Turtle Cove, Texas

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

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

Turtle Cove consists of 3 side streets and one main street. Turtle Cove 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 on Saturday, September 13, 2008. Its neighbor Surfside Beach was devastated by storm surge.

External links

• Turtle Cove, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

v t e 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 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