Published September 10, 2020
Houston's Metro Bay Area : City of Friendswood
Friendswood, Texas
Population: 38,811 (2020)
Median Income: $95k
Median Age: 41
A wonderful introduction and insight into its rich history from an excerpt from Friendswood Historical Society; “Friendswood, situated on FM 518 in the Northwest corner of
Galveston County half-way between Houston and Galveston has the distinction of
being the only permanent town in Texas that started as a Quaker settlement. A State
Historical Marker, erected in 1967, states that Friendswood was founded by a
group of Quakers led by T. Hadley Lewis and Frank J. Brown. They were looking for a “promised land” to
start a settlement of the people who belonged to the religious denomination
called Friends or Quakers. The carefully
thought-out name for the new settlement – FRIENDSWOOD – was registered at the
Galveston County Courthouse on July 16, 1895.”
(Image courtesy of Friendswood Historical Society)
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