Turtle Cove, Texas

Turtle Cove is an unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.

The community, located along Oyster Creek, mainly consists of beach houses.

Turtle Cove consists of three side streets and one main street. Homes are located directly on canals that feed into the Intercoastal Waterway which feeds into the Gulf of Mexico. During Tropical Storm Allison, Turtle Cove was devastated by flooding up to 9–10 feet of salt water. Turtle Cove was hit by Hurricane Ike, a strong category 2 storm, early in the morning of September 13, 2008. Its neighbor, Surfside Beach was devastated by storm surge.

External links

Turtle Cove, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

Municipalities and communities of Brazoria County, Texas, United States

County seat: Angleton

Cities	Alvin Angleton Brazoria Brookside Village Clute Danbury Freeport Lake Jackson Liverpool Manvel Oyster Creek Pearland‡ Richwood Sandy Point Surfside Beach Sweeny West Columbia

Towns	Holiday Lakes Quintana

Villages	Bailey's Prairie Bonney Hillcrest Iowa Colony Jones Creek

CDPs	Damon Rosharon Ryan Acres Wild Peach Village

Other unincorporated communities	Amsterdam Anchor Chenango China Grove Chocolate Bayou Danciger East Columbia English Lochridge Old Ocean Otey Snipe Silverlake Turtle Cove

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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