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# Stockton Bend
- URL: https://www.tx.co/areas/stockton-bend/
- Published: 2026-10-11T07:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T23:10:32.000Z
- Description: Stockton Bend is an incorporated Hood County community along the Brazos River, formerly named Brazos Bend.
- Author: LC
- Tags: #area, Hood County

Stockton Bend is an incorporated Hood County community along the Brazos River, formerly named Brazos Bend. The older name may remain in historical documents and references. It is a different place from Brazos Bend State Park near the Texas Gulf Coast, so county and geographic context matter when searching maps and records.

### Check at the address, not the town name

- Search both Stockton Bend and the former Brazos Bend name when reviewing older documents.
- Check the exact lot’s river-related flood information, access rights and municipal boundary.
- School attendance zones, flood risk, HOA obligations, utilities and property taxes follow the exact address. Use current records: [TEA school district locator](https://tea.texas.gov/families-and-students/school-district-locator/school-district-locator?ref=tx.co), [FEMA flood maps](https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home?ref=tx.co), [county appraisal districts](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/county-directory/?ref=tx.co).

### Sources

- Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Aug 2026; Hood County typical value (no place-level index is published for Stockton Bend).
- Mortgage rate: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 10-08-2026.
- [Census governmental boundary map: Stockton Bend](https://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas25maps/st48%5Ftx/incplace/p4870406%5Fstockton%5Fbend/BAS25P14800070406.pdf?ref=tx.co)
- [Stockton Bend geography and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton%5FBend,%5FTexas?ref=tx.co)
- [NCTCOG regional city and community reference](https://geospatial.nctcog.org/map/rest/services/Boundaries/Boundaries/MapServer/6?ref=tx.co)