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Darrington Unit
The Memorial Unit (DA), known as the Darrington Unit until 2023, is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) men's prison located in Brazoria County, Texas, with a Rosharon, Texas postal address;Darrington Unit ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. it is not inside the Rosharon . Most of the unit is in an , while a portion is in the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosharon, Texas
Rosharon ( ), is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brazoria County, Texas, Brazoria County, Texas, United States, at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 521 and Farm to Market Road 1462. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, it had a population of 1,152. There are areas outside of the CDP, with Rosharon postal addresses, in Fort Bend County, Texas, Fort Bend County. History The Rosharon town site went unnamed during its early years. The area was settled by cotton and sugar plantations before the American Civil War, Civil War. Once the Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway (''Columbia Tap'') was completed in 1859, the Rosharon stop on the train line was given the name Masterson's Station, after a nearby plantation owned by Thomas G. Masterson (ca. 1813–1884). Rosharon was known locally by trainmen as "Buttermilk Station" because an early resident was known to bring a bucket of buttermilk and a dipper to the railroad station to give the engineer and crew a drink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
