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On March 14, 1944, the City of Lake Jackson was incorporated and the streets, parks, water and sewer system, fire equipment, etc., were later given to the City by the Dow Chemical Company. By then, the happy pioneers were beginning to accept as a certainty that which they believed from the first: Lake Jackson was a sparkling land of promise ...
Built by Abner Jackson and his wife, Margaret, in 1844, the Lake Jackson Plantation became one of the most profitable sugar refineries in the state. Over time, Jackson expanded his namesake property to almost 3750 acres and acquired two additional plantations, Darrington and Retrieve. But massive debt and murderous family rancor ravaged the ...
Lake Jackson is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,177. [4] In 1942 a portion of Lake Jackson was first developed as a company town for workers of the Dow Chemical Company; it developed 5,000 acres on the former Abner Jackson Plantation ...
Sep 17, 2020 · In 1980 Hispanics made up 7.8 per cent and Blacks 2.5 percent of Lake Jackson's 19,102 residents, and eighteen churches functioned in the community. The number of businesses more than doubled between 1970 and 1985, when Lake Jackson had four elementary schools and one intermediate school. The population was 22,776 in 1990 and 26,386 in 2000.
The slaves had use of both orchards and gardens. By 1850, the Lake Jackson plantation had grown to 3,744 acres. The land was ideal for sugar growing—fertile, well-watered, and easily cleared. In 1852, Jackson produced 295 hogsheads of sugar with horse-drawn machinery at the Lake Plantation.
Those of us who attended A. P. Beutel Elementary in the 1960s and 1970s may remember that as the opening line of our elementary school fight song. Dr. A. P. “Dutch” Beutel has been honored locally for a good reason; he is essentially the reason Lake Jackson was created! Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 13, 1892, Albert Phillip Beutel ...
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The Lake Jackson Historical Association (LJHA) is a non-profit organization operating the Lake Jackson Historical Museum, Alden Dow Office Museum, and Abner Jackson Plantation Site. Our mission is to provide education relative to the history and culture of an area of Brazoria County, Texas known as Lake Jackson.
