About Blinn College

Blinn College is a public community researcher in Brenham, Texas, with additional campuses in Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg, and Sealy. While Brenham is Blinn’s main campus, with dorms and apartments, more than 65 percent of its students attend the Bryan campus.

Brenham (/ˈbrɛnəm/ BREH-nəm) is a city in east-central Texas in Washington County, United States, with a population of 15,716 according to the 2010 U.S. census. It is the county seat of Washington County. Brenham is south of College Station, and virtually halfway in the company of Houston and Austin approximately 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Houston, and about 90 miles (140 km) east of Austin.

Brenham is well-known as the heart of the bluebonnet region in Central Texas. The local chamber of commerce promotes the Bluebonnet Trails and offers free maps to guide visitors along the most scenic wildflower routes, which as well as pass historic sites and attractions.

Washington County is known as the “Birthplace of Texas,” as it contains the site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836 in the town of Washington-on-the-Brazos. This is now a allow in historic site.

Brenham is afterward known for its annual German heritage festival that takes place each May called Maifest, similar to Volksfest. Numerous German immigrants approved here in the mid-nineteenth century, following the Revolutions in German states in 1848. Brenham is also the Home of “The World’s Largest BBQ Pit” on 290 West.