Brazoria County, Texas
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Brazoria County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 372,031. The county seat is Angleton.
The Brazoria County Courthouse in Angleton
Group of men at work in Brazoria County, 1939
Back view of agricultural trucks, 1939
Stephen F. Austin
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Stephen Fuller Austin was an American-born empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States to the Tejas region of Mexico in 1825.
Memorial to Stephen F. Austin in his birthplace
Sam Houston and Stephen Austin depicted on the Texas Centennial Issue postage stamp of 1936
Portrait of Austin, 1833