Is Brazos Valley considered East Texas? (Houston, Dallas: college, pine, station)

[ProudTexasboy]

I have driven through the Brazos Valley area(Bryan,Hearne,Franklin,etc...) many times and the vibe always felt East Texas to me.Is it is own entity,East Texas or East Central Texas?

[case44]

It's just barely in Central Texas where those cities and towns are. East Texas will be east of I-45. Southeast Texas pretty much begins (if you go down State Highway 6) between College Station and Hempstead. If you wish to call it East Central Texas, then you can.

[FalconheadWest]

East Texas is more like Tyler, Palestine, and cities that are EAST. Bryan and others are Central. THe Brazos is a long river. We drive Southwest from Dallas to get to the Brazos. Dallas is definitely not "east" Texas.

[Cathy4017]

I'd consider it more east Texas than central, though it is really sort of a transition zone between the two.

I get the same vibes, as more east Texas, too.

[WillysB]

I think it might depend on which side of the Brazos you're standing as well as at what part of its length.

The Brazos begins in northwest Texas, north of Abilene. Just south of Abilene at about Buffalo Gap is the Callahan Divide which separates the water run off between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers. At that point, I wouldn't call it east or central. It then runs towards Fort Worth but turns south and heads towards Waco. I'd call that north Texas.

South of Waco and north of Hempstead, I'd say if you're on the west bank you might call it central Texas. If you're on the east bank I'd call it east Texas. My mom was born near Jewett which they call east Texas but it is west if I45. Very near the origins of the Novasota River, which runs into the Brazos.

The Brazos exits into the Gulf near Houston so I would call that east.

[solytaire]

Ive often thought about this same thing. In traveling to College Station I had concluded that it is essentially the very western extent of east texas. There are characteristics about it that make it feel a lot like Tyler in my opinion.

And the rest of the region, aside from maybe not having as many pine trees, looks and feels similar to upper east texas. But its much like a Terrell, TX or Buffalo, in that its kind of at the confluence of a couple of regions.