Lake Jackson, Texas Lake Jackson, Texas Location in Brazoria County in the state of Texas Location in Brazoria County in the state of Texas Lake Jackson is a town/city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, inside the Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land urbane area.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 26,849. In 1942 a portion of Lake Jackson was first advanced as a business town for workers of the Dow Chemical Company; it advanced 5,000 acres on the former Abner Jackson Plantation.
An oxbow lake was also titled after the planter, whose home was positioned at the lake.
Minor ruins of the Lake Jackson Plantation can now be seen in a park at the site.
The town/city of Lake Jackson is positioned in south-central Brazoria County, and is bordered to the east by the metros/cities of Clute and Richwood, and to the southwest by the Brazos River.
Texas State Highway 288, the Nolan Ryan Expressway, runs through the city, dominant 10 miles (16 km) north to Angleton, the county seat, 52 miles (84 km) north to downtown Houston, and 9 miles (14 km) southeast to Freeport on the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Lake Jackson has a total region of 20.9 square miles (54.2 km2), of which 19.5 square miles (50.4 km2) is territory and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), or 7.11%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.41% under the age of 18, 5.61% from 20 to 24, 12.51% from 25 to 34, 20.60% from 35 to 49, 20.10% from 50 to 64, and 12% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $60,901, and the median income for a family was $69,053.
The City of Lake Jackson was incorporated March 14, 1944, and voted for home rule ten years later in 1954.
Lake Jackson is inside Texas's 14th congressional precinct and is represented by Randy Weber.
Lake Jackson is now home to other chemical and manufacturing facilities, along with many other types of businesses.
In Lake Jackson's early days, Dow helped to problematic a booming economy.
The unemployment rate in Lake Jackson, TX, is 8.40%, with job expansion of 2.40%.
The revenue tax rate in Lake Jackson, TX, is 8.25%. Brazosport College's Music Department has been able to bring many prosperous music artists to Lake Jackson, including Rita Coolidge, Lyle Lovett, Don Mc - Lean, Phil Woods, and John Pizarelli.
The enhance schools in the town/city are directed by Brazosport Independent School District.
K-5 elementary schools inside Lake Jackson include: Lake Jackson Intermediate School (7 8) The private schools inside Lake Jackson include: The Lake Jackson Library is a part of the Brazoria County Library System.
Brazoria County Airport serves Lake Jackson.
Southern Brazoria County Transit provides bus service options for Lake Jackson, Clute, Freeport and Angleton.
Texas State Highway 332 extends from its west end SH 36 in Brazoria to its east end at Surfside Beach.
Among the streets are Center Way, Winding Way, Circle Way, and Parking Way.
The highways running through Lake Jackson, (Texas Highways 288 & 332) and Oyster Creek Drive, are exceptions to the naming conventions.
Lake Jackson is a part of the National Arbor Day Foundation's Tree City USA list.
Robert Ellis (guitarist), Country, bluegrass and folk singer born, and spent most of his childhood, in Lake Jackson.
Senator from Kentucky since 2012; spent most of his childhood in Lake Jackson Selena Quintanilla-Perez (1971-95), Tejano pop singer, known as the Queen of Tejano music, born in Lake Jackson.
King Hill, All-American quarterback at Rice University, first round pick in the 1958 NFL draft, and long-time pro quarterback interval up in Lake Jackson.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lake Jackson city, Texas".
"327 Hwy 2004 Rd Lake Jackson, Texas 77566." "Daddy Dow gives Lake Jackson t", Biz Journals, March 2014 "Lake Jackson, Texas", Best Places "2007 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public Elementary Schools" (PDF).
City of Lake Jackson official website Lake Jackson Development Corporation Municipalities and communities of Brazoria County, Texas, United States
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Cities in Texas - Cities in Brazoria County, Texas - Greater Houston - Company suburbs in Texas - Populated places established in 1944
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