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About Lake Jackson, TX

Lake Jackson lies about an hour south of Houston via Highway 288, serving as both a bedroom community and gateway to the Texas Gulf Coast. The planned city, built by Dow Chemical in the 1940s, sits in Brazoria County with easy access to beaches and the petrochemical corridor. Highway 332 connects east to Freeport, while Highway 35 runs along the coast. Dow's massive chemical plant, with its towering industrial complex, remains the city's most recognizable landmark.

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Lake Jackson, TX is in United States, at 29.052, -95.452 - about 7 km south-west of Richwood, TX.

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The closest airport to Lake Jackson, TX is William P. Hobby Airport, 81 km (about 1 h 8 min by car).

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