Discover Gayle Estates: A Rural Residential Community in Brazoria County
Published: July 16, 2004
Gayle Estates is a rural residential development located four miles northwest of West Columbia and seventeen miles west of Angleton in western Brazoria County. The community began around 1970 and was named for landowner and Brazoria County official John Gayle. His family were early settlers in Brazoria County. No population estimates were available until 2000, when the census reported 102 residents.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Laurie E. Jasinski, “Gayle Estates, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gayle-estates-tx.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
TID:
HLG44
- July 16, 2004
