Mooring, Texas
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Mooring, Texas | |
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  Mooring  Mooring | |
| Coordinates: 30°41′23″N 96°33′20″W / 30.68972°N 96.55556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Brazos |
| Elevation | 256 ft (78 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 979 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1380210[1] |
Mooring is an unincorporated community in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 80 in 2000. It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.
Mooring first appeared on the Texas Almanac in 1954 or 1955, but had no population estimates available. It had a church, a business, and several scattered homes in 1948. Its population was recorded at 150 in 1964, 100 in 1970, and 80 from 1973 through 2000. Its only business was a cotton gin as of 1990.[2]
