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College Station is the home of Texas A&M University.
Location in the state of Texas Location in the state of Texas State Texas Texas College Station is a town/city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, in the center of the region known as Texas Triangle.
As of the 2010 census, College Station had a populace of 93,857, which had increased to an estimated populace of 100,050 as of July 2013. College Station and Bryan together make up the Bryan-College Station urbane area, the 15th-largest urbane region in Texas with 228,660 citizens as of the 2010 census.
College Station (oftentimes called "CStat" by residents) is home to the chief campus of Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System.
Texas A&M's triple designation as a Land-, Sea-, and Space-Grant institution reflects the broad scope of the research endeavors it brings to the city, with ongoing projects funded by agencies such as NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research.
Due largely to the existence of Texas A&M University, College Station was titled by Money periodical in 2006 as the most educated town/city in Texas, and the 11th-most educated town/city in the United States. 13.1 Local universities and universities The origins of College Station date from 1860, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through the region. Eleven years later, the site was chosen as the locale for the proposed Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, a land-grant school. In 1876, as the country jubilated its centennial, the school (renamed Texas A&M University in 1963) opened its doors as the first enhance institution of college studies in the state of Texas. The populace of College Station interval slowly, reaching 350 in 1884 and 391 at the turn of the century. However, amid this time, transit improvements took place in the town.
In 1900, the I&GN Railroad was extended to College Station (the line was abandoned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in 1965), and 10 years later, electric interurban service was established between Texas A&M and the neighboring town of Bryan. The interurban was replaced by a town/city bus fitness in the 1920s. In 1930, the improve to the north of College Station, known as North Oakwood, was incorporated as part of Bryan. College Station did not incorporate until 1938 with John H.
The town/city interval under the leadership of Ernest Langford, called by some the "Father of College Station", who began a 26-year stretch as mayor in 1942.
Population expansion accelerated following World War II as the nonstudent populace reached 7,898 in 1950, 11,396 in 1960, 17,676 in 1970, 30,449 in 1980, 52,456 in 1990, and 67,890 in 2000. The populace for the Bryan-College Station urbane region will range from an estimated 250,846 to 271,773 by 2030. In the 1990s, College Station and Texas A&M University drew nationwide attention when the George Bush Presidential Library opened in 1997 and, more tragically, when 12 citizens were killed and 27 injured when the Aggie Bonfire collapsed while being constructed in 1999.
College Station is positioned south of the center of Brazos County at 30 36 5 N 96 18 52 W (30.601433, -96.314464). It is bordered by the town/city of Bryan to the northwest.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 49.6 sq mi (128.5 km2), of which 49.4 sq mi (128.0 km2) is territory and 0.19 sq mi (0.5 km2), or 0.35%, is veiled by water. Climate data for College Station, Texas The town/city of College Station has a council-manager form of government.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Bryan District Parole Office in College Station. The United States Postal Service operates the College Station and Northgate College Station postal services. Northgate is a mixed-use precinct north of Texas A&M University that features a combination of businesses, restaurants, apartements, churches, and entertainment.
It is a vibrant part of the town/city known for its eclectic mix of restaurants and bars. A large portion of the stores, bars, and restaurants in Northgate are incessanted and patronized by Texas A&M students, and the establishments employ A&M students, as well. In total, the precinct spans about 145 acres (0.59 km2), bounded by Wellborn Road to the west, South College Avenue to the east, the College Station town/city limits to the north, and University Drive to the south.
The precinct is the home of the Dixie Chicken and of the first Texas locale for the county-wide fast-food chain Freebirds World Burrito.
Northgate's roots started in the 1930s as the town/city began appreciateing rapid populace growth from the influx of Texas A&M University students, professors, and their families.
Realizing that adjacency to the ground would be a boon for revenues, the first company precinct was established in College Station near the campus, taking its name for the closest on-campus landmark: the north gate.
When the town/city was incorporated in 1938, its first City Hall was opened in the new district.
Many well-known musicians, especially in the Texas nation music scene, have gotten their starts playing on the porches and stages found in the Northgate area.
View of the Lofts at Wolf Pen Creek in College Station Wolf Pen Creek District is a large commercial evolution adjoining to Post Oak Mall and between two of the city's chief commercial thoroughfares: Earl Rudder Freeway and Texas Avenue.
In 1870, the name was shortened to Wellborn. On April 14, 2011, the City Council of College Station voted 5-2 to annex Wellborn, thus making the improve the Wellborn district.
Business Center at College Station Texas A&M University Research Park This 324-acre (131 ha) research park was established to furnish businesses direct partnering opportunities with Texas A&M University.
The Brazos Transit District (formerly Brazos Valley Transit Authority) provides enhance bus transit in the Bryan/College Station area.
Texas A&M Transportation Services provides bus transit throughout College Station and Bryan for students, faculty, and staff of Texas A&M University and Blinn College.
On Texas A&M football game days, the department provides additional park-and-ride service to and from Kyle Field.
Starline Travel offers weekend service from Texas A&M's ground to downtown Houston, with additional Houston service for Aggie game days and additional service to Dallas amid major A&M breaks.
See also: List of highways in Brazos County, Texas State Highway 6 Business: Texas Avenue South State Highway 308: College Avenue Easterwood Airport, owned by Texas A&M, is positioned three miles (5 km) southwest of College Station and has flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
As of May 2008, the small-town unemployment hovered around 3 to 4%, among the lowest in Texas.
Texas A&M University System - education - 16,248 College Station Independent School District - education - 1,400 City of College Station - government - 865 Post Oak Mall was the city's first mall and is presently the biggest mall in the Brazos Valley.
The 82-acre (330,000 m2) mall is home to 125 stores; its opening on February 17, 1982, helped problematic the impetus for burgeoning economic and commercial developments for College Station. It is presently the biggest taxpayer in College Station and the second-largest in the Brazos Valley, though the anchor stores are free-standing units that are privately owned and taxed separate from the mall proper. Over 75% of retail revenue in the Brazos Valley come from revenue at the mall's stores. Golf: Texas A&M Traditions Club Local channels are NBC partner KAGS-LD, CBS partner KBTX, ABC partner KRHD-CD, Fox partner KYLE-TV, and PBS partner KAMU, which is owned by Texas A&M University.
College Station is part of the Bryan-College Station Arbitron market #238.
Radio stations in the College Station Bryan market The Bryan/College Station Eagle (city newspaper) The Battalion (Texas A&M University newspaper) College Station Medical Center Joseph Emergency Center - College Station See also: Bryan, Texas Education Texas A&M University (approximately 50,000 students) Texas A&M Health Science Center College Station Independent School District Operates two high schools: A&M Consolidated High School and College Station High School College Station Hilton: 11 floors Texas A&M University System Building: seven floors Bryan, Texas 5.7 mi (9.2 km) Wixon Valley, Texas 11.1 mi (17.9 km) Snook, Texas 13.2 mi (21.2 km) Navasota, Texas 21.5 mi (34.6 km) Somerville, Texas 23.1 mi (37.2 km) Anderson, Texas 23.8 mi (38.3 km) Caldwell, Texas 27.0 mi (43.5 km) Hearne, Texas 27.2 mi (43.8 km) Kurten, Texas 14.2 mi (22.9 km) Cities with populace over 500,000 inside 200 mi (320 km) See also: List of Texas A&M University citizens The following citizens have lived or are presently living in College Station: Sara Alpern, professor of women's history at Texas A&M University Seth Mc - Kinney, former NFL football player and now owner of Crossfit Aggieland in College Station Gary Clayton Anderson, American historian and specialist in American Indian studies, resided in College Station in the early 1980s.
Garland Bayliss, American historian and administrator at Texas A&M, resided in both Bryan and College Station. Matthew Berry, ESPN fantasy sport analyst and son of College Station mayor Nancy Berry John David Crow, late athletic director at Texas A&M University; former football player and coach Robert Gates, former Texas A&M University president and former Secretary of Defense Dick Hervey, mayor of College Station from 1971 to 1974; third secretary of the TAMU Association of Former Students from 1947 to 1964; president of Community Savings and Loan, 1964-1982; interred at College Station Cemetery Kyle Kacal, member of the Texas House of Representatives from College Station since 2013 Bowen Loftin, former president of Texas A&M University Raney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from College Station since 2011, owner of Aggieland Book Store since 1969 Slocum, former Texas A&M University head football coach (1989 2002) Bjarne Stroustrup, computer scientist, designer, and initial implementor of C++; Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University; AT&T Fellow a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): College Station city, Texas".
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