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Welcome to Brenham ...The city of Brenham is located Brenham is located in Washington County<1> and is the County Seat for Washington County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Brenham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Brenham has a population of 17,647 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Brenham is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Brenham lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Brenham is located in the (979) area code. The ZIP codes for Brenham: 77833-77834<4> Official Website: www.ci.brenham.tx.us/ Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Brenham had an population of 17,647 people. This is an increase of 12.29% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 30.65% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Brenham had a population of 15,716 people (or 46.61% of the total population of Washington County). This makes Brenham the county's most populous community. The population of Brenham represents 0.06% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 154th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 15,716 people, the population of Brenham increased 16.35% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 13,507 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Brenham. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Brenham - they are located in Kansas and Oregon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brenham. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brenham. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Brenham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brenham. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brenham. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brenham. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brenham. Our list includes 27 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Brenham. Looking for more information about Brenham? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Brenham, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Brenham. We originally found mention of Brenham in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Brenham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Brenham in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Brenham.
The official website for Brenham: www.ci.brenham.tx.us/ The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ |
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