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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Fort Bend County is a county located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 354,452 (though a 2005 estimate placed the population at 463,650), which is expected to more than triple by the year 2040[1].
Fort Bend County is named for a blockhouse positioned in a bend of the Brazos River, which was the center of life in the future county in early days. Its county seat is Richmond6 and the largest city is Sugar Land.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1837 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 2,533
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| 1860 | 6,143
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| 1870 | 7,114
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| 1880 | 9,380
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| 1890 | 10,586
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| 1900 | 16,538
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| 1910 | 18,168
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| 1920 | 22,931
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| 1930 | 29,718
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| 1940 | 32,963
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| 1950 | 31,056
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| 1960 | 40,527
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| 1970 | 52,314
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| 1980 | 130,846
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| 1990 | 225,421
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