College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, located in the Middle East of Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, in the center of the region known as the Texas Triangle. It is 90 miles (140 kilometers) northwest of Houston and 87 miles (140 km) northeast of Austin. In the 2010 census, College Station has a population of 93,857, which has risen to an estimated population of 117,191 per September 2017. College Station and Bryan jointly formed the metropolitan area of ​​Bryan-College Station, the 14th largest metropolitan area in Texas with 255,589 people by 2015.
College Station is home to Texas A & amp; M University, the flagship institution of Texas A & amp; M University System. The city owes its name and existence to the university location along the railroad tracks. Three Texas A & amp; M as a Land-, Sea-, and Space-Grant institution reflects the wide range of research efforts brought to the city, with sustainable projects funded by institutions such as NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Navy Research Office.
Because most of the existence of Texas A & amp; M University, College Station was named by the Money magazine in 2006 as the most educated city in Texas, and the 11th-educated city in the United States.
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History
The origin of College Station dates from 1860, when Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through the area. Eleven years later, the location was chosen as the location for the Texas College of Agriculture and Mechanics, a grant school of land. In 1876, when the nation celebrated its hundredth anniversary, the school (renamed Texas A & M University in 1963) opened its doors as the first public higher education institution in the state of Texas.
College Station population grew slowly, reaching 350 in 1884 and 391 at the turn of the century. However, during this time, transportation improvements occurred in the city. In 1900, I & amp; The GN Railroad was extended to College Station (the line was abandoned by the Pacific Pacific Railway Company in 1965), and 10 years later, an electrical interurban service was established between Texas A & M and the neighboring town of Bryan. Interurban was replaced by the city bus system in the 1920s.
In 1930, the community north of College Station, known as North Oakwood, was established as part of Bryan. College Station did not enter until 1938 with John H. Binney as the first mayor. Within a year, the city established a zoning commission, and by 1940, the population had reached 2,184.
The city grew under the leadership of Ernest Langford, called by several "Fathers College Station", who started 26 years as mayor in 1942. At the beginning of his first term, the city adopted a city council-governing council system..
Population growth accelerated after World War II because the uneducated population reached 7,898 in 1950, 11,396 in 1960, 17,676 in 1970, 30,449 in 1980, 52,456 in 1990, and 67,890 in 2000. Population for the metropolitan area Bryan- College Station will range from about 250,846 to 271,773 by 2030.
In the 1990s College Station and Texas A & amp; M University attracted national attention when George Bush's Presidential Library opened in 1997 and, more tragically, when 12 people were killed and 27 wounded when Aggie Bonfire collapsed while being built in 1999.
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Geography
College Station is located south of Brazos County center on 30Ã, Â ° 36? 5? N 96Ã, Â ° 18? 52? W (30.601433, -96.314464). It borders the city of Bryan to the northwest.
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​49.6 m² (128.5 km 2 ), where 49.4 m² (128.0 km 2 ) is ground and 0.19 m² (0.5 km 2 ), or 0.35%, covered by water.
Climate
The local climate is temperate subtropical and temperate and mild winters with low temperature periods typically last less than two months.
Snow and ice are rare; lastly, College Station received 5 inches (13 cm) of snowfall on December 7, 2017.
Hot and humid summers with occasional baths become the only real variation in weather.
- Average annual rainfall: 39 deep (1000 mm)
- Average increase: 367Ã, ft (112 m) above sea level
- Average Temperature: 69.0 Â ° F (20.6 Â ° C)
- Agricultural Resources: Livestock, corn, cotton, eggs, straw, sorghum
- Mineral Resources: Sand, gravel, lignite, gas, oil
Demographics
At the 2000 census, 67,890 people, 24,691 households, and 10,370 families living in the city. Of 24,691 households, 21.0% had children under 18 living with them, 32.2% were married couples living together, 6.8% had female households without a husband, and 58.0% were not family. Approximately 27.1% of all households are made up of individuals, and 2.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the city, the population is distributed as 14.4% under the age of 18, 51.2% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 9.4% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% years or more. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 women, there are 104.3 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 104.0 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 21,180, and for families is $ 53,147. Men have an average income of $ 38,216 compared to $ 26,592 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 15,170. About 15.4% of families and 37.4% of the population are below the poverty line, including 16.4% of those under the age of 18 and 7.7% of those aged 65 and older.
Government
City College Station has a council-manager form of government. Voters elect city council members, who pass laws and make policies. The Council employs a professional city manager who is responsible for day-to-day operations of the city and its public services.
The Texas Department of Criminal Law (TDCJ) operates the Bryan District Liberation Office in College Station.
The United States Postal Service operates the College Station post office and Northgate College Station.
District
Northgate
Northgate is a mixed district north of Texas A & amp; M University featuring a combination of business, restaurants, apartments, churches, and entertainment. It is a lively part of town known for its blend of eclectic restaurants and bars. Most of Northgate's stores, bars and restaurants are frequented and protected by Texas A & amp; M, and the company hires A & amp; M, too. In total, the district spans approximately 145 hectares (0.59 km 2 ), bordered by Wellborn Road to the west, South College Avenue to the east, the College Station to the north, and University Drive to the south. This district is home to Dixie Chicken and the first Texas location for the World Burrito Freebirds regional fast food chain.
The roots of Northgate began in the 1930s when the city began to enjoy the rapid population growth of the Texas A & amp; M University, professors, and their families. Realizing that the proximity to the campus would be a profit for the revenue, the first business district was set up at College Station near the campus, taking its name for the nearest landmark on campus: the north gate. When the city was founded in 1938, the first Town Hall opened in a new district. In 1994, restoration efforts began to revitalize the affected area. The four-day music festival, "North By Northgate", was introduced in 1998 and has become an annual tradition, renamed "Northgate Music Festival" in 2002. In 2006, the city council incorporated Northgate as a special tax zone to finance additional repairs and expansion.
The live music is a major draw to the Northgate area, with places like Church Street BBQ and Hurricane Harry consistently providing nightly concerts. Many famous musicians, especially in the Texas country music scene, have begun playing on the verandah and stage found in the Northgate area. Famous names include Robert Earl Keen, Grammy award winner, Lyle Lovett, Dub Miller, and Roger Creager. The district was split north by Church Street, made famous by Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett duet "The Front Porch Song".
Wolf Pen Creek District
Wolf Pen Creek District is a large commercial development adjacent to the Post Oak Mall and between two major commercial highways of the city: the Earl Rudder Freeway and Texas Avenue. This area consists of a green walkway with a walkway, amphitheater and entertainment area worth $ 1.5 million, a small lake, Ice Arena Spirit, and is the home of the Brazos Valley Arts Council. The amphitheater has hosted numerous musical events, including the annual Starlight Music Series, a concert series that begins in late spring and lasts until the end of summer. The Pen Wolf often has sidewalks to run the scenery which when completed is about 1 mi (2 km).
Wellborn District
Wellborn became a community in 1867 as a construction camp in Houston and Texas Central Railroad. The city's name has been linked to a well in a construction camp, a foreman named E.W. Wellborn, or a landowner named W.W. Willburn. Also in 1867, a post office opened in a community named Wellborn Station. In 1870, the name was shortened to Wellborn. On April 14, 2011, College Station City Council voted 5-2 to capture Wellborn, thus making the Wellborn district community. Wellborn often mispronounces being born well but is spoken by locals as Well-burn.
Business park
- Business Center at College Station
- A business center "A" of 200 acres (81Ã, ha) of class, 5 miles (8 km) from the university, its residents today include companies involved in telecommunications, software development, and technology manufacturing.
- Spring Creek Corporate Campus
- A 100-acre (A-ha) business center, greenbelt surrounds most campuses and provides a buffer between new development and adjacent land use, including Pebble Creek Country Club and Woodland Sub division Hills.
- Texas A & amp; M University Research Park
- The 324 acre (131Ã, ha) research park was set up to provide immediate business opportunities with Texas A & amp; M University. Some companies and nonprofit research interests have been located in the park, including Schlumberger, Lynntech, AdventGX, Notequill, the Institute of Food Science and Engineering, Food Research Facilities of Elektron Beams, Academy of Telecommunications Technology and Advanced Learning, and the International Ocean Discovery Program.
- Crescent Pointe
- Crescent Pointe is a mixed-use development planned by a master of about 192 acres (78 ha), with frontage at University Drive (Highway 60) and Harvey Road (Highway 30).
Transportation
Transit masses
- The Transit Brazos District (formerly the Brazos Valley Transit Authority) provides public bus transportation in the Bryan/College Station area.
- Texas A & amp; M Transportation Services provides bus transportation throughout College Station and Bryan for Texas A & amp; M University and Blinn College. In the days of the Texas A & amp; M, the department provides additional park-and-ride services to and from Kyle Field.
- Starline Travel offers weekend services from Texas A & amp; M to downtown Houston, with additional Houston services for Aggie game days and additional services to Dallas during the A & amp; M major.
- Groundshuttle provides daily transport to and from Houston airport (Hobby and Bush).
Main road
- State Highway 6: Earl Rudder Freeway (East Bypass)
- State Highway 6 Business: Texas Avenue South
- State Highway 30: Harvey Road
- State Highway 40: William D. Fitch Parkway
- State Highway 47
- State Highway 308: College Avenue
- Farm to Street Market 60: University Drive/Raymond Stotzer Parkway
- Farm to Market Road 2154: Wellborn Road
- Agriculture to Street Market 2347: George Bush Drive
- Agriculture to Market Street 2818: Harvey Mitchell Parkway (West Bypass)
Railway
- Union Pacific Railroad Line: Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP)
Airport
Easterwood Airport, owned by Texas A & amp; M, located three miles (5 km) southwest of College Station and has flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
Economy
In May 2008, local unemployment ranged from 3 to 4%, among the lowest in Texas. This level is largely attributed to the significant role that the university plays in the local economy. However, underemployment is an ongoing problem.
Primary employer
- Texas A & amp; M University System - education - 16248
- Bryan Independent School District - education - 1,949
- St. Joseph Regional Health Center - health services - 1,590
- Sanderson Farms - poultry processing - 1,539
- College Station Independent School District - education - 1,400
- Reynolds and Reynolds/Rentsys - computer hardware/software - 959
- The city of Bryan - government - 889
- City of College Station - government - 865
- Walmart - retail - 650
- Ply Gem - windows - 611
- H-E-B Wholesale - retail - 590
Headquarters
Until 2007 acquisition by Tavistock Group, Freebirds World Burrito has its corporate headquarters in College Station.
Post Oak Mall
Post Oak Mall is the first mall in town and is currently the largest mall in the Brazos Valley. The 82-acre Mall (330,000 m 2 ) is home to 125 stores; opening on February 17, 1982, helped create a boost for economic and commercial development growth for College Station. It is currently the largest taxpayer in College Station and the second largest in the Brazos Valley, though the anchor shops are privately owned free standing units and are taxed separately from the right mall. Over 75% of retail sales in the Brazos Valley come from sales at mall stores.
Sports facilities
- Soccer: Kyle Field (capacity: 102,733 & lt; 106,000 in 2014 only, during reconstruction & gt;)
- Racing: Texas World Speedway (23,000 capacity)
- Basketball/Volleyball: Reed Arena (biggest crowd: 13,657 for basketball)
- Baseball: Olsen Field (biggest crowd: 11,052)
- Soccer: Ellis Field (biggest crowd: 8,204)
- Trajectory and fields: Anderson Track and Field Complex (capacity: 3,500)
- Tennis: George P. Mitchell Tennis Center (biggest crowd: 2,339)
- Softball: Aggie Softball Complex (biggest crowd: 2,341)
- Hockey: Spirit Ice Arena (capacity: 500)
- Golf: Texas A & amp; M Traditions Club
- Bowling: Grand Station Entertainment (capacity: 600)
Media and journalism
Television station
Local channels are NBC KAGS-LD affiliates, CBS KBTX affiliates, ABC KRHD-CD affiliates, Fox KYLE-TV affiliates and affiliates of PBS KAMU, owned by Texas A & amp; M University.
Radio station
College Station is part of Bryan-College Station Arbitron market # 238.
- KAMU-FM 90.9 NPR affiliates and sister station to KAMU-TV
- KEOS 89.1 Community Radio for Brazos Valley
Newspaper Area
- The Bryan/College Station Eagle (city newspaper)
- Battalion (Texas A & M University newspaper)
- Maroon Weekly (independent newspaper owned and operated by Aggie, Bryan/College Station)
- The Touchstone (left/progressive newspaper, alt/indie)
- The Jail Times (locally owned and locally owned independent newspaper, Bryan/College Station)
Area magazine
- Man Magazine 12
- Aggieland Illustrated
- Insite Magazine
- AgriLeader Magazine
Health Care
- College Station Medical Center
- Doctor Center Hospital
- Scott & amp; White Hospital
- St. Joseph Regional Health Center
- St. Joseph Emergency Center - College Station
Education
Local colleges and universities
- Texas A & amp; M University (about 68,000 students)
- Science Center A & amp; M Health Texas
Local school district
- College Station Independent School District
- Operate two secondary schools: A & amp; M High School and High School High School Consolidation Station
Tallest building
- Building with seven or more floors
- Kyle Field: 118 feet (36 m)
- Climb at Northgate: 18 floors
- Oceanographic and Meteorological Building: 15 floors/151 feet (46 m)
- Albritton Bell Tower: 138 feet (42 m)
- Rudder Tower: 12 floors
- College Station Hilton: 11 floors
- Momentum Plaza (formerly Adam Corporation Building and former First American Bank headquarters): 121.49Ã, ft; 10 floors
- Richardson Petroleum Engineering: 10 floors
- Civil Engineering/Texas Transportation Institute: eight floors
- The Bupati Building: eight floors
- Brown Engineering: seven floors
- Harrington: seven floors
- Light Building: seven floors
- McFerrin Indoor Athletic Practice Facility: over 100 feet (30 m)
- Texas A & amp; M University System Building: seven floors
- Evans Library: seven floors
Cities around
Nearby cities
- Cities within 30 miles (48 km)
- Bryan, Texas 5.7Ã, mi (9.2 km)
- Wixon Valley, Texas 11.1 miles (17.9 km)
- Snook, Texas 13.2 mi (21.2 km)
- Navasota, Texas 21.5Ã, mi (34.6Ã, km)
- Somerville, Texas 23.1 mi (37.2 km)
- Anderson, Texas 23.8Ã, mi (38.3 km)
- Caldwell, Texas 27.0Ã, mi (43.5 km)
- Hearne, Texas 27.2Ã, mi (43.8 km)
- Kurten, Texas 14.2 million (22.9 km)
Nearest major cities
- Cities with populations in excess of 500,000 within 200 miles (320 km)
- Houston 69,7Ã, mi (112,2Ã, km) (population: 2,145,146; metro population: 6,086,538)
- Austin 107,7Ã, ​​mi (173,3Ã,, km) (population: 820,611; metro population: 1,783,519)
- San Antonio 169Ã, mi (272Ã, km) (population: 1,359,758; metro population: 2,194,927)
- Fort Worth 173Ã, mi (278Ã, km) (population: 758,738; metro population: 6,145,037)
- Dallas 187Ã, mi (301Ã, km) (population: 1,223,229; metro population: 6,145,037)
Famous people
The following people have lived or are currently living in College Station:
- Sara Alpern, professor of women's history at Texas A & amp; M University
- Seth McKinney, a former NFL football player and now owner of Crossfit Aggieland at College Station
- Gary Clayton Anderson, American historian and specialist in American Indian studies, lived in College Station in the early 1980s.
- George Bass (archaeologist), archaeologist, called Father of Underwater Archeology.
- Garland Bayliss, American historian and administrator at Texas A & amp; M, live in Bryan and College Station.
- David Bereit, anti-abortion activist
- Matthew Berry, ESPN fantasy sports analyst and son of College Station Nancy Berry Mayor
- Norman Borlaug, "The One Who Saves the Life of a Million Billion", an agronomist, humanity, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution"
- Robert A. Calvert, historian
- John David Crow, athletic director at Texas A & amp; M University; former football player and coach
- Henry C. Dethloff, historian and author
- Larry Fedora, head of North Carolina University football coach
- Robert Gates, former president of Texas A & amp; M University and former Minister of Defense
- Gabriel Hall, convicted assassin of Texas A & amp; M
- Kristy Hawkins, professional bodybuilder of IFBB
- Dick Hervey, mayor of College Station from 1971 to 1974; third secretary of the former Student Groom Association from 1947 to 1964; president of Savings and Community Loans, 1964-1982; buried at College Station Cemetery
- Brianna Hildebrand, actress
- Kyle Kacal, member of Texas Representative Council from College Station since 2013
- Arnold Krammer, historian at GUEST, 1974-retired in 2015
- David M. Lee, professor of physics at GUY, 1996 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
- R. Bowen Loftin, former president of Texas A & amp; M University
- Lyle Lovett, singer-songwriter
- Martin V. Melosi, an environmental historian at TAMU, head of the Institute for Public History at the University of Houston
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith, actor, starring in Strange Science , Travel to the Center of the Earth , among others; professor of English at California State University, Long Beach
- John N. Raney, member of Texas Representative Council from College Station since 2011, owner of Aggieland Book Store since 1969
- Rico Rodriguez, actor, best known for his role as Manny Delgado in sitcom ABC Modern Family
- Thomas Sadoski, award-winning actor, starring in HBO's The Newsroom , among others
- Brek Shea, soccer player, FC Dallas member and United States Men's National Soccer Team
- R. C. Slocum, former head of Texas A & amp; M University (1989-2002)
- Bjarne Stroustrup, the original computer scientist, designer, and implementer of C; Dear Professor at Texas A & amp; M University; AT & amp; T Fellow
- Tiffany Thornton, actress, starred in Disney Channel Sonny With a Chance
- Patrick Zurek, Roman Catholic Bishop Amarillo, founder of Father St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
- David Konderla, Roman Catholic Bishop of Tulsa
- Alok Vaid-Menon, performance artist and LGBTQ rights activist
Destination
- George Bush Presidential Library
- D. A. "Andy" Anderson Arboretum
Note
References
External links
- Official website
- Bryan-College Station Visitors & amp; Convention Bureau
- Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce
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