community College provides basic undergraduate courses and adult education.
The Alvin Library is a part of the Brazoria County Library System.
Greyhound Bus Lines operates the Alvin Station at Yellow Jacket Grocery-Citgo .
The United States Postal Service operates the Alvin Post Office at 455 East House Street, 77511-9998.
Thelma Ley Anderson Family YMCA is positioned in Alvin.
The Alvin Rotary Club sponsors a annual Frontier Day celebration, which includes a parade and 5k Fun Run.
Alvin was featured in the CMT series Trick my What?, featuring the Froberg family, who have been members of the Alvin improve for more than 70 years. Joe Ferguson, former NFL player for the Buffalo Bills, was born in Alvin in 1950 Nolan Ryan, former Major League Baseball pitcher, reared in Alvin, resident of Round Rock Austin Miller, Broadway and tv actor, reared in Alvin, grandson of George Stanton, resident of New York City According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Alvin has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. a b c "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Alvin city, Texas".
The History of Alvin.
City of Alvin website.
"Flooding in 1979 put Alvin in record books".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
City of Alvin.
Climate Summary for Alvin, Texas Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alvin.
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City of Alvin official website Municipalities and communities of Brazoria County, Texas, United States
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