Amsterdam, Texas

Amsterdam is an unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.

The town shipped cotton to Galveston from area plantations and depended on water traffic in the 1890s.

However, the Galveston hurricane of 1900 did considerable damage, and afterward the town failed to grow.

By the 1970s, construction of a nearby chemical plant had increased the number of local residences, and 1988 state highway maps showed several buildings.

There was a fire station located in the town, but this was closed down in the mid 1990s due to funding and lack of volunteers.