English is an
unincorporated community
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located at County Road 42 and
Oyster Creek in northern
Brazoria County
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.
Brazoria County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statis ...
,
Texas
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,
United States
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.
It is located within the
Greater Houston
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Co ...
metropolitan area.
History
The community may have been named after the family of an area resident named "Buck" English. English began as a station of the
Sugar Land Railway
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, located north of what is now
Farm to Market Road 1462 on Oyster Creek. In 1917, English had a general store and a cotton gin. In 1921, a post office opened in English, closing in 1924 with its functions transferring to the office in
Sandy Point. Area maps from the 1980s show several scattered residences and abandoned buildings.
[English, Texas (Brazoria County)]
" '' Handbook of Texas''. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.
Geography
English is north of the
Ramsey Unit
The W. F. Ramsey Unit (previously Ramsey I Unit) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, with a Rosharon postal address; it is not inside the Rosharon census-designated place. The ...
and northwest of
Angleton.
Education
Today, the community is served by the
Angleton Independent School District
Angleton ISD is a public school district in Angleton, Texas ( USA), operating 5 levels of education. Established in 1897, AISD encompasses in Brazoria County, serving Angleton as well as the Village of Bonney, the Sandy Point census-designa ...
. Children in the area attend Frontier Elementary School, Angleton Junior High School, and
Angleton High School
Angleton High School is a public high school located just outside the city of Angleton, Texas, United States in unincorporated Brazoria County. It is classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the ...
in Angleton.
Gallery
English TX Pasture.JPG, There are a few homes and pastures along County Road 42.
English TX Oyster Creek.JPG, County Road 42 bridges Oyster Creek at English.
English TX Road.JPG, Tree-lined County Road 42 winds through the rural area.
References
Unincorporated communities in Texas
Unincorporated communities in Brazoria County, Texas
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