Rosharon, TX Real Estate

Median Income $83,892

Median Age 31.55

Population 24,407

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 62°	LO 43°	July	HI 91°	LO 74°

	School Test Scores
	Elementary: Alexander Don Jeter E C Mason Laura Ingalls Wilder Leon Sablatura Mary Burks Marek Rogers Sam Jamison Barbara Cockrell C J Harris Challenger E A Lawhon H C Carleston Magnolia Massey Ranch Rustic Oak Shadycrest Silvercrest Silverlake		Middle: Pace Institute Manvel High Pearland High East Pearland High South Pearland High West		High: Assets Learning Center Pearland Glenda Dawson Manvel
	View All

Rosharon is an unincorporated town of just over 500 residents located at the intersection of Farm roads 521 and 1462, thirty miles south of downtown Houston in northern Brazoria County. Cotton and sugar planters settled the Rosharon town site before the Civil War. Rosharon was also known locally as Buttermilk Station because an early resident frequently brought a bucket of buttermilk and a dipper to the railroad stop to treat the engineer and crew. About 1900 George Wetmore Colles bought property near the site. He called his place the "Rose of Sharon Garden Ranch" because of the Cherokee roses growing in the area. The towns name was later shortened to Rosharon. Colles obtained a post office in 1912 and designed the community water system. A cotton gin was moved to Rosharon from Houston in the 1920s thus providing employment for several persons. As an added bonus, the gins engine was used for the towns first power plant. The first school was held in a private home and later moved to a separate building. Some years later the Rosharon district was consolidated with the Angleton schools; students were bused to Angleton in the late twentieth century, a practice that continues to this day. Most residents commute to jobs in nearby towns. Four units of the Texas Department of Corrections, three at Ramsey and one at Darrington, are located nearby, and TDC employees and their families add considerably to the towns economy.

Search for Rosharon homes for sale, Rosharon real estate agents, or recent Rosharon home sales using ZipRealty's real estate tools. Get complete access to all available homes for sale on the MLS in Rosharon and the surrounding areas. ZipRealty lowers the cost of buying or selling a home in Rosharon by giving home buyers 20% of our commission and saving home sellers up to 25% in selling commissions. With experienced, local Rosharon real estate agents who know the area, ZipRealty can help anyone find the home of their dreams.

---

Other ZipRealty Neighborhoods: 1960 Garden Oaks Northshore 1960 East Glenshire Oak Forest 1960 West Greensbrooke Olde Oaks 3rd ward Gulf Gate Pasadena 5th ward Heights Pearland Addicks Highlands Pinehurst Aldine Hobby Airport Ponderosa Forest Alief Huffman Rice Military Almeda Humble Richmond Alvin Hwy 290 River Oaks Atascocita Hwy 6 Rosenburg Augusta Pines Independence Heights Rosharon Bacliff Katy Sagemont Barker Cypress Kemah San Leon Baytown Kingwood Scarsdale Bear Creek Kirkmont Seabrook Belfort Kirkwood Sharpstown Bellaire Klein Sheldon Bunker Hill La Marque Shepard Bush Airport LaPorte South Houston Champion Forest Lake Houston Spring Champions League City Spring Branch Channelview Longwood Sugarland Cinco Ranch MLK Sunnyside Clear Lake Magnolia TSU Conroe Manvel Taylor Lake Village Copperfield Medical Center Texas City Crestmont Memorial Thompsons Crosby Memorial Park Tomball Cy-Fair Meyerland U of H Cypress Mission Bend Wallisville Deer Park Missouri City Webster Dickinson Mont Belvieu West Oaks Downtown Montgomery West University Fresno Montrose Westador Friendswood Nassau Bay Willis Galena Park North Forest Willowbrook Galleria Northgate Forest Woodlands