College Station

The first land-grant college in Texas�called the Agricultural and Mechanical College�was predominantly a military school, built in 1876 in a then-remote area of Central Texas. Like other developments, the institute was a result of the expanding railroad, so a station named �College� was erected to service the new school. Drawing newcomers to the area, the city of College Station was incorporated in 1938, and its size soon rivaled that of neighboring Bryan�the Brazos County seat. The College Stat