College Station, Texas

College Station, Texas is a city located in Brazos County, and is situated in East Texas. The city is centrally located in the heart of Texas, approximately equidistant from three of the 10 largest cities in the United States. It is 95 miles north of Houston, 166 miles northeast of San Antonio and 169 miles south of Dallas. It is 104 miles east of Austin, the state capital of Texas. 75% of the Texas and Louisiana populations (13.1 million people) live within 3.5 driving hours of College Station. The population estimate as of January 2005 is 80,254. College Station boasts many of the amenities of a large city while maintaining a small town atmosphere.

Tallest buildings

• Buildings with 7 or more floors
• University Tower: 17 floors
• Oceanography & Meteorology Building: 15 floors, elevator only goes to 13, the top two floor are weather monitoring hardware
• Albritton Tower: 138 feet
• Rudder Tower: 12 floors
• College Station Hilton: 11 floors
• Northgate Gameday Center: 10 floors (to be completed late-2006)
• First American Bank Headquarters: 10 floors (to be completed in mid-2006)
• Richardson Petroleum Engineering: 10 floors
• CE / Texas Transportation Institute: 8 floors
• Regents Building: 8 floors
• Brown Engineering: 7 floors
• Harrington: 7 floors
• Bright Building: 7 floors