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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 ]
48-61892 [4] GNIS feature ID. 1345187 [5] Website. richmondtx.gov. Richmond is a suburb of Houston and the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. [5] The city is located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city population was 11,627.
The U.S. State of Texas currently has 80 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 13 combined statistical areas, 26 metropolitan statistical areas, and 41 micropolitan statistical areas in Texas. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Dallas-Fort Worth ...
Fresno, Texas. Fresno is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The local population was 24,486 as of the 2020 census, [3] an increase over the figure of 19,069 tabulated in 2010 census, [4] and 6,603 at the 2000 census.
1347777 [3] Website. www.staffordtx.gov. Stafford is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small part in Harris County. As of the 2020 census, Stafford's population was 17,666, [4] down from 17,693 at the 2010 census.
Arcola is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 2,034 as of the 2020 census, [ 5 ] an increase over the figure of 1,642 tabulated by the 2010 census, [ 6 ] which represented, in turn, an increase over the 2000 figure of 1,048. Arcola incorporated in 1986.
Von Rosenberg was an important figure in the settlement of Fort Bend County and the Gulf Coast region. [4] The population was 38,282 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 30,618 at the 2010 census. [6] The community holds the Fort Bend County fair in October. Rosenberg is adjacent to the city of Richmond, the Fort Bend County seat.
Needville is located in southern Fort Bend County at 29°23′54″N95°50′24″W29.398232°N 95.839880°W (29.398232, –95.839880). 7 Texas State Highway 36 passes through the city, leading north 11 miles (18 km) to Rosenberg and southeast 21 miles (34 km) to West Columbia. Downtown Houston is 41 miles (66 km) to the northeast.