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College Station, Texas
College Station is the home of Texas A&M University.
College Station is the home of Texas A&M University.
Location in the state of Texas
Location in the state of Texas
Country United States United States
State Texas Texas
County Brazos
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
Area
 • City 49.6 sq mi (128.5 km2)
 • Land 49.5 sq mi (128.1 km2)
 • Water 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation
338 ft (103 m)
Population
 (2017)
 • City 110,095
 • Density 1,978/sq mi (763.7/km2)
 • Metro
236,819 (US: 189th)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
77840-77845
Area code(s) 979
FIPS code 48-15976
GNIS feature ID 1354786
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College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, in the center of the region known as Texas Triangle. It is 90 miles (140 kilometers) northwest of Houston and 87 miles (140 km) northeast of Austin.

As of the 2010 census, College Station had a population of 93,857, which had increased to an estimated population of 100,050 as of July 2013. College Station and Bryan together make up the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, the 15th-largest metropolitan area in Texas with 228,660 people as of the 2010 census.

College Station (oftentimes called "CStat" by residents) is home to the main campus of Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The city owes both its name and existence to the university's location along a railroad.

Texas A&M's triple designation as a Land-, Sea-, and Space-Grant institution reflects the broad scope of the research endeavors it brings to the city, with ongoing projects funded by agencies such as NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research.

Due largely to the presence of Texas A&M University, College Station was named by Money magazine in 2006 as the most educated city in Texas, and the 11th-most educated city in the United States.

The origins of College Station date from 1860, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through the region. Eleven years later, the site was chosen as the location for the proposed Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, a land-grant school. In 1876, as the nation celebrated its centennial, the school (renamed Texas A&M University in 1963) opened its doors as the first public institution of higher education in the state of Texas.

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