Where We Are
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.
Our neigboring counties, starting in the northwest and continuing clockwise, are
Lee,
Burleson and
Brazos in the north.
Grimes and
Waller are east of us.
Austin and
Fayette share our southern boundary.
Other Texas counties.