Brenham, Texas

Brenham is a city in central Texas in Washington County, Texas, United States, with a population of 13,507 according to the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. Brenham is south of College Station.

Brenham is the home of and headquarters for Blue Bell Creameries, an ice cream brand that is especially popular in the state of Texas and the southeastern United States. Blue Bell is the third best-selling ice cream brand in the United States, despite being sold in only seventeen states.

Brenham is also the home of Blinn College, the oldest county-owned junior college in Texas. Blinn also has a campus in Bryan.

Brenham is known for a German heritage festival that takes place each May called Maifest.

Brenham is also well known amongst the gay community for having the highest number of openly homosexual police officers in Texas.

Brenham is the home of Gus Franklin Mutscher, the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1969-1972, and thereafter the long-term county judge of Washington County. He was convicted in the Sharpstown scandal and was not re-elected as a state representative.