Bryan, Texas, United States

🇺🇸 Bryan is a city and the county seat of Brazos County, Texas, United States. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley (East and Central Texas). Bryan borders the city of College Station, which lies to its south. Together they are referred to as the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area.

The area around Bryan was part of a land grant to Moses Austin by Spain. Austin's son, Stephen F. Austin, helped bring settlers to the area. Among the settlers was William Joel Bryan, the nephew of Stephen Austin. In 1866 the county seat of Brazos County was changed from Boonville to Bryan, and a post office was opened. In 1867, after many delays caused by the Civil War, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, which had only previously gotten as far as Millican, finally reached Bryan. A short time later, in 1871, the city of Bryan became incorporated. Just south of Bryan, Texas A&M College opened in 1876 in what later would be known as College Station. The following year, 1877 saw the establishment of the Bryan Independent School District. Keeping up with progress in the rest of the country, Bryan added electric lighting and a waterworks to its community in 1889. The fifth Brazos County courthouse was built in 1892, and by the turn of the century, in 1900, the International-Great Northern Railroad stopped in Bryan.

Bryan is located north-west of the centre of Brazos County. It is bordered to the south-east by the city of College Station and to the north-west by the unincorporated community of Lake Bryan. The Brazos River flows past approximately nine miles to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 44.5 square miles (115.3 km²), of which 44.4 square miles (115.0 km²) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km²), or 0.20%, is water.

Largest employers Texas A&M University; Bryan Independent School District; Texas A&M Health Science Center; College Station Independent School District; Blinn College; Reynolds and Reynolds; CHI St. Joseph Health; Sanderson Farms; Walmart; H-E-B.

Colleges • Blinn College – Bryan Campus • Texas A&M Health Science Center.