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SEABROOK,
TEXAS
Harris,
Chambers & Galveston Counties, Texas Gulf Coast
On the north side of Galveston
Bay
Highway 146
1 mile N of Kemah
27
miles N of Galveston
26 miles
SE of Houston
Population: 9,443 (2000)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The town was platted in 1900 by John Sydnor and E. S. Nicholson of the Clear
Creek Development Company. Although the name seems to be cobbled together like
that of a subdivision - the truth is it was named after Synor's son - who's given
name was actually Seabrook.
Founded on the site of what had been the
Elmwood Plantation, the community first hosted people escaping the heat of Houston
who came down on the Suburban - a twice daily interurban connecting Houston
and Galveston.
Seabrook
had its own post office as early as 1895. At the time of the great Galveston
Storm, Seabrook's school had an enrollment of 100 pupils taught by three teachers.
It was dashed to kindling by the killer storm but was rebuilt within a few years.
The schools were merged with those of the Clear Creek ISD in 1947, later becoming
part of the Clear Creek ISD.
In 1910 the Seabrook School for Boys was
founded and underwent several changes of name before becoming the Harris County
Boys School in 1955.
From a growing population of 560 people before the
Great Depression Seabrook fell to 200 by 1936. Growth increased to 400 throughout
the 1940s. Seabrook was incorporated in late 1961.
A bridge connecting
Seabrook and Kemah was built in 1961 - despite damage
from Hurricane Carla, the storm that launched Dan Rather's career. In 1968 there
were 6,000 people living in Seabrook. Seabrook's population was over 8,000 in
1974, falling slightly to 6,600 in 1990.
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