About West Columbia, Texas

West Columbia is a city in Brazoria County, positioned near the Brazos and San Bernard rivers. Josiah Hughes Bell founded the settlement as Columbia in 1826, and it briefly became the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1836. Agriculture, oil, and sulfur later shaped its role as a trade center for the surrounding area.

  • Republic CapitalColumbia served as the Republic of Texas capital from September through December 1836, when the First Congress met there and Sam Houston became president.
  • Oilfield RevivalAfter a post office opened in 1905, discovery of the West Columbia oilfield in 1918 brought renewed growth.
  • First Capitol ReplicaA replica of the first capitol was built in 1977, and First Capitol Park is among the city's landmarks.
  • Varner-Hogg PlantationThe restored Varner-Hogg Plantation operates as a state historic site just outside West Columbia.
  • Population in 2020The 2020 census recorded 3,644 residents in West Columbia.

Find your street

Names on the West Columbia map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks2

  • First Capitol Park
  • Columbia Cemetery

Streets and roads117

  • West Brazos Avenue
  • East Brazos Avenue
  • South Columbia Drive
  • North Columbia Drive
  • South 17th Street
  • Bus Highway 35
  • Ringold Street
  • Travis
  • North 17th Street
  • East Jefferson Street
  • Alamo Street
  • Lee Street
  • North 13th Street
  • FM 2852
  • East Bernard Street
  • East Clay Street
  • South 14th Street
  • North Broad Street
  • Loggins Drive
  • Loggins Street
  • Hogg Ranch Road
  • Dance Drive
  • Ellis Lane
  • Marshall Street
  • Gray Street
  • South Gray Avenue
  • Sinclair Street
  • Hamilton Street
  • Humble Drive
  • South 16th Street
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  • Damon Drive
  • Old Damon Road
  • East Jackson Street
  • North Eleventh Street
  • Bell Creek Drive
  • West Jackson Street
  • French Lane
  • Austin Street
  • South 13th Street
  • Kirby Drive
  • Rev Swinney Street
  • West Bernard Street
  • South Eleventh Street
  • West Texaco Street
  • South Twelfth Street
  • Brown Street
  • South Mattson Street
  • South Ringgold Street
  • South 18th Street
  • Irwin Road
  • Bennett Drive
  • Tall Timber Drive
  • Bell Street
  • Stucker Lane
  • Roughneck Drive
  • North 15th Street
  • Reid Road
  • Sweeney Avenue
  • Crawford Lane
  • Greenfield Street
  • South Street
  • Washington Street
  • Gulf Drive
  • Lamar Street
  • Ottis Lane
  • Mocking Bird Drive
  • Denise Street
  • Bowie Street
  • Forrest Trail
  • Dow Street
  • Gupton Lane
  • Roene Lane
  • Tree Street
  • East Meadow Lane
  • Shady Lane
  • East Hamilton Street
  • Carver Street
  • Fisher Street
  • North 14th Street
  • Woodbine Drive
  • Long Street
  • Larkin Street
  • Draeger Drive
  • Marion Drive
  • Dyson Road
  • South 16th
  • Houston Street
  • Crockett Street
  • Bernard Street
  • Clarke
  • Otis Lane
  • Kirton Court
  • Snow Drive
  • Milam Street
  • Starfield Lane
  • North Twelfth Street
  • North Mattson Street
  • West Meadow Lane
  • South 15th Street
  • Crews Way
  • North 18th Street
  • North Ringgold Street
  • North 16th Street
  • Jansen Drive
  • Francis Street
  • Oak Street
  • Parker Lane
  • Smith Street
  • Lillian Street
  • Blair Street
  • Westview Street
  • Clay Street
  • Papendorf
  • Prewitt Lane
  • Red Bird Court
  • Twelfth Street
  • Linda Lane

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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