Tree delivery and planting in Wellborn

The ground in Brazos County: Brazos County's soils range from alluvial to sandy, and between 11 and 20 percent of its land is considered prime farmland. The county covers 588 square miles of rolling prairie and woodland, 200 to 350 feet above sea level. (source)

Trees that already grow around Wellborn: The northern third of Brazos County is Blackland Prairie, where elm, oak, pecan and mesquite grow along the streams. The rest of the county lies in the Post Oak Savannah vegetation area, which features post oak, walnut and pecan trees. (source)

The weather in Brazos County to plan planting around: Brazos County averages thirty-nine inches of rain a year and has a growing season of 268 days; July highs average 95°F and January lows 39°F. (source)

About Wellborn: Wellborn began in 1867 as a construction camp for the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. Its post office opened in 1867 as Wellborn Station, and the name was shortened to Wellborn three years later. The Wellborn Cemetery, dating to the early 1870s, is designated a state historic landmark. The College Station City Council voted in April 2011 to annex Wellborn into the city. Although the name is often read as "well-born," Wellborn residents pronounce their community's name as "Well-burn." 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. John and Thomas Royder of the Rock Prairie community opened Wellborn's first store and also built a cotton gin and a lumberyard there. By the mid-1880s Wellborn, sitting on the rail line along today's Wellborn Road, had developed into a shipping point for cattle. The second episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives was filmed at the Hullabaloo Diner in Wellborn on April 30, 2007. (source, source, source)