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Damon, Texas
Damon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 552 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Damon CDP, Texas )〕 The town is located about south of Rosenberg on Texas State Highway 36. Damon sits partly atop a salt dome which was exploited for petroleum, sulphur, and limestone.
==Geography==
Damon is located in northwestern Brazoria County at (29.289519, -95.737038). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Damon is home to the highest point in Brazoria County, Damon Mound, rising above sea level.
The west part of the town sits atop Damon Mound, the surface expression of a salt diapir or dome. The plug of salt rises through geological formations of Tertiary geologic age. The top of the salt mass is about below the surface and above it are limestone, gypsum, and anhydrite. Petroleum was trapped around the salt dome in sandstone and limestone layers. Five million barrels of crude oil were extracted from 85 wells in the years up to 1924. In the year 1930 alone the mound yielded 224,000 barrels of oil.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Geological Survey Bulletin 845: Part F. Southern Pacific Lines )〕
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