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Welcome

Washington County is located in the southeast section of central Texas, almost exactly halfway between Austin and Houston. The county seat is Brenham, located in the south central part of the county on Hwy 290. Washington was created in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico, named for George Washington and organized as a county in 1837.
It's the home of Washington-on-the-Brazos, the home of the government of the Republic of Texas, until October 1839. The community was first called Washington, then had to be distinguished from Washington-on-the-Potomac after the Civil War. Being situated on the Brazos River, it was a major community even after the county seat was moved to Brenham in February, 1844, to make it more centrally located. After the railroad bypassed it, it became less important for the shipment of goods.
Brenham and Burton are the only incorporated cities. Today, Brenham is known, in the South, as the home of Bluebell Ice Cream - the best ice cream, you'll ever eat.
(Bonham, Texas, is in Fannin County.)

Resources

On-Site

Cemeteries Census Records Families German Genealogy History Jewish Genealogy Lookups Military Records Newspaper Articles Obituaries Surrounding Counties Vital Records

Off-Site

Washington Archives Other TXGenWeb Counties Portal to Texas History Handbook of Texas WC Genealogical Society Query Board

Communities

(g) is a ghost town
Ayres
Berlin
Brenham
Burton
Cedar Creek
Chappell Hill
Coles Settlement
Daniels
Earlywine
Gay Hill
Goodwill
Graball
Greenvine
Independence
Jacksonville (g)
Klump
La Bahia
Latium
Long Point (g)
Mill Creek
Montville
Mt. Gilead (g)
Mt. Vernon (g)
Muellersville
Mustang (g)
Old Gay Hill (g)
Phillipsburg
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Hill
Prairie Hill
Quarry
Rehburg
Rock Island (g)
Sandtown (g)
Sandy Hill
Sauney Stand
Tiger Point (g)
Tigertown
Turkey Creek (g)
Union Hill (g)
Warren
Washington[-on-the-Brazos]
Wesley
Whitman
Wiedeville
William Penn
Winklemann
Yegua
Zionville

Publications

Brenham Weekly Banner
The Lone Star
Texas National Register
Trantula
Texian
Brazos Farmer
Christian Advocate
Watch Tower
Southern Banner
Texas Volksbote

These awards were won by previous coordinator, Gayle Triller
County of the Month, Nov 2015, TXGenWeb