Alvin Wedding

Alvin is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, within the HoustonSugar LandBaytown Metropolitan Area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 21,413. Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan moved with his family to Alvin in 1947, as an infant, and lived there until he moved to Round Rock in 2003. The Nolan Ryan Museum is in the Nolan Ryan Foundation and Exhibit Center on the campus of Alvin Community College. The museum covers the entire life and sports career of Nolan Ryan, and includes a machine that lets the visitor feel what it is like to catch one of Nolan Ryan's pitches.

Jerry Koosman, one of Ryan's teammates on the New York Mets, once quipped that Alvin was so small, "it didn't have a last name."

On July 25, 1979 Tropical Storm Claudette stalled over Alvin and inundated the region with 45 inches in 42 hours. That total included 43 inches in 24 hours, the maximum 24-hour rainfall in US history.[1]

Alvin is located at 292337N, 951618W (29.393698, -95.271588)GR1.