Brazoria County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKER IN COUNTY - 142
Have - 126 Need- 16
Named for the Brazos River. County seat is Angleton.
We have only briefly visited Brazoria County on our way home from Houston. Pearland, Alvin and some of West Columbia is all we have covered thus far, a mere 14 percent of the county's total number of markers. I look forward to this one because it is a coastal county and I love the ocean. There are a lot of old markers in this county and that always poses challenges, so we will see. |

15th October, 2022- We made a couple of overnight trips in order to capture as many of the markers as we were able. Brazoria County is an old County with much eary Texas history so there are several marker on private property which we have yet to add to this counties set. I did enjoy this trip as it was a much needed break from work. To me it feels like being in the country but it is very close to Houston so a lot people commute from here. We did try a new restaurant, The Wayside which is a take on a British Pub, I really loved the atmosphere and the cocktails were excellent. My fish and chips was very good but the Guinness stew for Steve fell a bit flat. Given all that I would go again.
I have written to the Brazoria County Historical Commission because I hope we will revisit and capture all the hard markers.
I have written to the Brazoria County Historical Commission because I hope we will revisit and capture all the hard markers.
Abraham Darst
Albert Sidney Johnson
Aldridge-Smith Home
Allen Place
Ammon Underwood
Angleton Independent School District
Battle of Jones Creek
Bell's Landing
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Birchfield - McCown House
Brazoria Bridge
Brazoria Townsite
"Brit" Bailey Plantation
Bryan Mound
Byrd Lockhart
Cedar Lake Salt Works
Charlie Brown
Colonel Robert M. Coleman
Columbia
Columbia Rosenwald School
Columbia - The First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
Columbia United Methodist Church
Confederate Cemetery
Cummings-Smith House
Damon Cemetery
Don Carlos Barrett
Dr. Branch Tanner Archer
Dr. James Aeneas Phelps
Dr. Sophie Herzog
Durazno Plantation
Eagle Island Plantation
Edmund Calloway Darst
Ellerslie Plantation
Emily Margaret Brown Austin Bryan Perry
First Baptist Church of Angleton
First Methodist Church of Alvin
First Missionary Baptist Church of Angleton
First Presbyterian Church of Alvin
First Presbyterian Church of Angleton
First Presbyterian Church of Brazoria
First United Methodist Church of Pearland
Four Miles Southeast to the Original Town of Velasco
Freeman W. Douglass
Freeport National Bank (Freeport Sulphur Company Building)
George Rounds
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Gulf Prairie
Gulf Prairie Cemetery
Henry S. Brown
Henry Smith
Henry William Munson
Hicks Dairy Farm
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
Home of George B. McKinstry
Hudgins Cemetery
James Briton "Brit" Bailey
James Franklin Perry
James and Selina Phillips Home
John Adriance
John S. D. Byrom
Joseph H. Hawkins
Josiah H. Bell
Levi Jordan Plantation
Liverpool Cemetery
Liverpool Post Office
Major Guy M. Bryan, C.S.A.
Major James Peckham Caldwell
Major Reuben R. Brown
Mammoth Lake
Mary Eveline McKenzie Bell
Masonic Oak
McCroskey-Stringfellow House
M. L. Weems House
Mount Zion Cemetery
Munson Cemetery
Nathaniel C. Hazen
Near Site of Dance Gun Shop
Near Site of First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
Old Brazoria Cemetery
Old Brazoria County Courthouse
Old City Cemetery
Old Columbia Cemetery
Old Oakland Plantation
Old Quintana
Old Settler's Cemetery
Old Velasco, C. S. A.
Peach Point
Peach Point House
Pearland and the Santa Fe Railroad
Perkins Family Cemetery
Phair Cemetery
Phillips Family Cemetery
Quintana Cemetery
Robert J. Calder
Robert L. and Julia Martin Hunter
R. O'Hara Lanier School
Samuel Damon
Samuel Tubbs Angier, M. D.
Sandy Point Cemetery
Sandy Point Cemetery
Schuster Home
Sheriff Joe H. Snow
Sinking Site of the Blockade Runner "Acadia"
Site of Carry Nation's Hotel
Site of Crosby's Landing
Site of Jane Long's Tavern
Site of "Orozimbo"
Site of the Plantation Home Established in 1834 by James Walker Fannin
Site of San Luis
Site of the Home of Henry Smith
Site of the Home of John Austin
Site of the Home of Josiah Hughes Bell
Site of Town of Old Velasco
Stephen F. Austin
St. John's Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M.
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Stringfellow Ranch
Sweeny Cemetery
Sweeny Home
Sweeny Plantation
Sweeny-Waddy Log Cabin
Thaddus Constantine Bell
The Ammon Underwood House
The Brazos Canal
The Lively
The Nash-Wright House
The 1937 Pearland High School
Thomas Jefferson Callihan
Thomas Jefferson Sweeny
Titlum Tatlum
Tyler-Bryan-Weems House
Varner-Hogg Home (The "Varner")
Velasco
Velasco Cemetery
Velasco Lodge No. 757, A. F. & A. M.
Velasco Methodist Church
Vicinity of Oyster Creek and Chocolate Bayou
W. H. Abrams Well No. 1
William Harris Wharton
William Jarvis Cannan
William Joel Bryan
Zychlinski Park
Albert Sidney Johnson
Aldridge-Smith Home
Allen Place
Ammon Underwood
Angleton Independent School District
Battle of Jones Creek
Bell's Landing
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Birchfield - McCown House
Brazoria Bridge
Brazoria Townsite
"Brit" Bailey Plantation
Bryan Mound
Byrd Lockhart
Cedar Lake Salt Works
Charlie Brown
Colonel Robert M. Coleman
Columbia
Columbia Rosenwald School
Columbia - The First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
Columbia United Methodist Church
Confederate Cemetery
Cummings-Smith House
Damon Cemetery
Don Carlos Barrett
Dr. Branch Tanner Archer
Dr. James Aeneas Phelps
Dr. Sophie Herzog
Durazno Plantation
Eagle Island Plantation
Edmund Calloway Darst
Ellerslie Plantation
Emily Margaret Brown Austin Bryan Perry
First Baptist Church of Angleton
First Methodist Church of Alvin
First Missionary Baptist Church of Angleton
First Presbyterian Church of Alvin
First Presbyterian Church of Angleton
First Presbyterian Church of Brazoria
First United Methodist Church of Pearland
Four Miles Southeast to the Original Town of Velasco
Freeman W. Douglass
Freeport National Bank (Freeport Sulphur Company Building)
George Rounds
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Gulf Prairie
Gulf Prairie Cemetery
Henry S. Brown
Henry Smith
Henry William Munson
Hicks Dairy Farm
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
Home of George B. McKinstry
Hudgins Cemetery
James Briton "Brit" Bailey
James Franklin Perry
James and Selina Phillips Home
John Adriance
John S. D. Byrom
Joseph H. Hawkins
Josiah H. Bell
Levi Jordan Plantation
Liverpool Cemetery
Liverpool Post Office
Major Guy M. Bryan, C.S.A.
Major James Peckham Caldwell
Major Reuben R. Brown
Mammoth Lake
Mary Eveline McKenzie Bell
Masonic Oak
McCroskey-Stringfellow House
M. L. Weems House
Mount Zion Cemetery
Munson Cemetery
Nathaniel C. Hazen
Near Site of Dance Gun Shop
Near Site of First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
Old Brazoria Cemetery
Old Brazoria County Courthouse
Old City Cemetery
Old Columbia Cemetery
Old Oakland Plantation
Old Quintana
Old Settler's Cemetery
Old Velasco, C. S. A.
Peach Point
Peach Point House
Pearland and the Santa Fe Railroad
Perkins Family Cemetery
Phair Cemetery
Phillips Family Cemetery
Quintana Cemetery
Robert J. Calder
Robert L. and Julia Martin Hunter
R. O'Hara Lanier School
Samuel Damon
Samuel Tubbs Angier, M. D.
Sandy Point Cemetery
Sandy Point Cemetery
Schuster Home
Sheriff Joe H. Snow
Sinking Site of the Blockade Runner "Acadia"
Site of Carry Nation's Hotel
Site of Crosby's Landing
Site of Jane Long's Tavern
Site of "Orozimbo"
Site of the Plantation Home Established in 1834 by James Walker Fannin
Site of San Luis
Site of the Home of Henry Smith
Site of the Home of John Austin
Site of the Home of Josiah Hughes Bell
Site of Town of Old Velasco
Stephen F. Austin
St. John's Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M.
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Stringfellow Ranch
Sweeny Cemetery
Sweeny Home
Sweeny Plantation
Sweeny-Waddy Log Cabin
Thaddus Constantine Bell
The Ammon Underwood House
The Brazos Canal
The Lively
The Nash-Wright House
The 1937 Pearland High School
Thomas Jefferson Callihan
Thomas Jefferson Sweeny
Titlum Tatlum
Tyler-Bryan-Weems House
Varner-Hogg Home (The "Varner")
Velasco
Velasco Cemetery
Velasco Lodge No. 757, A. F. & A. M.
Velasco Methodist Church
Vicinity of Oyster Creek and Chocolate Bayou
W. H. Abrams Well No. 1
William Harris Wharton
William Jarvis Cannan
William Joel Bryan
Zychlinski Park