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Lake Jackson , Brazoria County, Texas

Lake Jackson, Texas – An Overview

Lake Jackson is a vibrant, planned city in Southern Brazoria County, Texas within the Houston-Baytown metropolitan area. Lake Jackson is accessible via State Highway 332, State Highway 288, FM 2004 and the Port of Freeport. These roads provide access to Houston, Galveston, and the market areas of Brazoria, Matagorda and Fort Bend Counties. The city is bounded by total area of 51.3 km² (19.8 mi²) out of which 49.3 km² (19.0 mi²) is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (3.84%) is water. The Lake Jackson city is an incorporated residential community ten miles upriver from the mouth of the Brazos River in south central Brazoria County 

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 was placed alongside the lake. Very minor ruins of the Lake Jackson Plantation can now be seen. The bustling city of Houston is just an hour away.

In the field of education, the residents are zoned to Grady B. Rasco Middle School Lake Jackson Intermediate School. Brazosport College is a public community college, which was recently upgraded to offer a baccalaureate degree in certain technical fields. Lake Jackson, located fifty miles south of Houston, is in close proximity to the world's largest petrochemical complex and related industries; major components of this complex include Dow Chemical Company, BASF Corporation, Phillips Petroleum and many more.

If you are looking for family fun, learning, entertainment and volunteer opportunities, the city has many programs and special events for children and families. The Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences in Lake Jackson offers an art gallery, two theaters and a nature center and planetarium, while the city maintains a number of parks, including Wilderness Park and Brazos Bend State Park. Lake Jackson has many fun-filled activities taking place in the city like The Brazoswood Baseball, Brazoswood Youth Football Association, Lake Jackson Soccer Club, The Brazosport Bicycle Club, and Lake Jackson Peewee Baseball.

Lake Jackson aptly known as the "City of Enchantment", located on Texas' Gulf Coast, is replete with recreational opportunities such as swimming, boating, deep sea fishing, water sports, and resort living. Varner-Hogg Plantation SHP, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Sea Center Texas, and Lake Theater are some of the recreational spots. Brazos Mall is the shopping mall in the city. Brazoria County Historical Museum, Brazosport Center for Fine Arts and Science, Lake Jackson Historical Museum, Levi Jordan Plantation are some of the museums, which are storehouses ofinteresting information for children and adults alike. Brazosport Museum of Natural Science named as one of the ten best museums in Texas is home to the largest collection of shells on display in the South with shells from around the world.

The city located forty-five miles southwest of Galveston and eight miles north of the Gulf of Mexico has several wildlife preserves namely The Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge and is host to a major bird count each Christmas season. The city of Lake Jackson offers multiple recreational facilities that include various athletic complexes, Dunbar Pavilion, MacLean Pavilion, the Outdoor Pool and the Recreation Center. The Wilderness Golf Course is a new clubhouse, which meets all the golfing needs. You can also find many churches here like the Angleton Road Church of Christ, Brazos Pointe Fellowship, Chapelwood United Methodist, and Christ Lutheran Church.

Play Construction & Equipment Provider in Lake Jackson, Texas - All Play Inc

ALL PLAY Incorporated is the exclusive Little Tikes Commercial representative in the Lake Jackson area of the Brazoria County, Texas. We provide turn-key park, playground, athletic and recreational constructions, besides also offering playground equipment, park furnishings, park shelters, water parks, canopy structures, skate parks and much more from a number of good brands. Our playground construction and equipment company conforms to the U.S. safety guidelines for designing, constructing, operating and maintaining safe playgrounds for kids in schools, day care centers, community centers, parks and recreational areas in the city of Lake Jackson.

Quick Facts about Lake Jackson, Texas

Geographic Coordinates	29°2'13? N, 95°26'18? W
County	Brazoria County, Texas
Incorporated	Year 1944
Area	51.3 km² or 19.8 square milesLand - 96.16%Water - 3.84%
Elevation	13 feet
Standard Zip Code	77566
Time Zone	Central Standard Time (6 hours behind GMT)
Climate	Warmest month - July (95.20° F - Avg. Max. Temp)Coldest month - January (45.40° F - Avg. Min. Temp)Annual average precipitation - 50.66”
Distance from the Texas State Capital	165 miles