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Clute is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, within the Houston metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city population was 10,604. The city gained some fame with the discovery of a fossilized mammoth named Asiel. There is now a restaurant/museum of the same name to honor this discovery.

Clute city overview:
Name:	Clute city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Brazoria County
Incorporated:	May 1952
Elevation:	10 ft (3 m)
Total Area:	5.69 sq mi (14.73 km²)
Land Area:	5.32 sq mi (13.78 km²)
Water Area:	0.37 sq mi (0.95 km²)
Total Population:	10,604
Population Density:	2,197.78/sq mi (848.58/km²)
ZIP code:	77531
Area code:	979
FIPS code:	4815652
GNISfeature ID:	1354690
Website:	http://ci.clute.tx.us/

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History

Clute’s history began at the junction of the old Calvit and Eagle Island Plantations. Alexander Calvit, one of Stephen F. Austin’s Old Three Hundred, obtained title to the land in 1824. Eagle Island Plantation belonged to Jared Groce, the richest man in Austin’s Colony. Calvit’s plantation later became the Herndon sugar plantation, owned by John H. Herndon, who married Calvit’s only daughter.

After the American Civil War, Joseph Pegan, Soloman J. Clute, and several relatives including George and John Clute, founded a community near the plantation site. In 1881, the name Clute was adopted when both plantations were bought by Solomon J. Clute. George was described as, “a little Yankee from New York with a long, white beard.” The other founders of Clute have also been described as northerners. The Clutes acquired additional land from Herndon, who put it up for auction in the 1870s.

A deed dated March 17, 1886, transferred ownership from Soloman Clute to George Clute for property known as Clute’s Place. Soloman administered the community until 1888 or 1889, when it was sold. The Eagle Island Plantation of William H. Wharton occupied the site of present Restwood Memorial Park.

In 1933 Clute had only two businesses and a population of ten. By 1937 the town had a school for white children with two teachers and two schools for black children with one teacher each. In the early 1940s, Clute began to prosper with the advent of Dow Chemical and several large construction companies moving into Southern Brazoria County. A post office was established by 1943, and a new grade school was built in the 1950s.

In 1950 Clute had a population of 700 and thirty-six businesses; in 1954 the residents numbered 3,200 and the businesses forty-five. Clute was incorporated in May 1952 under the name Clute City, with a commission form of government; in 1955 the town changed its name back to Clute and adopted an alderman (city council) form of government.

Brazoswood High School opened in Clute in 1969 with grades 9–11. The first class graduated 356 students in May 1971. Brazoswood won the state championship in football in 1974.

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Geography

Clute is located at 29°1′34″N 95°23′40″W / 29.02611°N 95.39444°W / 29.02611; -95.39444 (29.026060, –95.394539).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.6 square miles (15 km), of which, 5.3 square miles (14 km) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km) of it (5.14%) is water.