West Columbia
West Columbia is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The city is centered on the intersection of Texas Highways 35 & 36, 55 miles southwest of downtown Houston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,220 residents
- Description: city in Texas, Brazoria County, United States
- Also known as: “West Columbia, Texas” and “West Columbia, TX”
- Historically known as: “Columbia”
- Postal code: 77486
Places of Interest
Highlights include Columbia High School and Ammon Underwood House.
Columbia High School
School
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Columbia High School is a public high school located in West Columbia, Texas, United States. It is classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League.
Ammon Underwood House
Building
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The Ammon Underwood House is a historic house in East Columbia, Texas, U.S. It was first built as a log house for Ammon Underwood in 1835. It became a boarding school in 1839, and his family home in 1839, where he lived with his wife Rachel J. Ammon Underwood House is situated 1½ miles east of West Columbia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Columbia.
East Columbia
Hamlet
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East Columbia is a census designated place in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. East Columbia is situated 2 miles east of West Columbia.
West Columbia
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Brazoria, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.14386° or 29° 8′ 38″ northLongitude
-95.64523° or 95° 38′ 43″ westPopulation
4,220Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WB4Open location code
76X649V3+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 151734406OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“West Columbia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست كولومبيا”
- Basque: “West Columbia”
- Catalan: “West Columbia”
- Cebuano: “West Columbia”
- Chechen: “Вест-Колумбия”
- Chinese: “West Columbia”
- Chinese: “西哥倫比亞”
- Croatian: “West Columbia”
- Danish: “West Columbia”
- Dutch: “West Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويسانت كولومبيا”
- French: “West Columbia”
- Gilaki: “وست کؤلؤمبيا”
- Haitian: “West Columbia, Texas”
- Haitian: “West Columbia”
- Hebrew: “וסט קולומביה”
- Irish: “West Columbia”
- Italian: “West Columbia”
- Japanese: “ウエストコロンビア”
- Ladin: “West Columbia”
- Malagasy: “West Columbia, Texas”
- Malagasy: “West Columbia”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Columbia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Columbia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Columbia”
- Persian: “وست کلمبیا، تگزاس”
- Persian: “وست کلمبیا”
- Polish: “West Columbia”
- Portuguese: “West Columbia”
- Russian: “Западная Колумбия”
- Serbian: “Вест Коламбија”
- Serbian: “Вест Колумбија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Columbia, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Columbia”
- Silesian: “West Columbia”
- Slovak: “Columbia”
- Slovak: “West Columbia”
- Slovenian: “West Columbia”
- South Azerbaijani: “وست کلمبیا، تکزاس”
- Spanish: “West Columbia (Texas)”
- Spanish: “West Columbia”
- Tatar: “Вест-Колумбия”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Колумбія”
- Uzbek: “West Columbia”
- Uzbek: “Wест Cолумбиа”
- Vietnamese: “West Columbia, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “West Columbia”
- Volapük: “West Columbia”
- Welsh: “West Columbia, Texas”
- Welsh: “West Columbia”
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Notable Places Nearby
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