Editing College Station, Texas (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|128.5|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|128.0|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} is land and {{convert|0.5|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}}, or 0.35%, is covered by water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4815976| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212201245/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4815976| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): College Station city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>

===Climate===
College Station has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: Cfa). Winters are mild with periods of low temperatures usually lasting less than two months, while summers are hot and humid.

Snow and ice are rare; most recently, College Station received three to five inches of snowfall on February 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vogel|first=Aubrey|title=Texas, Brazos County see 'once-in-a-generation' winter storm|url=https://www.thebatt.com/news/texas-brazos-county-see-once-in-a-generation-winter-storm/article_7d621ae0-749b-11eb-812b-57bfb22c27b1.html|access-date=2023-11-08|website=www.thebatt.com|date=February 21, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Summers are hot and humid with occasional showers and thunderstorms being the only real variation in weather.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/college-station/texas/united-states/ustx2165|title = Weather averages College Station, Texas}}</ref>

{{Weather box
| location = College Station, Texas ([[Easterwood Airport]]), 1991–2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1981 to 2010.}} extremes 1882–present{{efn|Official records for College Station have been kept at Easterwood Airport since August 1951 and at an undisclosed location {{convert|6|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest of the city center from May 1, 1882 until July 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://threadex.rcc-acis.org/|title=Threaded Extremes|website=threadex.rcc-acis.org}}</ref>}}
| collapsed = 
| single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 90
| Feb record high F = 99
| Mar record high F = 96
| Apr record high F = 98
| May record high F = 101
| Jun record high F = 108
| Jul record high F = 111
| Aug record high F = 112
| Sep record high F = 112
| Oct record high F = 102
| Nov record high F = 94
| Dec record high F = 89
| Jan avg record high F = 78.9
| Feb avg record high F = 82.0
| Mar avg record high F = 85.8
| Apr avg record high F = 89.4
| May avg record high F = 93.7
| Jun avg record high F = 97.9
| Jul avg record high F = 100.9
| Aug avg record high F = 102.8
| Sep avg record high F = 98.8
| Oct avg record high F = 92.9
| Nov avg record high F = 84.6
| Dec avg record high F = 79.9
| year avg record high F = 104.0
| Jan high F = 61.7
| Feb high F = 65.5
| Mar high F = 72.5
| Apr high F = 79.2
| May high F = 86.3
| Jun high F = 92.2
| Jul high F = 95.4
| Aug high F = 96.6
| Sep high F = 91.2
| Oct high F = 81.9
| Nov high F = 71.1
| Dec high F = 63.4
| year high F =
|Jan mean F = 51.5
|Feb mean F = 55.3
|Mar mean F = 62.1
|Apr mean F = 68.7
|May mean F = 76.4
|Jun mean F = 82.6
|Jul mean F = 85.1
|Aug mean F = 85.7
|Sep mean F = 80.6
|Oct mean F = 71.1
|Nov mean F = 60.4
|Dec mean F = 53.1
|year mean F =  
| Jan low F = 41.3
| Feb low F = 45.1
| Mar low F = 51.7
| Apr low F = 58.1
| May low F = 66.4
| Jun low F = 73.0
| Jul low F = 74.9
| Aug low F = 74.7
| Sep low F = 70.0
| Oct low F = 60.2
| Nov low F = 49.8
| Dec low F = 42.8
| year low F = 
| Jan avg record low F = 25.1
| Feb avg record low F = 28.6
| Mar avg record low F = 33.1
| Apr avg record low F = 41.2
| May avg record low F = 52.4
| Jun avg record low F = 65.4
| Jul avg record low F = 70.3
| Aug avg record low F = 69.7
| Sep avg record low F = 57.4
| Oct avg record low F = 42.6
| Nov avg record low F = 32.1
| Dec avg record low F = 27.4
| year avg record low F = 22.5
| Jan record low F = −3
| Feb record low F = 1
| Mar record low F = 17
| Apr record low F = 28
| May record low F = 42
| Jun record low F = 53
| Jul record low F = 58
| Aug record low F = 55
| Sep record low F = 41
| Oct record low F = 29
| Nov record low F = 19
| Dec record low F = 2
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 3.43
| Feb precipitation inch = 2.90
| Mar precipitation inch = 3.41
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.87
| May precipitation inch = 4.60
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.01
| Jul precipitation inch = 1.98
| Aug precipitation inch = 3.10
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.50
| Oct precipitation inch = 4.93
| Nov precipitation inch = 3.31
| Dec precipitation inch = 3.71
| year precipitation inch = 
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 9.0
| Feb precipitation days = 8.5
| Mar precipitation days = 8.1
| Apr precipitation days = 7.2
| May precipitation days = 7.8
| Jun precipitation days = 7.8
| Jul precipitation days = 5.3
| Aug precipitation days = 6.3
| Sep precipitation days = 7.1
| Oct precipitation days = 7.2
| Nov precipitation days = 8.3
| Dec precipitation days = 9.3
| year precipitation days = 
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00003904&format=pdf
| title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991&ndash;2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = September 12, 2023
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
| title = xmACIS2
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = September 12, 2023
}}</ref> }}

===Districts===
====Northgate====
Northgate is a mixed-use district north of Texas A&M University that features a combination of businesses, restaurants, apartments, churches, and entertainment. It is known for its eclectic mix of [[restaurant]]s and [[Bar (establishment)|bars]].<ref>{{cite news |title=College Station, Tex. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 22, 2006 |first=Finn-Olaf |last=Jones |page=1F}}</ref><ref name="City of College Station">{{cite web | title=Retail and Entertainment District: Northgate | publisher=City of College Station | url=http://www.cstx.gov/home/index.asp?page=164 | access-date=June 16, 2008 }}</ref> A large portion of the stores, bars, and restaurants in Northgate are frequented, patronized, and staffed by Texas A&M students.<ref name="City of College Station"/> In total, the district spans about {{convert|145|acre|km2}}, bounded by Wellborn Road to the west, South College Avenue to the east, the College Station city limits to the north, and University Drive to the south. The district is the home of the [[Dixie Chicken (bar)|Dixie Chicken]].

Northgate's roots started in the 1930s as the city began enjoying rapid population growth from the influx of Texas A&M University students, professors, and their families. Realizing that proximity to the campus would be a boon for revenues, the first business district was established in College Station near the campus, taking its name for the closest on-campus landmark: the north gate. When the city was incorporated in 1938, its first City Hall was opened in the new district. In 1994, restoration efforts began to revitalize the ailing area. A four-day music festival, "North By Northgate", was introduced in 1998 and has become an annual tradition, renamed the "Northgate Music Festival" in 2002. In 2006, the city council incorporated Northgate as a special tax zone to finance additional improvements and expansions.<ref>{{cite news |title=College Station creates Northgate tax zone |newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle |date=June 23, 2006|last=Avison |first=April |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-147396685.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026054110/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-147396685.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref>

Live music is a major draw to the Northgate area. Many well-known musicians, especially in the [[Texas country music]] scene, initially performed in the Northgate area. Notable names include [[Robert Earl Keen]], Grammy award-winner [[Lyle Lovett]], Dub Miller, and [[Roger Creager]]. The district is bisected to the north by Church Street, made famous by the Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett duet "The Front Porch Song".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Rob |date=14 February 2013 |title=Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen recall the legendary 'Front Porch' at Texas A&M |url=https://myaggienation.com/aggie_profiles/lyle-lovett-and-robert-earl-keen-recall-the-legendary-front-porch-at-texas-a-m/article_771efed0-3921-11e4-95db-001a4bcf887a.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105050738/https://myaggienation.com/aggie_profiles/lyle-lovett-and-robert-earl-keen-recall-the-legendary-front-porch-at-texas-a-m/article_771efed0-3921-11e4-95db-001a4bcf887a.html |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=myaggienation.com}}</ref>

[[File:Lofts at Wolf Pen Creek in College Station.jpg|thumbnail|right|View of the Lofts at Wolf Pen Creek in College Station]]

====Wellborn District====
[[Wellborn, Texas|Wellborn]] became a community in 1867 as a construction camp on the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. The town's name has been attributed to a well at the construction camp, a foreman named E.W. Wellborn, or a landowner named W.W. Willburn. Also in 1867, a post office opened in the community under the name Wellborn Station. In 1870, the name was shortened to Wellborn.<ref>"Wellborn, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved July 3, 2009.</ref> On April 14, 2011, the City Council of College Station voted 5–2 to annex Wellborn, thus making the community the Wellborn district. Wellborn is often mispronounced as 'well-born' but is pronounced by locals as 'Well-burn'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/CS_City_Council_Votes_to_Annex_Wellborn_119890359.html|title=CS City Council Votes to Annex Wellborn|first=Cody Lillich and Clay|last=Falls|access-date=April 19, 2012|archive-date=March 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314020047/http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/CS_City_Council_Votes_to_Annex_Wellborn_119890359.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>