Ĭollege Station's population grew slowly, reaching 350 in 1884 and 391 at the turn of the century. 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. Eleven years later, the site was chosen as the location for the proposed Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, a land-grant school. 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.Ĭollege Station's origins date from 1860, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through the region. The city owes its name and existence to the university's location along a railroad. College Station and Bryan make up the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, the 13th-largest metropolitan area in Texas with 273,101 people as of 2019.Ĭollege Station is home to the main campus of Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. As of the 2020 census, College Station had a population of 120,511. It is 83 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Houston and 87 miles (140 km) east-northeast of Austin. College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle.
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