Brenham

Brenham is a city in the region of . It is the county seat of Washington, County and is about halfway between and on U.S. Highway 290.
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  • Type: Town with 17,400 residents
  • Description: city and county seat of Washington County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Brenham, Texas” and “Brenham, TX
  • Postal codes: 77833 and 77834

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library and St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Library

Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church at 701 Church Street in Brenham, Texas. The church community dates back to 1870. The current church building was built in 1935 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brenham Downtown Historic District.

Neighborhood
The was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Buildings in the district were designed by Alfred C.

Brenham

Latitude
30.1669° or 30° 10′ 1″ north
Longitude
-96.3977° or 96° 23′ 52″ west
Population
17,400
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US XCO
Open location code
86255J82+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151906420
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4676206
Wiki­data ID
Q908929
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Brenham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: برينهام
  • Basque: Brenham
  • Belarusian: Брэнем (Тэхас)
  • Belarusian: Брэнем
  • Bulgarian: Бренхам
  • Catalan: Brenham
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  • Chechen: Бренем
  • Chinese: Brenham
  • Chinese: 布倫納姆
  • Croatian: Brenham
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  • Danish: Brenham
  • Dutch: Brenham (Texas)
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  • Egyptian Arabic: برينهام
  • French: Brenham
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  • German: Brenham
  • Gilaki: برنهم
  • Greek: Μπρέναμ
  • Haitian: Brenham, Texas
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  • Hebrew: ברנהם
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  • Irish: Brenham, Texas
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  • Japanese: ブレナム
  • Korean: 브렌햄
  • Ladin: Brenham
  • Malagasy: Brenham, Texas
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brenham
  • Norwegian: Brenham
  • Persian: برنهام، تگزاس
  • Persian: برنهام
  • Polish: Brenham
  • Portuguese: Brenham (Texas)
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  • Russian: Бренем
  • Serbian: Бренам
  • Serbo-Croatian: Brenham, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Brenham
  • Slovak: Brenham
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  • South Azerbaijani: برنهام، تکزاس
  • Spanish: Brenham (Texas)
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  • Swedish: Brenham
  • Tatar: Бренем
  • Turkish: Brenham, Teksas
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  • Ukrainian: Бренем
  • Uzbek: Brenham, Texas
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  • Vietnamese: Brenham, Texas
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  • Volapük: Brenham (Texas)
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  • Waray (Philippines): Brenham, Texas
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  • Welsh: Brenham, Texas
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