FOLLET'S ISLAND. Follet's Island (also spelled Follett's and named for the Follett family, early settlers in the area), a peninsula, is across San Luis Pass to the southwest of Galveston Island in southern Brazoria County (at 29°03' N, 95°10' W). The peninsula is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico to the east and Christmas Bay to the west. It was formerly known as the Velasco Peninsula, and the north end has been joined with what was formerly San Luis Island. Follet's Island protects Christmas Bay and Mud and Moodys islands from the storms and tides of the Gulf of Mexico.
Image Use Disclaimer
All copyrighted materials included within the Handbook of Texas Online are in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 related to Copyright and “Fair Use” for Non-Profit educational institutions, which permits the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), to utilize copyrighted materials to further scholarship, education, and inform the public. The TSHA makes every effort to conform to the principles of fair use and to comply with copyright law.
For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Handbook of Texas Online, "Follet's Island," accessed March 24, 2017, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rrf01.
Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Modified on February 26, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.