Located in the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, this territory has more than 23600 residents served by the City of Bellville as the governmental operations center. The northern frame of this land is provided by the communities of Washington and Fayette Counties, the eastern border is given by Waller and Fort Ben Counties, the southern frontier is represented by Wharton County, and finally the western wing is protected by Colorado and Fayette Counties. Close to 30% of the inhabitants of this corner of Texas have reported German ancestry, and other residents have reported American, Czech, and English ancestries in minor percentages.