Place:Fort Bend, Texas, United States

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NameFort Bend
Alt namesFort Bendsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates29.55°N 95.783°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1837 - )
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Fifth Street
Four Corners
Fresno
Greatwood
Mission Bend
New
Pecan Grove
Sienna Plantation
Inhabited place
Arcola Junction
Arcola
Beasley
Booth
Clodine
Crabb
Cumings
Dewalt
Duke
Fairchilds
Foster
Fulshear
Guy
Harlem
Hawdon
Herbert
Hobby
Juliff
Katy
Kendleton
Meadows Place
Missouri City
Mooredale
Needville
Orchard
Palmetto
Paynes
Pleak
Pleasant Hill
Powell Point
Richmond
Rosenberg
Simonton
Smada
Stafford
Sugar Land
Tavener
Thompsons
Trammels
Whaley Corner
Unknown
Houston
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days.

The county seat is Richmond. The largest city located entirely within the county borders is Sugar Land. The largest city by population in the county is Houston; however, most of Houston's population is located in neighboring Harris County.

Fort Bend County is included in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 822,779. In 2017, Forbes ranked it the fifth-fastest growing county in the United States.

In 2015, Fort Bend County became Texas's wealthiest county, with a median household income of $95,389 and a median family income of $105,944, surpassing Collin and Rockwall Counties since the 2000 census.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1837 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1838 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1838 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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
1850 2,533
1860 6,143
1870 7,114
1880 9,380
1890 10,586
1900 16,538
1910 18,168
1920 22,931
1930 29,718
1940 32,963
1950 31,056
1960 40,527
1970 52,314
1980 130,846
1990 225,421
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