Brenham, Texas "Brenham"
Brenham, Texas Location of Brenham, Texas Location of Brenham, Texas State Texas Brenham (/ br n m/ bren- m) is a town/city in east-central Texas in Washington County, United States, with a populace of 15,716 as stated to the 2010 U.S.
It is the governmental center of county of Washington County. Brenham is south of College Station, and about halfway between Houston and Austin approximately 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Houston, and about 90 miles (140 km) east of Austin.
Brenham is famous as the heart of the bluebonnet region in Central Texas.
Washington County is known as the "Birthplace of Texas," as it contains the site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836 in the town of Washington-on-the-Brazos.
Brenham is also known for its annual German tradition festival that takes place each May called Maifest, similar to Volksfest. Numerous German immigrants settled here in the mid-nineteenth century, following the Revolutions in German states in 1848.
Brenham is positioned at 30 9 43 N 96 23 49 W (30.161901, -96.397004). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.8 square miles (22.7 km ), all of it land.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 15.9% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Bluebonnet Cabs offers taxi service in and around the Brenham area.
Until 2009 Greyhound Lines offered bus services from the Stop N'Save at 601 East Main Street, but as of 2015 Brenham is not served by intercity bus.
The Blue Bell factory in Brenham.
Brenham is the home of and command posts for Blue Bell Creameries, an ice cream brand that is especially prominent in the state of Texas and the southeastern United States.
Blue Bell is the 4th best-selling ice cream brand in the United States, and is sold in 16 states.
Brenham is also home to a large plant of Valmont Industries, manufacturing metal poles.
The town/city is the site of the Brenham State Supported Living Center, the biggest of such facilities in the state.
The City of Brenham is served by the Brenham Independent School District and Brenham Christian Academy.
Schools in BISD include Brenham Elementary, Krause Elementary, Alton Elementary, Brenham Middle School, Brenham Junior High, and Brenham High School.
The mascot for Brenham high school is the lion cub.
Brenham is also the home of Blinn College, the earliest county-owned junior college in Texas.
Lois Kolkhorst (born 1964), state politician, state representative from Brenham from 2001-2015, and state senator since 2015 Paul Pressler (born 1930), retired judge from Houston; owns Hidden Hills Ranch near Brenham 1982), member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 13 since 2015; born in Brenham, lawyer in Caldwell, Texas Timothy Brian Cole (1960-1999), The first person in Texas to receive a posthumous pardon and the first posthumous DNA Exonerated person in the United States Mayors of the City of Brenham, Texas: The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services operates the Brenham State Supported Living Center (formerly Brenham State School). The United States Postal Service operates the Brenham Post Office. History of the Jews in Brenham, Texas National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Texas United States Enumeration Bureau.
Texas State Historical Commission.
"The Brenham Maifest, Texas State Historical Marker".
"Brenham State Supported Living Center" Archived August 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.
"Post Office Location - BRENHAM Archived July 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.." United States Postal Service.
Climate Summary for Brenham, Texas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brenham, Texas.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article Brenham.
City of Brenham Web Site Brenham, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Economic Development Foundation of Brenham Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Texas, United States State of Texas
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