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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 2010 census, its population was 585,375. amounting to 65.1% growth in ten years.
Since the 1970s Fort Bend County has been one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River; the fort was the start of the community in early days. Its county seat is Richmond, while its largest city is Sugar Land. It was founded in 1837.
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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