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Badges from the History of the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office |
Brazoria County was created on March 11, 1836 as one
of the original counties and was named for the town of Brazoria. The county was
organized December 20, 1836 with Brazoria as the county seat. In 1897 Angleton
became the county seat and remains so today. The first of Stephen F. Austin's
authorized 300 settlers in what was then the State of Coahuila, Mexico, arrived at the
mouth of the Brazos River in 1821. Many of the events leading to the Texas Revolution
occurred or developed here. Santa Anna signed the famous Treaties of Velasco which
effectively granted Texas its independence and led directly to the consolidation of the
United States' continental empire, where those first settlers arrived in 1821.
Use the Links Below to Learn
More About Brazoria County and other Interesting Facts
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Learn the History of the
"Sheriff". How it started and how the position evolved. |
Learn About Every Sheriff
of Brazoria County Dating Back to our First in 1836. |
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The First Capital Of Texas |
The First Reward Poster
Issued in Texas |
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The Last
Legal Hanging in the State of Texas |
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