Lake Jackson, Texas

Lake Jackson is a city located in Brazoria County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 26,386.

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Brazoria County, Texas - Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area - 2000 - U.S. Census

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Lake Jackson is named after an oxbow lake of the same name on the outskirts of town. The lake in turn was named after the family whose antebellum plantation house sat alongside the lake; only very minor ruins of the building can now be seen in a park at the site. It is also the birthplace of famous Tejano singer Selena.

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Oxbow lake - Antebellum - Plantation - Selena

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