Sandy Point is an city

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 in Brazoria County

Brazoria County, Texas

Brazoria County[p] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, located on the Gulf Coast within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Regionally, parts of the county are within the extreme southern-most fringe of the regions locally known as Southeast Texas. Brazoria County is among a...

, Texas

Texas

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, United States

United States

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Sandy Point incorporated in 2002 to avoid annexation from Missouri City

Missouri City, Texas

Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion within Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S...

. in 2005 Missouri City agreed to recognize the incorporation of Sandy Point.

Government and infrastructure

The Rosharon Volunteer Fire Department provides fire services for Sandy Point.

Sandy Point is located at the entrance to the Darrington Unit

Darrington Unit

The Darrington Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, near Sandy Point, The unit is along Farm to Market Road 521, north of Rosharon, and south of Houston. The prison has about of land...

, a prison for men operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...

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