College Station, Texas

College Station, Texas
City
College Station is the home of Texas A&M University.
Location in the state of Texas
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Coordinates: 30°36′05″N 96°18′52″W / 30.60139°N 96.31444°W / 30.60139; -96.31444
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brazos
Incorporated	October 19, 1938
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	John Nichols
• City Council	Council members Mark Smith, Place 1 William Wright, Place 2 Linda Harvell, Place 3 Elizabeth Cunha, Place 4 Bob Yancy, Place 5 Dennis Maloney, Place 6
• City Manager	Bryan Woods
Area [1]
• City	51.30 sq mi (132.87 km2)
• Land	51.16 sq mi (132.50 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2)
Elevation [3]	289 ft (88 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	120,511
• Density	2,300/sq mi (910/km2)
• Urban	206,137 (US: 184th)[2]
• Metro	268,248 (US: 186th)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	77840-77845
Area code	979
FIPS code	48-15976
GNIS feature ID	2410193[3]
Website	www.cstx.gov

College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States, situated in East-Central Texas in the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. It is 83 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Houston and 87 miles (140 km) east-northeast of Austin. As of the 2020 census, College Station had a population of 120,511.^[4] College Station and Bryan make up the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, the 15th-largest metropolitan area in Texas with 268,248 people as of 2020.^[5]

College Station is home to the main campus of Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The city owes its name and existence to the university's location along a railroad. Texas A&M's triple designation as a land-grant university, National Sea Grant College Program, and National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program 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.