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Wellborn, Brazos County

Texas-grown trees, delivered to Wellborn

About 11 minutes (6 miles) from the farm by road

Local

About Wellborn

  • Wellborn began in 1867 as a construction camp for the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. Source
  • Its post office opened in 1867 as Wellborn Station, and the name was shortened to Wellborn three years later. Source
  • The Wellborn Cemetery, dating to the early 1870s, is designated a state historic landmark. Source
  • The College Station City Council voted in April 2011 to annex Wellborn into the city. Source
  • Although the name is often read as "well-born," Wellborn residents pronounce their community's name as "Well-burn." Source
  • Wellborn's name has been credited to a well at the railroad construction camp, a foreman named E. W. Wellborn, or landowner W. W. Wilburn. Source
  • John and Thomas Royder of the Rock Prairie community opened Wellborn's first store and also built a cotton gin and a lumberyard there. Source
  • By the mid-1880s Wellborn, sitting on the rail line along today's Wellborn Road, had developed into a shipping point for cattle. Source
  • The second episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives was filmed at the Hullabaloo Diner in Wellborn on April 30, 2007. Source
  • Brazos County's soils range from alluvial to sandy, and between 11 and 20 percent of its land is considered prime farmland. Source
  • The county covers 588 square miles of rolling prairie and woodland, 200 to 350 feet above sea level. Source
  • The northern third of Brazos County is Blackland Prairie, where elm, oak, pecan and mesquite grow along the streams. Source
  • The rest of the county lies in the Post Oak Savannah vegetation area, which features post oak, walnut and pecan trees. Source

Services

What we offer in Wellborn

Every job is quoted. There's no price list.

ZIP codes: 77881

Nearby

Near Wellborn

  • College StationAbout 23 minutes (17 miles) from the farm by road
  • MillicanRight next to the farm
  • SnookAbout 36 minutes (24 miles) from the farm by road

Wellborn

Questions

Yes. Delivery, and planting if you want it, is available in Wellborn. It's priced by distance from the farm: about 11 minutes (6 miles) from the farm by road.

77881. If your ZIP isn't listed, call: we may still be able to deliver, since delivery is priced by distance.

tree delivery and planting. Every job is quoted; there's no price list.

Wellborn is in Brazos County.