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.”

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(Image courtesy of Friendswood Historical Society)