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id="toc-Census-designated_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Census-designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_census-designated_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_census-designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Former census-designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Congress"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>United States Congress</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Congress-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas_Legislature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_Legislature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Texas Legislature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_Legislature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Texas_Senate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_Senate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.1</span> <span>Texas Senate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_Senate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas_House_of_Representatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_House_of_Representatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.2</span> <span>Texas House of Representatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_House_of_Representatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Corrections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Corrections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Corrections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Corrections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-County_buildings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#County_buildings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>County buildings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-County_buildings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item 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<span>Toll roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Toll_roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Fort Bend County, Texas" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Fort Bend County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bendi_maakond" title="Fort Bendi maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Fort Bendi maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Fort_Bend" title="Condado de Fort Bend – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Fort Bend" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Fort_Bend_(Teksaso)" title="Kantono Fort Bend (Teksaso) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Fort Bend (Teksaso)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_konderria_(Texas)" title="Fort Bend konderria (Texas) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Fort Bend konderria (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="شهرستان فورت بند، تگزاس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان فورت بند، تگزاس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Fort_Bend" title="Comté de Fort Bend – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Fort Bend" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Fort_Bend,_Texas" title="Contae Fort Bend, Texas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Fort Bend, Texas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="فورت بند ٚ شأرستان (تگزاس) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="فورت بند ٚ شأرستان (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%ED%8A%B8%EB%B2%A4%EB%93%9C%EA%B5%B0" title="포트벤드군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포트벤드군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%BD)" title="Ֆորտ Բենդ շրջան (Տեխաս) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆորտ Բենդ շրջան (Տեխաս)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8" title="ফোর্ট ব্যান্ড কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ফোর্ট ব্যান্ড কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Fort_Bend,_Texas" title="County Fort Bend, Texas – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="County Fort Bend, Texas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Fort_Bend" title="Contea di Fort Bend – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Fort Bend" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2-%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="ფორტ-ბენდის ოლქი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფორტ-ბენდის ოლქი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_Comitatus" title="Fort Bend Comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Fort Bend Comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_megye" title="Fort Bend megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Fort Bend megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="فورت بند شهرستان (تگزاس) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="فورت بند شهرستان (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_G%C3%B4ng_(Texas)" title="Fort Bend Gông (Texas) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Fort Bend Gông (Texas)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%86%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B5%E3%82%B9%E5%B7%9E)" title="フォートベンド郡 (テキサス州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フォートベンド郡 (テキサス州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%B9_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="فورٹ بنڈ کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فورٹ بنڈ کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Fort_Bend" title="Hrabstwo Fort Bend – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Fort Bend" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Fort_Bend" title="Condado de Fort Bend – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Fort Bend" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Fort_Bend,_Texas" title="Comitatul Fort Bend, Texas – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Fort Bend, Texas" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Форт-Бенд – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Форт-Бенд" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County_(Texas)" title="Fort Bend County (Texas) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Fort Bend County (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Fort Bend County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Округ Форт Бенд (Тексас) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Форт Бенд (Тексас)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Fort Bend County, Texas – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Fort Bend County, Texas" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bendin_piirikunta" title="Fort Bendin piirikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Fort Bendin piirikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Форт-Бенд (округ, Техас) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Форт-Бенд (округ, Техас)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bend_County" title="Fort Bend County – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Fort Bend County" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Форт-Бенд – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Форт-Бенд" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%B9_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%B9%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="فورٹ بینڈ کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="فورٹ بینڈ کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%ADn_Fort_Bend,_Texas" title="Quận Fort Bend, Texas – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Quận Fort Bend, Texas" 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.ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Fort Bend County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_bend_courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fort Bend County Courthouse, Richmond, November 2008"><img alt="Fort Bend County Courthouse, Richmond, November 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fort_bend_courthouse.jpg/250px-Fort_bend_courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="203" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/File:FortBendCountySeal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Fort Bend County"><img alt="Official seal of Fort Bend County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/FortBendCountySeal.jpg/100px-FortBendCountySeal.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/FortBendCountySeal.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="110" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Texas"><img alt="Map of Texas highlighting Fort Bend County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Texas's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/300px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/450px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Texas_in_United_States.svg/600px-Texas_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Texas's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1838</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">A blockhouse positioned in a bend of the <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River" title="Brazos River">Brazos River</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">885 sq mi (2,290 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">861 sq mi (2,230 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">24 sq mi (60 km<sup>2</sup>)  2.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">822,779</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">889,146 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">930/sq mi (360/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 7th congressional district">7th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 9th congressional district">9th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="Texas's 22nd congressional district">22nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/">www<wbr />.fortbendcountytx<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Bend_County_Court_House,_Richmond,_Texas_(12819388513).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Fort_Bend_County_Court_House%2C_Richmond%2C_Texas_%2812819388513%29.jpg/220px-Fort_Bend_County_Court_House%2C_Richmond%2C_Texas_%2812819388513%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Fort_Bend_County_Court_House%2C_Richmond%2C_Texas_%2812819388513%29.jpg/330px-Fort_Bend_County_Court_House%2C_Richmond%2C_Texas_%2812819388513%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Fort_Bend_County_Court_House%2C_Richmond%2C_Texas_%2812819388513%29.jpg/440px-Fort_Bend_County_Court_House%2C_Richmond%2C_Texas_%2812819388513%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption>Fort Bend County Court House in 1948</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Fort Bend County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is named for a <a href="/wiki/Blockhouse" title="Blockhouse">blockhouse</a> at a bend of the <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River" title="Brazos River">Brazos River</a>. The community developed around the fort in early days. The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a>. The largest city located entirely within the county borders is <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a>. The largest city by population in the county is <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>; however, most of Houston's population is located in neighboring Harris County. </p><p>Fort Bend County is included in the <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a>–Sugar Land <a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston">metropolitan statistical area</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 822,779.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> ranked it the fifth-fastest growing county in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before European settlement, the area was inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Karankawa_people" title="Karankawa people">Karankawa</a> Indians. <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spanish</a> colonists generally did not reach the area during their colonization, settling more in South Texas. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Sugar_Land_Refinery_in_Sugar_Land,_TX.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/The_Sugar_Land_Refinery_in_Sugar_Land%2C_TX.jpg/210px-The_Sugar_Land_Refinery_in_Sugar_Land%2C_TX.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/The_Sugar_Land_Refinery_in_Sugar_Land%2C_TX.jpg/315px-The_Sugar_Land_Refinery_in_Sugar_Land%2C_TX.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/The_Sugar_Land_Refinery_in_Sugar_Land%2C_TX.jpg/420px-The_Sugar_Land_Refinery_in_Sugar_Land%2C_TX.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3096" data-file-height="2204" /></a><figcaption>The former Sugar Land Refinery in Sugar Land, TX</figcaption></figure> <p>After Mexico achieved independence from Spain, Anglo-Americans started entering from the east. In 1822, a group of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_F._Austin" title="Stephen F. Austin">Stephen F. Austin</a>'s colonists, headed by William Travis, built a fort at the present site of Richmond. The fort was called <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend" title="Fort Bend">Fort Bend</a> because it was built in the bend of the Brazos River.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Richmond was incorporated under the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Texas" title="Republic of Texas">Republic of Texas</a> along with 19 other towns in 1837. Fort Bend County was created from parts of Austin, Harris, and Brazoria Counties in 1838. </p><p>Fort Bend developed a <a href="/wiki/Plantations_in_the_American_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Plantations in the American South">plantation</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1860, the slave population totaled 4,127, more than twice that of the 2,016 whites.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few <a href="/wiki/Free_negro" class="mw-redirect" title="Free negro">free Blacks</a> lived there, as Texas refused them entry. </p><p>While the area began to attract white immigrants in the late 19th century, it remained majority-Black during and after Reconstruction. Whites endeavored to control <a href="/wiki/Freedman" title="Freedman">freedmen</a> and their descendants through violence and intimidation. Freedmen and their sympathizers supported the Republican Party because of emancipation, electing their candidates to office. The state legislature was still predominately white. By the 1880s, most white residents belonged to the Democratic Party. Factional tensions were fierce, as political elements split largely along racial lines. The Jaybirds, representing the majority of the Whites, struggled to regain control from the Woodpeckers, who were made up of some whites who were consistently elected to office by the majority of African Americans, as several had served as Republican officials during Reconstruction. </p><p>Fort Bend County was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Jaybird%E2%80%93Woodpecker_War" title="Jaybird–Woodpecker War">Jaybird–Woodpecker War</a> in 1888–89. After a few murders were committed, the political feud culminated in a gun battle at the courthouse on August 16, 1889, when several more people were killed and the Woodpeckers were routed from the county seat.<sup id="cite_ref-jay_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jay-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Governor <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Sullivan_Ross" title="Lawrence Sullivan Ross">Lawrence Sullivan Ross</a> sent in militia forces and declared martial law. With his support, the Jaybirds ordered a list of certain Blacks and Woodpecker officials out of the county, overthrowing the local government. The Jaybirds took over county offices and established a "White-only pre-primary," <a href="/wiki/Disenfranchisement_after_the_Reconstruction_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era">disenfranchising</a> African Americans from the only competitive contests in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-jay_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jay-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This device lasted until 1950, when Willie Melton and <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Fleming" title="Arizona Fleming">Arizona Fleming</a> won a lawsuit against the practice in <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States District Court">United States District Court</a>, though it was overturned on appeal. In 1953, they ultimately won their suit when the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> declared the Jaybird primary unconstitutional in <i><a href="/wiki/Terry_v._Adams" title="Terry v. Adams">Terry v. Adams</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the last of the <a href="/wiki/White_primary" title="White primary">white primary</a> cases.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century_to_present">20th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 20th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1960s, the first of several master-planned communities that came to define the county were developed, marking the beginning of its transformation from a largely rural county dominated by railroad and oil and gas interests to a major suburban county dominated by service and manufacturing industries. Among the earliest such developments were Sugar Land's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sugar_Creek_(Texas)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sugar Creek (Texas) (page does not exist)">Sugar Creek</a> and Missouri City's <a href="/wiki/Quail_Valley_(Missouri_City,_Texas)" title="Quail Valley (Missouri City, Texas)">Quail Valley</a>, whose golf course hosted the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Open" title="Houston Open">Houston Open</a> during the 1973 and 1974 seasons of the <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another was <a href="/wiki/First_Colony" title="First Colony">First Colony</a> in Sugar Land, a 9,700-acre development commenced in the 1970s by Houston developer <a href="/wiki/Gerald_D._Hines" title="Gerald D. Hines">Gerald D. Hines</a> that eventually became the southwest Greater Houston area's main retail hub, anchored by <a href="/wiki/First_Colony_Mall" title="First Colony Mall">First Colony Mall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land_Town_Square" title="Sugar Land Town Square">Sugar Land Town Square</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the 1980s, new communities have continued to develop, with <a href="/wiki/Greatwood,_Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Greatwood, Sugar Land, Texas">Greatwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Territory,_Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="New Territory, Sugar Land, Texas">New Territory</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sienna,_Texas" title="Sienna, Texas">Sienna</a> (originally Sienna Plantation) among the more recent notable developments.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to continued development in the eastern part of the county around Sugar Land and Missouri City, the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Katy" title="Greater Katy">Greater Katy</a> area began to experience rapid growth and expansion into Fort Bend County in the 1990s, led by the development of <a href="/wiki/Cinco_Ranch,_Texas" title="Cinco Ranch, Texas">Cinco Ranch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2010, the county's population exceeded 500,000, and it had become the second-largest county in the greater Houston area (behind Harris County). </p><p>In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" title="Hurricane Harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a> caused significant flooding in Fort Bend County, leading to the evacuation of 200,000 residents and over 10,000 rescues. The unprecedented flooding, the result of record rainfall and overflow from the Brazos River and <a href="/wiki/Barker_Reservoir" title="Barker Reservoir">Barker Reservoir</a>, resulted in damage to or destruction of over 6,800 homes in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 885 square miles (2,290 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 24 square miles (62 km<sup>2</sup>) (2.7%) are covered by water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a> (northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria County</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton_County,_Texas" title="Wharton County, Texas">Wharton County</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin County</a> (northwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities_(multiple_counties)"><span id="Cities_.28multiple_counties.29"></span>Cities (multiple counties)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cities (multiple counties)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> (mostly in <a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a> and a small part in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy,_Texas" title="Katy, Texas">Katy</a> (partly in Harris and <a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller</a> Counties)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a> (small part in Harris County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearland,_Texas" title="Pearland, Texas">Pearland</a> (mostly in <a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria County</a> and a small part in Harris County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Texas" title="Stafford, Texas">Stafford</a> (small part in Harris County)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 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href="/wiki/Needville,_Texas" title="Needville, Texas">Needville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchard,_Texas" title="Orchard, Texas">Orchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a> (county seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenberg,_Texas" title="Rosenberg, Texas">Rosenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simonton,_Texas" title="Simonton, Texas">Simonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston_Lakes,_Texas" title="Weston Lakes, Texas">Weston Lakes</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town">Town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thompsons,_Texas" title="Thompsons, Texas">Thompsons</a></li></ul> <div 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinco_Ranch,_Texas" title="Cinco Ranch, Texas">Cinco Ranch</a> (small part in <a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumings,_Texas" title="Cumings, Texas">Cumings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Street,_Texas" title="Fifth Street, Texas">Fifth Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Corners,_Texas" title="Four Corners, Texas">Four Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_Texas" title="Fresno, Texas">Fresno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatwood,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatwood, Texas">Greatwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Bend,_Texas" title="Mission Bend, Texas">Mission Bend</a> (partly in <a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecan_Grove,_Texas" title="Pecan Grove, Texas">Pecan Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sienna,_Texas" title="Sienna, Texas">Sienna</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_census-designated_places">Former census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Former census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Town_West,_Texas" title="Town West, Texas">Town West</a> (Townwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Booth,_Texas" title="Booth, Texas">Booth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clodine,_Texas" title="Clodine, Texas">Clodine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crabb,_Texas" title="Crabb, Texas">Crabb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster,_Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Foster, Fort Bend County, Texas">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy,_Texas" title="Guy, Texas">Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juliff,_Texas" title="Juliff, Texas">Juliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Point,_Texas" title="Long Point, Texas">Long Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powell_Point,_Texas" title="Powell Point, Texas">Powell Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverstone,_Texas" title="Riverstone, Texas">Riverstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavener,_Texas" title="Tavener, Texas">Tavener</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghost_towns">Ghost towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ghost towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duke,_Texas" title="Duke, Texas">Duke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsville,_Texas" title="Pittsville, Texas">Pittsville</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1930 to 1950, the county showed a decline in the rate of expansion and even a decrease in population. This was a period when many African Americans migrated in the second wave of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a> from Texas and other parts of the South to the West Coast, where a buildup in the defense industry provided more job opportunities. Other minorities settled in the county during its residential development, and African Americans are now a minority. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> </p> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>2,533</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>6,143</td><td></td><td>142.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>7,114</td><td></td><td>15.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>9,380</td><td></td><td>31.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>10,586</td><td></td><td>12.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>16,538</td><td></td><td>56.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>18,168</td><td></td><td>9.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>22,931</td><td></td><td>26.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>29,718</td><td></td><td>29.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>32,963</td><td></td><td>10.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>31,056</td><td></td><td>−5.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>40,527</td><td></td><td>30.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>52,314</td><td></td><td>29.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>130,846</td><td></td><td>150.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>225,421</td><td></td><td>72.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>354,452</td><td></td><td>57.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>585,375</td><td></td><td>65.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>822,797</td><td></td><td>40.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">916,778</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>11.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1850–2020<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Fort Bend County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 1990<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 1990 </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>121,245 </td> <td>163,788 </td> <td>211,680 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">243,726 </td> <td>53.79% </td> <td>46.21% </td> <td>36.16% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">29.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>45,678 </td> <td>69,579 </td> <td>123,267 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">167,964 </td> <td>20.26% </td> <td>19.63% </td> <td>21.06% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">20.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>411 </td> <td>621 </td> <td>1,159 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,269 </td> <td>0.18% </td> <td>0.18% </td> <td>0.20% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>13,978 </td> <td>39,545 </td> <td>98,762 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">181,522 </td> <td>6.20% </td> <td>11.16% </td> <td>16.87% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">22.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>97 </td> <td>174 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">276 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>217 </td> <td>544 </td> <td>1,341 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,055 </td> <td>0.10% </td> <td>0.15% </td> <td>0.23% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>5,407 </td> <td>10,025 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">25,387 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>1.53% </td> <td>1.71% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>43,892 </td> <td>74,871 </td> <td>138,967 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">198,580 </td> <td>19.47% </td> <td>21.12% </td> <td>23.74% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">24.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>225,421</b> </td> <td><b>354,452</b> </td> <td><b>585,375</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>822,779</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the census<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, 354,452 people, 110,915 households, and 93,057 families resided in the county. The population density was 405 people per square mile (156 people/km<sup>2</sup>). The 115,991 housing units averaged 133 units per square mile (51/km<sup>2</sup>). The <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">racial or ethnic makeup</a> of the county was 56.96% White (46.21% White non-Hispanic), 19.85% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 11.20% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 9.10% from other races, and 2.56% from two or more races. About 21.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Other self-identifications were 8.8% of <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> ancestry, 6.3% American, and 5.8% English ancestry. </p><p>In 2000, of the 110,915 households, 49.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.80% were married couples living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.10% were not families. About 13.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14, and the average family size was 3.46. </p><p>In the county, the age distribution of the population was 32.00% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 32.30% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 5.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_backgrounds">Ethnic backgrounds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ethnic backgrounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the 1970s, Fort Bend County has been attracting people from all ethnic backgrounds. According to a 2001 Claritas study, it was the fifth-most diverse U.S. county, among counties with a population of 100,000 or more.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is one of a growing number of U.S. counties with an <a href="/wiki/Majority_minority" title="Majority minority">ethnic plurality</a>, with no single ethnic group forming a majority of the population. Fort Bend County also has the highest percentage of Asian Americans in the Southern United States; the largest groups are of <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_Americans" title="Vietnamese Americans">Vietnamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Americans" title="Chinese Americans">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">Indian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Filipino_Americans" title="Filipino Americans">Filipino</a> ancestry. By 2011, Fort Bend was ranked the fourth-most racially diverse county in the United States by <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i>. The newspaper based the ranking on calculating the probability that two persons selected at random would be of different ethnic groups or races. According to the <i>USA Today</i> methodology, the chance of people of being two different ethnic groups/races being selected was 75%. Karl Eschbach, a former demographer with the State of Texas, has said that many people from Houston neighborhoods and communities with clear racial identities, such as the <a href="/wiki/East_End,_Houston" title="East End, Houston">East End</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunnyside,_Houston" title="Sunnyside, Houston">Sunnyside</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Third_Ward,_Houston" title="Third Ward, Houston">Third Ward</a>, moved to suburban areas that were too new to have established racial identities. Eschbach explained, "[a]s a large minority middle class started to emerge, Fort Bend was virgin territory that all groups could move to."<sup id="cite_ref-KeverCrossroads_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KeverCrossroads-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020 Fort Bend County had the highest percentage of Asian Americans of any county in Texas. In 2019 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">Indian Americans</a> make up almost 50% of the Asian Americans in the county, with the second and third largest subsets being <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Americans" title="Chinese Americans">Chinese Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_Americans" title="Vietnamese Americans">Vietnamese Americans</a>. From 2010 to 2020 the percentage of non-Hispanic white people declined by 4.8%, the Asian American community grew by 83,167 (83.7% increase), the percentage of Hispanic people increased by 42.9% and the percentage of black people increased by 35.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fort Bend County also has the highest percentage of <a href="/wiki/Filipino_Americans" title="Filipino Americans">Filipino Americans</a> in the Greater Houston area and in state of Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Filipinos are also the fourth largest Asian subset in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_characteristics">Economic characteristics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economic characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2008 American Community Survey, the median income for a household in the county was $81,456, and for a family was $90,171.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Males had a median income of $54,139 versus $41,353 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $30,862. About 5.50% of families and 7.10% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_threshold" title="Poverty threshold">poverty line</a>, including 8.50% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over. </p><p>As of 2006, Fort Bend County is the wealthiest county in Texas, with a median household income of $95,389 and a median family income of $105,944, having surpassed Collin and Rockwall Counties since the 2000 census.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Council for Community and Economic Research ranked Fort Bend County America's third-wealthiest county when the local <a href="/wiki/Cost_of_living" title="Cost of living">cost of living</a> was factored in.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This estimate does not include property taxes and local taxes, as effective tax rates and home insurance were not measured. Along with other Texas counties, Fort Bend County has one of the nation's highest property-tax rates. In 2007, it was ranked fifth in the nation for property taxes as a percentage of the homes' value on owner-occupied housing. The list includes only counties with a population over 65,000.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fort Bend County also ranked in the top 100 in property taxes paid and percentage of taxes of income. Part of this is due to Texas's complex <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_plan" title="Robin Hood plan">Robin Hood plan</a> school financing law.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>County politics in Fort Bend County, as in all Texas counties, center around a commissioners' court. It is composed of four popularly elected county commissioners, one representing each precinct drawn decennially on the basis of population, and a county judge elected to represent the entire county. Other county officials include a sheriff, district attorney, tax assessor-collector, county clerk, district clerk, county treasurer, and county attorney. </p><p>For decades, Fort Bend County was a stronghold for the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, having achieved <a href="/wiki/Disenfranchisement_after_the_Reconstruction_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era">disenfranchisement</a> of Blacks at the county level in 1889 in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Jaybird%E2%80%93Woodpecker_War" title="Jaybird–Woodpecker War">Jaybird–Woodpecker War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jay_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jay-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state effectively disfranchised them with a <a href="/wiki/Poll_taxes_in_the_United_States" title="Poll taxes in the United States">poll tax</a> and <a href="/wiki/White_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="White primaries">White primaries</a>; the latter device was declared unconstitutional in 1944. By 1960, so few Republicans resided in Fort Bend County that the county's <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> chair once received a letter addressed simply to "Mr. Republican".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the 1960s progressed, though, rapid suburban-style development in west and southwest Houston began to overflow into Fort Bend County, where the development of numerous master-planned communities attracted many upper-middle-class families to developments in the eastern portion of the county. This development, along with the shift of conservative white Democrats towards the Republican Party in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965" title="Voting Rights Act of 1965">Voting Rights Act of 1965</a>, led to increased support for the GOP in the following years.<sup id="cite_ref-voting_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voting-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> narrowly carried the county in 1968, making it the only county in greater Houston outside of Harris County to go Republican that year, and carried it again in 1972. In 1976, conservative physician <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> of Brazoria County, noted for his opposition to most government programs, which earned him the nickname "Dr. No", captured the <a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="Texas's 22nd congressional district">22nd district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> in a special election, before narrowly losing re-election in the November election in which <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> also won Fort Bend, despite losing Texas to <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>. </p><p>Beginning in 1978, Republicans began to win several offices within the county, with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clements" title="Bill Clements">William P. Clements</a> carrying the county in his successful run for governor. That same year, Paul was returned to Congress, while businessman <a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">Tom DeLay</a> captured the county's seat in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives" title="Texas House of Representatives">Texas House of Representatives</a>. In 1984 DeLay succeeded Paul in Congress after the latter ran an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign, and became House majority leader by 2002. Beginning in 1982, Republicans won a number of county-level offices and judicial benches, and Fort Bend County's new reputation as a Republican stronghold culminated in the 1994 election of a Republican county judge to the commissioners' court for the first time since Reconstruction. As of 2019, five of Fort Bend County's eight countywide offices, including two precinct-level positions, are held by Republicans. The remaining three are held by Democrats. </p><p>With growing populations of minorities and more socially moderate suburban voters who often break Republican on fiscal and economic issues, Fort Bend County has recently become more competitive. In 2008, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> came very close to winning the county, with 48.6% of the vote to Republican <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>'s 50.9%. In 2016, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> became the first Democrat to carry the county since <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> in 1964, largely due to the unpopularity of Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, with many voters <a href="/wiki/Split-ticket_voting" title="Split-ticket voting">splitting their tickets</a> between Clinton and Republicans for other offices; Republicans won every elected countywide office by a margin similar to Clinton's, while also defeating an incumbent Democrat on the Fort Bend County Commissioners' Court.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, significant enthusiasm for U.S. Senate candidate <a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">Beto O' Rourke</a> and strong Democratic infrastructure resulted in Democratic control of the commissioners' court (including county judge) and a number of countywide administrative and judicial posts, with <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Independent_School_District" title="Fort Bend Independent School District">Fort Bend Independent School District</a> board trustee K.P. George becoming Texas's first Asian-American county judge.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, Fort Bend County is often considered a swing county, with election results usually tilting more Democratic than statewide results, which continue to favor Republicans. Elections within the county are often decided by margins in more Republican-leaning areas in Sugar Land, Rosenberg, and Sienna, with Republicans dominating in the Katy, Fulshear, and rural southern areas of the county and Democrats in the county's northeast corner around Missouri City and Fresno, as well as heavily Hispanic Mission Bend. </p><p>Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the federal government has enforced it by regularly reviewing voting patterns and local practices, and plaintiffs have sometimes sued state or local governments over discriminatory practices. In April 2009, as part of a settlement with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a>, officials of Fort Bend County agreed to increase assistance to <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish-speaking</a> Latino voters in elections held in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-voting_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voting-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Fort Bend County, Texas<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2024 United States presidential election in Texas">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">173,592 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">179,310 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.46%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,622 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2020 United States presidential election in Texas">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">157,718 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">195,552 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,063 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2016 United States presidential election in Texas">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">117,291 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.76% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">134,686 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.39%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10,089 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2012 United States presidential election in Texas">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">116,126 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.91%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">101,144 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.08% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,219 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2008 United States presidential election in Texas">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">103,206 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">98,368 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.50% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,248 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2004 United States presidential election in Texas">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">93,625 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.38%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68,722 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.12% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">822 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2000 United States presidential election in Texas">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">73,567 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.56%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47,569 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.51% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,373 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1996 United States presidential election in Texas">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49,945 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.79%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38,163 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.10% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,748 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1992 United States presidential election in Texas">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41,039 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29,992 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.07% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1988 United States presidential election in Texas">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39,818 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.43%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,351 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.61% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">615 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1984 United States presidential election in Texas">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41,370 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,729 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">110 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1980 United States presidential election in Texas">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25,366 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.25%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,583 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,337 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1976 United States presidential election in Texas">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17,354 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.28%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,264 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.13% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">169 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1972 United States presidential election in Texas">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,475 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.42%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,541 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.09% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">73 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1968 United States presidential election in Texas">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,573 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>39.72%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,493 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.02% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,448 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1964 United States presidential election in Texas">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,493 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,186 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.78%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1960 United States presidential election in Texas">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,301 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.81% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,339 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.27%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">71 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1956 United States presidential election in Texas">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,779 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.83%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,464 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">73 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1952 United States presidential election in Texas">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,974 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,241 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.85% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1948 United States presidential election in Texas">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,016 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.12% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,058 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.96%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">539 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1944 United States presidential election in Texas">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">442 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11.11% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,781 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.87%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">757 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1940 United States presidential election in Texas">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">748 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,101 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>80.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1936 United States presidential election in Texas">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">176 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6.34% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,588 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>93.26%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1932 United States presidential election in Texas">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">148 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4.53% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,109 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>95.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1928 United States presidential election in Texas">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">631 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,724 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>73.14%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1924 United States presidential election in Texas">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">356 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,690 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.11%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">204 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1920 United States presidential election in Texas">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2.91% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">902 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>97.09%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1916 United States presidential election in Texas">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">329 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">788 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.12%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="1912 United States presidential election in Texas">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">276 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">679 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">155 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13.96% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commissioners'_court"><span id="Commissioners.27_court"></span>Commissioners' court</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Commissioners' court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Commissioners</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First Elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Communities Represented</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>Judge </td> <td>KP George </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>Countywide </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Precinct 1 </td> <td>Vincent Morales<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>Arcola, Beasley, Fairchilds, Fresno, Greatwood, Needville, Orchard, Richmond, Rosenberg, Sienna Plantation </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>Precinct 2 </td> <td>Grady Prestage </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>eastern Stafford, most of Missouri City east of <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_1092" title="Farm to Market Road 1092">FM 1092</a>, Meadows Place, Mission Bend </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Precinct 3 </td> <td>Andy Meyers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>Cinco Ranch, Fulshear, Lakemont, Pecan Grove, Simonton, small portions of Sugar Land </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>Precinct 4 </td> <td>Dexter L. McCoy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Most of Sugar Land, Missouri City west of <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_1092" title="Farm to Market Road 1092">FM 1092</a>, New Territory, Riverstone </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_officials">County officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: County officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Office</b> </th> <th align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Name</b> </th> <th align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Party</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="blue">  </td> <td>County Attorney </td> <td>Bridgette Smith-Lawson </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red">  </td> <td>County Clerk </td> <td>Laura Richard </td> <td>Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="blue">  </td> <td>District Attorney </td> <td>Brian Middleton </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="blue">  </td> <td>District Clerk </td> <td>Beverley McGrew Walker </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="blue">  </td> <td>Sheriff </td> <td>Eric Fagan </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="blue">  </td> <td>Tax Assessor-Collector </td> <td>Carmen Turner </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red">  </td> <td>Treasurer </td> <td>Bill Rickert </td> <td>Republican </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Congress">United States Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: United States Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Senators</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First Elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Level</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Senate Class 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>Junior Senator </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>Senate Class 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Senior senator </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Representatives</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First Elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Area(s) of Fort Bend County Represented</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>District 7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">Lizzie Fletcher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>Mission Bend, Four Corners, western portions of Sugar Land, and unincorporated portions of the north-central part of the county </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>District 9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">Al Green</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Northeastern corner of the county, including Fresno and most of Stafford, Missouri City, and the county's portion of Houston </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>District 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">Troy Nehls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Greater Katy areas, Fulshear, Richmond, Rosenberg, Sienna, eastern portion of Sugar Land, and southwestern Missouri City </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_Legislature">Texas Legislature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Texas Legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas_Senate">Texas Senate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Texas Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>District</b><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First Elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Area(s) of Fort Bend County Represented</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Borris_Miles" title="Borris Miles">Borris Miles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>Fresno, Fifth Street, most of Missouri City, the county's share of Pearland and Stafford, and most of the county's share of Houston </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Huffman" title="Joan Huffman">Joan Huffman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>Northwestern and southern areas of the county, including Fulshear, eastern portions of Sugar Land, and the county's share of Cinco Ranch and Katy </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lois_Kolkhorst" title="Lois Kolkhorst">Lois Kolkhorst</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2015 (special) </td> <td>Central areas of the county, including Richmond, Rosenberg, Mission Bend, Pecan Grove, Four Corners, and western portions of Sugar Land </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas_House_of_Representatives">Texas House of Representatives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Texas House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>District</b><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Name</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Party</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>First Elected</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Area(s) of Fort Bend County Represented</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacey_Jetton" title="Jacey Jetton">Jacey Jetton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Richmond, Pecan Grove, most of Cinco Ranch, some of Rosenberg and Katy, and other northern and central areas of the county </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Reynolds_(Texas_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Reynolds (Texas politician)">Ron Reynolds</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>Missouri City, Sienna Plantation, Fresno, Arcola, much of Stafford, and county's share of Houston </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gates_(politician)" title="Gary Gates (politician)">Gary Gates</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Western and southern areas of county including Fulshear, most of Rosenberg and much of Sugar Land </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:blue;">  </td> <td>76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suleman_Lalani" title="Suleman Lalani">Suleman Lalani</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Northern areas of county including Meadows Place, Four Corners, and some of Sugar Land, Stafford and Mission Bend </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red;">  </td> <td>85 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Kitzman" title="Stan Kitzman">Stan Kitzman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Southern fringe of the county, including Thompsons and Kendleton; district also includes Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Waller and Wharton counties </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corrections">Corrections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Corrections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Fort Bend County Jail is at 1410 Richmond Parkway in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice" title="Texas Department of Criminal Justice">Texas Department of Criminal Justice</a> operates the following facilities in Fort Bend County, all at the <a href="/wiki/Jester_State_Prison_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Jester State Prison Farm">Jester State Prison Farm</a> site: </p><p>Prisons for men: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jester_III_Unit" title="Jester III Unit">Jester III Unit</a> (unincorporated area)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (co-located with the Jester units)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Vance_Unit" title="Carol Vance Unit">Carol Vance Unit</a> (unincorporated area)<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (co-located with the Jester units)</li></ul> <p>Other facilities: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jester_I_Unit" title="Jester I Unit">Jester I Unit</a> – Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility (unincorporated area)<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (co-located with the Jester units)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Scott_Unit" title="Wayne Scott Unit">Wayne Scott Unit</a> (formerly Jester IV Unit) – Psychiatric Facility (unincorporated area)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (co-located with the Jester units), renamed in 2021<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The TDCJ announced that the <a href="/wiki/Central_Unit" title="Central Unit">Central Unit</a> in Sugar Land was closing in 2011. The City of Sugar Land is exploring the property for future economic development, including light industrial uses, as well as a potential expansion of Sugar Land Regional Airport.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_buildings">County buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: County buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richmond_TX_FBC_Service_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fort Bend County Justice Center at 1422 Eugene Heimann Cir."><img alt="Fort Bend County Justice Center at 1422 Eugene Heimann Cir." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Richmond_TX_FBC_Service_Center.jpg/200px-Richmond_TX_FBC_Service_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Richmond_TX_FBC_Service_Center.jpg/300px-Richmond_TX_FBC_Service_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Richmond_TX_FBC_Service_Center.jpg/400px-Richmond_TX_FBC_Service_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fort Bend County Justice Center at 1422 Eugene Heimann Cir.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richmond_TX_Wm_Travis_Bldg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William B. Travis Building is just east of the courthouse."><img alt="William B. Travis Building is just east of the courthouse." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Richmond_TX_Wm_Travis_Bldg.jpg/200px-Richmond_TX_Wm_Travis_Bldg.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Richmond_TX_Wm_Travis_Bldg.jpg/300px-Richmond_TX_Wm_Travis_Bldg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Richmond_TX_Wm_Travis_Bldg.jpg/400px-Richmond_TX_Wm_Travis_Bldg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1240" data-file-height="930" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">William B. Travis Building is just east of the courthouse.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FortBendRosenAnnex.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex"><img alt="Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FortBendRosenAnnex.jpg/200px-FortBendRosenAnnex.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FortBendRosenAnnex.jpg/300px-FortBendRosenAnnex.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FortBendRosenAnnex.jpg/400px-FortBendRosenAnnex.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In contrast to greater Houston in general, Fort Bend County's economy is more diverse, with numerous service-sector jobs in healthcare, energy, education, hospitality, and other areas. Major companies with a presence in the county include <a href="/wiki/Schlumberger" title="Schlumberger">Schlumberger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid" title="Minute Maid">Minute Maid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fluor_Corporation" title="Fluor Corporation">Fluor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sunoco" title="Sunoco">Sunoco</a>'s logistics operations in Sugar Land. The <i><a href="/wiki/American_City_Business_Journals" title="American City Business Journals">Houston Business Journal</a></i> reported in 2010 that the diversity of industries promoted decades of rapid population growth.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Hermann%E2%80%93Texas_Medical_Center" title="Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center">Memorial Hermann Hospital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baylor_St._Luke%27s_Medical_Center" title="Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center">St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital</a> opened facilities in Fort Bend County, already home to local facilities for <a href="/wiki/Houston_Methodist_Hospital" title="Houston Methodist Hospital">Houston Methodist Hospital</a> in Sugar Land, as well as locally based OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, many doctors moved their offices to the county.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compared to Montgomery County, which has experienced rapid growth in corporate employment following ExxonMobil's decision to move its greater Houston operations to an area directly south of The Woodlands, Fort Bend County has yet to experience significant corporate growth, though Schlumberger recently announced plans to move its North American headquarters to Sugar Land. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county does not have a hospital district. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_school_districts">Public school districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Public school districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>School districts in the county include:<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_Independent_School_District" title="Brazos Independent School District">Brazos Independent School District</a> (formerly Wallis-Orchard ISD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Independent_School_District" title="Fort Bend Independent School District">Fort Bend Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy_Independent_School_District" title="Katy Independent School District">Katy Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Consolidated_Independent_School_District" title="Lamar Consolidated Independent School District">Lamar Consolidated Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needville_Independent_School_District" title="Needville Independent School District">Needville Independent School District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Municipal_School_District" title="Stafford Municipal School District">Stafford Municipal School District</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Kendleton_Independent_School_District" title="Kendleton Independent School District">Kendleton Independent School District</a>, which formerly served parts of the county,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> closed in 2010 and merged into LCISD.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> Sugar Land campus</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Legislature" title="Texas Legislature">Texas Legislature</a> assigns these community college districts to the following:<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Community_College" title="Houston Community College">Houston Community College System</a>: Katy ISD, Stafford MSD, and portions of FBISD in the Houston, Missouri City, and Pearland city limits, and areas <i>not</i> in Wharton County Junior College (in other words, not in Sugar Land, not in Sugar Land's <a href="/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction" title="Extraterritorial jurisdiction">extraterritorial jurisdiction</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton_County_Junior_College" title="Wharton County Junior College">Wharton County Junior College</a>: The City of Sugar Land and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, Lamar CISD (including the former Kendleton ISD), Needville ISD, and Brazos ISD (stated in the legislation as Wallis-Orchard)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical_school">Technical school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Technical school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Technical_College" title="Texas State Technical College">Texas State Technical College</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County_Libraries" title="Fort Bend County Libraries">Fort Bend County Libraries</a> operates many libraries in the county. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Houston_Public_Library" title="Houston Public Library">Houston Public Library</a> operates one branch in the county, the Stimley Blue Ridge Neighborhood Library in <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge,_Houston" title="Blue Ridge, Houston">Blue Ridge, Houston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local newspapers in the county include three weeklies: the <i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Star" title="Fort Bend Star">Fort Bend Star</a></i>, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Texas" title="Stafford, Texas">Stafford</a>; the <i>Fort Bend Independent</i>; and the <i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Sun" title="Fort Bend Sun">Fort Bend Sun</a></i>, headquartered in Sugar Land. The daily <i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Herald_and_Texas_Coaster" title="Fort Bend Herald and Texas Coaster">Fort Bend Herald and Texas Coaster</a></i> focuses on news coverage in the Richmond-Rosenberg area. Fort Bend County is also a major service area for the <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Chronicle" title="Houston Chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a></i>, which provides separate local coverage for the Sugar Land and Katy areas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EnterFortBend.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/EnterFortBend.JPG/220px-EnterFortBend.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/EnterFortBend.JPG/330px-EnterFortBend.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/EnterFortBend.JPG/440px-EnterFortBend.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Farm to Market Road 1092, a major entry into the county</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-10_(TX).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/I-10_%28TX%29.svg/20px-I-10_%28TX%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/I-10_%28TX%29.svg/30px-I-10_%28TX%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/I-10_%28TX%29.svg/40px-I-10_%28TX%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Texas" title="Interstate 10 in Texas">Interstate 10</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-69_(TX).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-69_%28TX%29.svg/20px-I-69_%28TX%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-69_%28TX%29.svg/30px-I-69_%28TX%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/I-69_%28TX%29.svg/40px-I-69_%28TX%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_69_in_Texas" title="Interstate 69 in Texas">Interstate 69</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_59.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/US_59.svg/20px-US_59.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/US_59.svg/30px-US_59.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/US_59.svg/40px-US_59.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_59_in_Texas" title="U.S. Route 59 in Texas">U.S. Route 59</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alternate_plate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Alternate_plate.svg/20px-Alternate_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Alternate_plate.svg/30px-Alternate_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Alternate_plate.svg/40px-Alternate_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_90.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/20px-US_90.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/30px-US_90.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/40px-US_90.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_90_Alternate_(Texas)" title="U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)">U.S. Route 90 Alternate</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_6.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Texas_6.svg/20px-Texas_6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Texas_6.svg/30px-Texas_6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Texas_6.svg/40px-Texas_6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_6" title="Texas State Highway 6">State Highway 6</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_36.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Texas_36.svg/20px-Texas_36.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Texas_36.svg/30px-Texas_36.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Texas_36.svg/40px-Texas_36.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_36" title="Texas State Highway 36">State Highway 36</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_99.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Texas_99.svg/20px-Texas_99.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Texas_99.svg/30px-Texas_99.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Texas_99.svg/40px-Texas_99.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_99" title="Texas State Highway 99">State Highway 99</a> — Grand Parkway (Under Construction)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg/20px-Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg/30px-Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg/40px-Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Parkway" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bend Parkway">Fort Bend Parkway</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Westpark_Tollway.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Westpark_Tollway.svg/20px-Westpark_Tollway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Westpark_Tollway.svg/30px-Westpark_Tollway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Westpark_Tollway.svg/40px-Westpark_Tollway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Westpark_Tollway" title="Westpark Tollway">Westpark Tollway</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_Farm_to_Market_Roads">Major Farm to Market Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Major Farm to Market Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_359.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Texas_FM_359.svg/20px-Texas_FM_359.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Texas_FM_359.svg/30px-Texas_FM_359.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Texas_FM_359.svg/40px-Texas_FM_359.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_359" title="Farm to Market Road 359">Farm to Market Road 359</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_442.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Texas_FM_442.svg/20px-Texas_FM_442.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Texas_FM_442.svg/30px-Texas_FM_442.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Texas_FM_442.svg/40px-Texas_FM_442.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Farm_to_Market_Roads_in_Texas_(400%E2%80%93499)#FM_442" title="List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (400–499)">Farm to Market Road 442</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_521.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Texas_FM_521.svg/20px-Texas_FM_521.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Texas_FM_521.svg/30px-Texas_FM_521.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Texas_FM_521.svg/40px-Texas_FM_521.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Farm_to_Market_Roads_in_Texas_(500%E2%80%93599)" title="List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (500–599)">Farm to Market Road 521</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_762.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Texas_FM_762.svg/20px-Texas_FM_762.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_1092" title="Farm to Market Road 1092">Farm to Market Road 1092</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_1093.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Texas_FM_1093.svg/20px-Texas_FM_1093.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Texas_FM_1093.svg/30px-Texas_FM_1093.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Texas_FM_1093.svg/40px-Texas_FM_1093.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_1093" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm to Market Road 1093">Farm to Market Road 1093</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_1462.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Texas_FM_1462.svg/20px-Texas_FM_1462.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Farm to Market Road 2234">Farm to Market Road 2234</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_2759.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Texas_FM_2759.svg/20px-Texas_FM_2759.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Texas_FM_2759.svg/30px-Texas_FM_2759.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Texas_FM_2759.svg/40px-Texas_FM_2759.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_2759" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm to Market Road 2759">Farm to Market Road 2759</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_FM_2977.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Texas_FM_2977.svg/20px-Texas_FM_2977.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" 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href="/wiki/List_of_Farm_to_Market_Roads_in_Texas_(3300%E2%80%933399)" title="List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (3300–3399)">Farm to Market Road 3345</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html 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title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Fort_Bend_County,_Texas" title="Special:EditPage/Fort Bend County, Texas">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The sole publicly owned airport in the county is <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land_Regional_Airport" title="Sugar Land Regional Airport">Sugar Land Regional Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a>. </p><p>Privately owned airports for public use include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Fort_Bend_Airport" title="Houston Fort Bend Airport">Houston Fort Bend Airport</a> in an unincorporated area east of <a href="/wiki/Beasley,_Texas" title="Beasley, Texas">Beasley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Southwest_Airport" title="Houston Southwest Airport">Houston Southwest Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arcola,_Texas" title="Arcola, Texas">Arcola</a></li> <li>Westheimer Air Park in an unincorporated area between Fulshear and Houston</li></ul> <p>Privately owned for private use: </p> <ul><li>Cardiff Brothers Airport in an unincorporated area near Fulshear and Katy</li> <li>Dewberry Heliport is a general-aviation heliport (privately owned, for private use) in unincorporated areas between Fulshear and Katy.</li></ul> <p>The closest airport with regularly scheduled commercial service is Houston's <a href="/wiki/William_P._Hobby_Airport" title="William P. Hobby Airport">William P. Hobby Airport</a> in Harris County. Fort Bend County is also within the primary service area of <a href="/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport" title="George Bush Intercontinental Airport">George Bush Intercontinental Airport</a> in Houston.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mass_transit">Mass transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Mass transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fort Bend County officially created a department of public transportation in 2005 that provides commuter buses to <a href="/wiki/Uptown_Houston" title="Uptown Houston">Uptown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenway_Plaza" title="Greenway Plaza">Greenway Plaza</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center" title="Texas Medical Center">Texas Medical Center</a>. It also provides demand-and-response buses to senior citizens and the general public that travel only in Fort Bend County.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parts of the county, such as Katy and Missouri City, participate in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Transit_Authority_of_Harris_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County">Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County</a> and are served by several <a href="/wiki/Park_and_ride" title="Park and ride">park-and-ride</a> routes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Freeway_system">Freeway system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Freeway system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The TTC-69 component (recommended preferred) of the once-planned <a href="/wiki/Trans-Texas_Corridor" title="Trans-Texas Corridor">Trans-Texas Corridor</a> went through Fort Bend County.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toll_roads">Toll roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Toll roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_County_Toll_Road_Authority" title="Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority">Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority</a> in Sugar Land manages and operates tolled portions of these toll roads operating in the county: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Parkway" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bend Parkway">Fort Bend Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westpark_Tollway" title="Westpark Tollway">Westpark Tollway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_99" title="Texas State Highway 99">Grand Parkway Toll Road</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Bend_County,_Texas&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brittney_Karbowski" title="Brittney Karbowski">Brittney Karbowski</a>, American voice actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CeeDee_Lamb" title="CeeDee Lamb">CeeDee Lamb</a>, Wide Receiver for the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Texas">Waller County</a></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fort Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_County,_Texas" title="Waller County, Texas">Waller</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HSB_MSA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area"><img alt="Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HSB_MSA.png/100px-HSB_MSA.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HSB_MSA.png/150px-HSB_MSA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/HSB_MSA.png/200px-HSB_MSA.png 2x" data-file-width="296" data-file-height="280" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">"Principal" cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conroe,_Texas" title="Conroe, Texas">Conroe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvin,_Texas" title="Alvin, Texas">Alvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angleton,_Texas" title="Angleton, Texas">Angleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellaire,_Texas" title="Bellaire, Texas">Bellaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clute,_Texas" title="Clute, Texas">Clute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Park,_Texas" title="Deer Park, Texas">Deer Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson,_Texas" title="Dickinson, Texas">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Texas" title="Freeport, Texas">Freeport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendswood,_Texas" title="Friendswood, Texas">Friendswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena_Park,_Texas" title="Galena Park, Texas">Galena Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humble,_Texas" title="Humble, Texas">Humble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacinto_City,_Texas" title="Jacinto City, Texas">Jacinto City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy,_Texas" title="Katy, Texas">Katy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jackson,_Texas" title="Lake Jackson, Texas">Lake Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Marque,_Texas" title="La Marque, Texas">La Marque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Porte,_Texas" title="La Porte, Texas">La Porte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_City,_Texas" title="League City, Texas">League City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manvel,_Texas" title="Manvel, Texas">Manvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" title="Pasadena, Texas">Pasadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearland,_Texas" title="Pearland, Texas">Pearland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenberg,_Texas" title="Rosenberg, Texas">Rosenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Houston,_Texas" title="South Houston, Texas">South Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Texas" title="Stafford, Texas">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_City,_Texas" title="Texas City, Texas">Texas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_University_Place,_Texas" title="West University Place, Texas">West University Place</a></li></ul> <p><i>For a complete listing, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Greater_Houston" title="List of cities and towns in Greater Houston">list of cities and towns in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA</a></i> </p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unincorporated<br />areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atascocita,_Texas" title="Atascocita, Texas">Atascocita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channelview,_Texas" title="Channelview, Texas">Channelview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverleaf,_Texas" title="Cloverleaf, Texas">Cloverleaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Texas" title="Crosby, Texas">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypress,_Texas" title="Cypress, Texas">Cypress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_Texas" title="Fresno, Texas">Fresno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockley,_Texas" title="Hockley, Texas">Hockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klein,_Texas" title="Klein, Texas">Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Bolivar,_Texas" title="Port Bolivar, Texas">Port Bolivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring,_Texas" title="Spring, Texas">Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bodies of water</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou" title="Buffalo Bayou">Buffalo Bayou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay" title="Galveston Bay">Galveston Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Intracoastal_Waterway" title="Gulf Intracoastal Waterway">Gulf Intracoastal Waterway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Ship_Channel" title="Houston Ship Channel">Houston Ship Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_River_(Texas)" title="San Jacinto River (Texas)">San Jacinto River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_River_(Texas)" title="Trinity River (Texas)">Trinity River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Houston" title="Lake Houston">Lake Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Conroe" title="Lake Conroe">Lake Conroe</a></li></ul> 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Texas"><span>Richmond</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Texas#Cities" title="Administrative divisions of Texas">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcola,_Texas" title="Arcola, Texas">Arcola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beasley,_Texas" title="Beasley, Texas">Beasley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulshear,_Texas" title="Fulshear, Texas">Fulshear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy,_Texas" title="Katy, Texas">Katy</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendleton,_Texas" title="Kendleton, Texas">Kendleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadows_Place,_Texas" title="Meadows Place, Texas">Meadows Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needville,_Texas" title="Needville, Texas">Needville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchard,_Texas" title="Orchard, Texas">Orchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearland,_Texas" title="Pearland, Texas">Pearland</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Texas" title="Richmond, Texas">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenberg,_Texas" title="Rosenberg, Texas">Rosenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simonton,_Texas" title="Simonton, Texas">Simonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Texas" title="Stafford, Texas">Stafford</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston_Lakes,_Texas" title="Weston Lakes, Texas">Weston Lakes</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Fort Bend County map"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Fort_Bend_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></span><figcaption>Fort Bend County map</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thompsons,_Texas" title="Thompsons, Texas">Thompsons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Village_(United_States)#Texas" title="Village (United States)">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairchilds,_Texas" title="Fairchilds, Texas">Fairchilds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleak,_Texas" title="Pleak, Texas">Pleak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinco_Ranch,_Texas" title="Cinco Ranch, Texas">Cinco Ranch</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumings,_Texas" title="Cumings, Texas">Cumings</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/First_Colony" title="First Colony">First Colony</a>^±</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatwood,_Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Greatwood, Sugar Land, Texas">Greatwood</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Territory,_Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="New Territory, Sugar Land, Texas">New Territory</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsville,_Texas" title="Pittsville, Texas">Pittsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telfair,_Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Telfair, Sugar Land, Texas">Telfair</a>^</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_West,_Texas" title="Town West, Texas">Town West (Townewest)</a>#</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trammels,_Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Trammels, Missouri City, Texas">Trammels</a>±</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Aransas_County,_Texas" title="Aransas County, Texas">Aransas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archer_County,_Texas" title="Archer County, Texas">Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_County,_Texas" title="Armstrong County, Texas">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atascosa_County,_Texas" title="Atascosa County, Texas">Atascosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_County,_Texas" title="Austin County, Texas">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_County,_Texas" title="Bailey County, Texas">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandera_County,_Texas" title="Bandera County, Texas">Bandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas" title="Bastrop County, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baylor_County,_Texas" title="Baylor County, Texas">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bee_County,_Texas" title="Bee County, Texas">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Texas" title="Bell County, Texas">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexar_County,_Texas" title="Bexar County, Texas">Bexar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanco_County,_Texas" title="Blanco County, Texas">Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borden_County,_Texas" title="Borden County, Texas">Borden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosque_County,_Texas" title="Bosque County, Texas">Bosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie_County,_Texas" title="Bowie County, Texas">Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazoria_County,_Texas" title="Brazoria County, Texas">Brazoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_County,_Texas" title="Brazos County, Texas">Brazos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_County,_Texas" title="Brewster County, Texas">Brewster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briscoe_County,_Texas" title="Briscoe County, Texas">Briscoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_County,_Texas" title="Brooks County, Texas">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Texas" title="Brown County, Texas">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleson_County,_Texas" title="Burleson County, Texas">Burleson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet_County,_Texas" title="Burnet County, Texas">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Texas" title="Caldwell County, Texas">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Texas" title="Calhoun County, Texas">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callahan_County,_Texas" title="Callahan County, Texas">Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_County,_Texas" title="Cameron County, Texas">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_County,_Texas" title="Camp County, Texas">Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson_County,_Texas" title="Carson County, Texas">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Texas" title="Cass County, Texas">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castro_County,_Texas" title="Castro County, Texas">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_County,_Texas" title="Chambers County, Texas">Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Texas" title="Cherokee County, Texas">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childress_County,_Texas" title="Childress County, Texas">Childress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Texas" title="Clay County, Texas">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochran_County,_Texas" title="Cochran County, Texas">Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coke_County,_Texas" title="Coke County, Texas">Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman_County,_Texas" title="Coleman County, Texas">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collin_County,_Texas" title="Collin County, Texas">Collin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingsworth_County,_Texas" title="Collingsworth County, Texas">Collingsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_County,_Texas" title="Colorado County, Texas">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comal_County,_Texas" title="Comal County, Texas">Comal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Texas" title="Comanche County, Texas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_County,_Texas" title="Concho County, Texas">Concho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooke_County,_Texas" title="Cooke County, Texas">Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coryell_County,_Texas" title="Coryell County, Texas">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottle_County,_Texas" title="Cottle County, Texas">Cottle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane_County,_Texas" title="Crane County, Texas">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Texas" title="Crockett County, Texas">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby_County,_Texas" title="Crosby County, Texas">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culberson_County,_Texas" title="Culberson County, Texas">Culberson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallam_County,_Texas" title="Dallam County, Texas">Dallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_County,_Texas" title="Dallas County, Texas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson_County,_Texas" title="Dawson County, Texas">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deaf_Smith_County,_Texas" title="Deaf Smith County, Texas">Deaf Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Texas" title="Delta County, Texas">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_County,_Texas" title="Denton County, Texas">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Texas" title="DeWitt County, Texas">DeWitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickens_County,_Texas" title="Dickens County, Texas">Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimmit_County,_Texas" title="Dimmit County, Texas">Dimmit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donley_County,_Texas" title="Donley County, Texas">Donley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duval_County,_Texas" title="Duval County, Texas">Duval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastland_County,_Texas" title="Eastland County, Texas">Eastland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Texas" title="Edwards County, Texas">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Texas" title="Ellis County, Texas">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erath_County,_Texas" title="Erath County, Texas">Erath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_County,_Texas" title="Falls County, Texas">Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannin_County,_Texas" title="Fannin County, Texas">Fannin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Texas" title="Fayette County, Texas">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_County,_Texas" title="Fisher County, Texas">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Texas" title="Floyd County, Texas">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foard_County,_Texas" title="Foard County, Texas">Foard</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fort Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Texas" title="Franklin County, Texas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestone_County,_Texas" title="Freestone County, Texas">Freestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frio_County,_Texas" title="Frio County, Texas">Frio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaines_County,_Texas" title="Gaines County, Texas">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_County,_Texas" title="Galveston County, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garza_County,_Texas" title="Garza County, Texas">Garza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillespie_County,_Texas" title="Gillespie County, Texas">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasscock_County,_Texas" title="Glasscock County, Texas">Glasscock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goliad_County,_Texas" title="Goliad County, Texas">Goliad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzales_County,_Texas" title="Gonzales County, Texas">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_County,_Texas" title="Gray County, Texas">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Texas" title="Grayson County, Texas">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_County,_Texas" title="Gregg County, Texas">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimes_County,_Texas" title="Grimes County, Texas">Grimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_County,_Texas" title="Guadalupe County, Texas">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_County,_Texas" title="Hale County, Texas">Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_County,_Texas" title="Hall County, Texas">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Texas" title="Hamilton County, Texas">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansford_County,_Texas" title="Hansford County, Texas">Hansford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Texas" title="Hardeman County, Texas">Hardeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Texas" title="Hardin County, Texas">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas" title="Harris County, Texas">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Texas" title="Harrison County, Texas">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartley_County,_Texas" title="Hartley County, Texas">Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Texas" title="Haskell County, Texas">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_County,_Texas" title="Hays County, Texas">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemphill_County,_Texas" title="Hemphill County, Texas">Hemphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Texas" title="Henderson County, Texas">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidalgo_County,_Texas" title="Hidalgo County, Texas">Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_County,_Texas" title="Hill County, Texas">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockley_County,_Texas" title="Hockley County, Texas">Hockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hood_County,_Texas" title="Hood County, Texas">Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_County,_Texas" title="Hopkins County, Texas">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Texas" title="Houston County, Texas">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Texas" title="Howard County, Texas">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudspeth_County,_Texas" title="Hudspeth County, Texas">Hudspeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_County,_Texas" title="Hunt County, Texas">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_County,_Texas" title="Hutchinson County, Texas">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irion_County,_Texas" title="Irion County, Texas">Irion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_County,_Texas" title="Jack County, Texas">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Texas" title="Jackson County, Texas">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Texas" title="Jasper County, Texas">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Davis_County,_Texas" title="Jeff Davis County, Texas">Jeff Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Texas" title="Jefferson County, Texas">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hogg_County,_Texas" title="Jim Hogg County, Texas">Jim Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wells_County,_Texas" title="Jim Wells County, Texas">Jim Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Texas" title="Johnson County, Texas">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Texas" title="Jones County, Texas">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnes_County,_Texas" title="Karnes County, Texas">Karnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaufman_County,_Texas" title="Kaufman County, Texas">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Texas" title="Kendall County, Texas">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenedy_County,_Texas" title="Kenedy County, Texas">Kenedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Texas" title="Kent County, Texas">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerr_County,_Texas" title="Kerr County, Texas">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimble_County,_Texas" title="Kimble County, Texas">Kimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_County,_Texas" title="King County, Texas">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinney_County,_Texas" title="Kinney County, Texas">Kinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleberg_County,_Texas" title="Kleberg County, Texas">Kleberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Texas" title="Knox County, Texas">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_County,_Texas" title="La Salle County, Texas">La Salle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Texas" title="Lamar County, Texas">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_County,_Texas" title="Lamb County, Texas">Lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampasas_County,_Texas" title="Lampasas County, Texas">Lampasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavaca_County,_Texas" title="Lavaca County, Texas">Lavaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Texas" title="Lee County, Texas">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_County,_Texas" title="Leon County, Texas">Leon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Texas" title="Liberty County, Texas">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_County,_Texas" title="Limestone County, Texas">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipscomb_County,_Texas" title="Lipscomb County, Texas">Lipscomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Oak_County,_Texas" title="Live Oak County, Texas">Live Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_County,_Texas" title="Llano County, Texas">Llano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas" title="Loving County, Texas">Loving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_County,_Texas" title="Lubbock County, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_County,_Texas" title="Lynn County, Texas">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Texas" title="Madison County, Texas">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Texas" title="Marion County, Texas">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Texas" title="Martin County, Texas">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Texas" title="Mason County, Texas">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matagorda_County,_Texas" title="Matagorda County, Texas">Matagorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maverick_County,_Texas" title="Maverick County, Texas">Maverick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCulloch_County,_Texas" title="McCulloch County, Texas">McCulloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLennan_County,_Texas" title="McLennan County, Texas">McLennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMullen_County,_Texas" title="McMullen County, Texas">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medina_County,_Texas" title="Medina County, Texas">Medina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Texas" title="Menard County, Texas">Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milam_County,_Texas" title="Milam County, Texas">Milam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mills_County,_Texas" title="Mills County, Texas">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Texas" title="Mitchell County, Texas">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montague_County,_Texas" title="Montague County, Texas">Montague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Texas" title="Montgomery County, Texas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_Texas" title="Moore County, Texas">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_Texas" title="Morris County, Texas">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motley_County,_Texas" title="Motley County, Texas">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nacogdoches_County,_Texas" title="Nacogdoches County, Texas">Nacogdoches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navarro_County,_Texas" title="Navarro County, Texas">Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_County,_Texas" title="Newton County, Texas">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_County,_Texas" title="Nolan County, Texas">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nueces_County,_Texas" title="Nueces County, Texas">Nueces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ochiltree_County,_Texas" title="Ochiltree County, Texas">Ochiltree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_County,_Texas" title="Oldham County, Texas">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Texas" title="Orange County, Texas">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Pinto_County,_Texas" title="Palo Pinto County, Texas">Palo Pinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panola_County,_Texas" title="Panola County, Texas">Panola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_County,_Texas" title="Parker County, Texas">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmer_County,_Texas" title="Parmer County, Texas">Parmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_County,_Texas" title="Pecos County, Texas">Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Texas" title="Polk County, Texas">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Texas" title="Potter County, Texas">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidio_County,_Texas" title="Presidio County, Texas">Presidio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rains_County,_Texas" title="Rains County, Texas">Rains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_County,_Texas" title="Randall County, Texas">Randall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reagan_County,_Texas" title="Reagan County, Texas">Reagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_County,_Texas" title="Real County, Texas">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_County,_Texas" title="Red River County, Texas">Red River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reeves_County,_Texas" title="Reeves County, Texas">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugio_County,_Texas" title="Refugio County, Texas">Refugio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberts_County,_Texas" title="Roberts County, Texas">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_County,_Texas" title="Robertson County, Texas">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwall_County,_Texas" title="Rockwall County, Texas">Rockwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runnels_County,_Texas" title="Runnels County, Texas">Runnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusk_County,_Texas" title="Rusk County, Texas">Rusk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_County,_Texas" title="Sabine County, Texas">Sabine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Augustine_County,_Texas" title="San Augustine County, Texas">San Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_County,_Texas" title="San Jacinto County, Texas">San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Patricio_County,_Texas" title="San Patricio County, Texas">San Patricio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Saba_County,_Texas" title="San Saba County, Texas">San Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schleicher_County,_Texas" title="Schleicher County, Texas">Schleicher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scurry_County,_Texas" title="Scurry County, Texas">Scurry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shackelford_County,_Texas" title="Shackelford County, Texas">Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Texas" title="Shelby County, Texas">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_County,_Texas" title="Sherman County, Texas">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_County,_Texas" title="Smith County, Texas">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somervell_County,_Texas" title="Somervell County, Texas">Somervell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starr_County,_Texas" title="Starr County, Texas">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephens_County,_Texas" title="Stephens County, Texas">Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_County,_Texas" title="Sterling County, Texas">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_County,_Texas" title="Stonewall County, Texas">Stonewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_County,_Texas" title="Sutton County, Texas">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swisher_County,_Texas" title="Swisher County, Texas">Swisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarrant_County,_Texas" title="Tarrant County, Texas">Tarrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Texas" title="Taylor County, Texas">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_County,_Texas" title="Terrell County, Texas">Terrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_County,_Texas" title="Terry County, Texas">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throckmorton_County,_Texas" title="Throckmorton County, Texas">Throckmorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_County,_Texas" title="Titus County, Texas">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Green_County,_Texas" title="Tom Green County, Texas">Tom Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_County,_Texas" title="Travis County, Texas">Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_Texas" title="Trinity County, Texas">Trinity</a></li> <li><a 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