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Fort Bend County was created from parts of Austin, Harris, and Brazoria Counties in 1838. Fort Bend developed a plantation economy based on cotton as the commodity crop. Planters had numerous African-American slaves as laborers. By the 1850s, Fort Bend was one of six majority-black counties in Texas. [ 7 ]
Contents. Sienna, Texas. (2020) Sienna, formerly known as Sienna Plantation, [ 3 ] is a census-designated place and master-planned community located in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. It is mostly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of Missouri City with the remainder in the ETJ of Arcola. [ 4 ][ 5 ] The population was 20,204 at ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fort Bend County, Texas. There are one district and seven individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. Three of the individually listed properties are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks including one ...
Greatwood, Sugar Land, Texas. Greatwood is a neighborhood within the city of Sugar Land in the state of Texas, United States. It was formerly a census-designated place located in Fort Bend County. The population was 11,538 at the 2010 census, [3] up from 6,640 at the 2000 census. It was annexed into the City of Sugar Land on December 12, 2017.
The W.A. Parish Generating Station is a 3.65-gigawatt (3,653 MW), dual-fired power plant located near Thompsons, Texas. The station occupies a 4,664-acre site near Smithers Lake southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County and consists of two four-unit plants; one natural gas and the other coal (2,697 MW). [1] With a total installed capacity of ...
December 9, 2001. Designated RTHL. 1962. The John M. and Lottie D. Moore House is at 406 S. Fifth Street, in Richmond, Texas, United States. It is currently part of the Fort Bend Museum complex. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fort Bend County, Texas in 2001, and became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark ...
1852742 [2] New Territory is a master-planned community within the city of Sugar Land, Texas, United States. It was formerly a census-designated place (CDP) and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Sugar Land, in unincorporated Fort Bend County. It was annexed into Sugar Land on December 12, 2017. [3]
Clodine, Texas. / 29.70750°N 95.68806°W / 29.70750; -95.68806. Clodine ( / ˈkloʊdiːn / KLOH-deen) is an unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 31 in 1990. It is located in the Greater Houston metro area.