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2. Fort Bend County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Fort Bend County was created from parts of Austin, Harris, and Brazoria Counties in 1838. Fort Bend developed a plantation economy based on cotton as the commodity crop. Planters had numerous African-American slaves as laborers. By the 1850s, Fort Bend was one of six majority-black counties in Texas. [7]

3. Fort Bend County Courthouse - Wikipedia

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   The Fort Bend County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Richmond, Texas, United States. It was built in 1908 by Charles Henry Page, who also designed several other Texas courthouses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in 1980 and designated a Texas State Antiquities ...

4. Beauford H. Jester Complex - Wikipedia

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   1378416 [1] The Beauford H. Jester Complex, [2] formerly the Jester State Prison Farm, refers to a complex of Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons for men in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. [3] Individually they are Jester I Unit, Carol Vance Unit (Jester II Unit), Jester III Unit, and Wayne Scott Unit (Jester IV ...

5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Fort Bend ...

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   This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fort Bend County, Texas. There are one district and seven individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. Three of the individually listed properties are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks including one ...

6. Fort Bend Independent School District - Wikipedia

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   Fort Bend Independent School District, also known as Fort Bend ISD or FBISD, is a school district based in Sugar Land, Texas. It operates 86 schools in Fort Bend County It is the 5th most diverse school district in Texas and is the 43rd largest district in the United States. The district spans 170 square miles (440 km 2) covering almost all of ...

7. Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority - Wikipedia

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   The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA), also called the Fort Bend Grand Parkway Toll Road Authority (FBGPTRA), operates three toll roads in Fort Bend County and is headquartered at 1 Fluor Daniel Dr in Sugar Land in the U.S. state of Texas. History. FBCTRA was established in 1996.