Fort Bend County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY- 106
Have - 75 Need - 31
Named for a blockhouse at a bend in the Brazos River. County seat is Richmond. It is the wealthiest county in Texas. We first visited Fort Bend County on our way home from Houston that was over ten years ago and it felt much more rural at that time, than it does now. We have been on another couple trips to Fort Bend since that first one including one overnight trip. Now it feels more like a suburb of Houston to me, in fact Steve's brother Mike talked about moving out to Fulshear and commuting to Houston for work. I can understand why this would be appealing, there are some beautiful neighborhoods out this way but it no longer has the same country feel that it did on that first visit.
In this county we have been struggling with several markers being in storage especially around Sugar Land. We also tried to get to the Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building marker but Steve was wearing shorts so we weren't allowed pass the check point 😒 . It maybe more accessible now that the prison was closed down. There also several markers on private property, including cemeteries, houses and many gray granite centennials.
Fort Bend County has an active historical commission with at least a couple of new markers each year so we have at least a couple more days to spend here if there is any chance of closing out this county. In this county I have found the Fort Bend Historical Commission to be very helpful. After our first visit I had many questions which they tried very hard to answer, this is not always the case so I am very grateful to Bettye Anhaiser, Committee Chairman, for taking the time to send a lot of useful information.
In this county we have been struggling with several markers being in storage especially around Sugar Land. We also tried to get to the Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building marker but Steve was wearing shorts so we weren't allowed pass the check point 😒 . It maybe more accessible now that the prison was closed down. There also several markers on private property, including cemeteries, houses and many gray granite centennials.
Fort Bend County has an active historical commission with at least a couple of new markers each year so we have at least a couple more days to spend here if there is any chance of closing out this county. In this county I have found the Fort Bend Historical Commission to be very helpful. After our first visit I had many questions which they tried very hard to answer, this is not always the case so I am very grateful to Bettye Anhaiser, Committee Chairman, for taking the time to send a lot of useful information.
22nd May, 2018 - Update - We visited again the weekend before Harvey hit and did manage to add a few more Fort Bend markers to the collection. There is obviously still quite a lot of work to do in Fort Bend County, 25 markers still to capture to be exact, many on private property which always takes a lot more time and effort. It looks the prison system marker maybe at the old entrance to the prison so that at least maybe possible. We also have a few more leads thanks the Fort Bend Historical Commission so we will see how it all pans out.
11th December, 2019 - We have yet to revisit and as with my last update there are still many challenges and I suspect while some become easier to access as this county becomes more and more developed, some of the older houses will be put at risk.
24th November, 2021 - As I said above some markers become easier to access as this county becomes more and more developed. The down side is that development brings traffic and it is not so fun to drive here, It really feels like an extension of Houston. Fort Bend is now on our route to Jersey Village so I image we will be filling in some gaps.
Albert and Ethel Herzstein
Andrew Jackson Beard
Beasley
Booth
Brown-Beard Cemetery
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado, First Railroad in Texas
Calvary Episcopal Church
Cartwright-McCrary House
Cesinger Cemetery
Charles Harvey Waddell
Church of The Living God, Pillar and Ground of Truth
City of Richmond
Concord Cemetery
Constantine W. Buckley
Court Hareware Company
Daniel Perry
Dewalt Cemetery
Dismounted Texas Cavalry
Duke Community
Early Courthouse Square
Erastus (Deaf) Smith
Erastus (Deaf) Smith
First Baptist Church of Rosenberg
Fort Bend
Fort Bend County Courthouse
Fort Bend County Jail
Fort Bend Telephone Company
Foster Community
Fulshear Black Cemetery
Fulshear Cemetery
Hodge's Bend Cemetery
Holy Family Catholic Church
Holy Rosary Catholic Parish
Home of Thomas Barnett
Hope Lutheran Church
Imperial Prison Farm Cemetery
Jane Long Boarding House
John Foster
John Foster Land Grant
John McNabb
Julius Edward Junker
Kendleton
Krasna Settlement
McNabb House
Macario Garcia
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar
Missouri City
Moore Home
Morton Cemetery
Morton Lodge No. 72, A. F. A. M.
Morton-McCloy House
Mrs. Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long
Needville Methodist Church
Needville Methodist Church Cemetery
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Old J. H. P. Davis House
Paschal Paolo Borden
Pittsville
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Powell Point School
Randolph Foster
Randon & Pennington Grant of 1824
Robert James Calder
Robinowitz Brothers
Robinson House
Rosenberg
Rosenberg Cemetery
Rosenberg Post Office
Simonton School
Site of the Home of Elizabeth Powell
Site of the Home of Mirabeau B. Lamar
Site of the Home of Randal Jones
Site of Thompson’s Ferry
Snake Creek Cemetery and Church
Stafford Municipal School District
Stafford Plantation
Stafford’s Point
St. John Missionary Baptist Church
St. John's United Methodist Church
Sugar Land
Sugar Land Auditorium
Sugar Land Independent School District No.17
Sugar Land Refinery
Taylor Ray
Teague-Waddell House
Terry v. Adams
Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building
The Darst-Yoder House
The Fitzgerald and Fenn Families
The John H. Pickens Davis House
The McFarlane House
The Peareson-Winston House
The Sugar Land Refinery
Thomas Jefferson Smith
Town of Fulshear
Town of Needville
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trone-Ray-Lane House
Vogelsang Building
Walter Moses Burton
Williams Family
Wyly Martin
Andrew Jackson Beard
Beasley
Booth
Brown-Beard Cemetery
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado, First Railroad in Texas
Calvary Episcopal Church
Cartwright-McCrary House
Cesinger Cemetery
Charles Harvey Waddell
Church of The Living God, Pillar and Ground of Truth
City of Richmond
Concord Cemetery
Constantine W. Buckley
Court Hareware Company
Daniel Perry
Dewalt Cemetery
Dismounted Texas Cavalry
Duke Community
Early Courthouse Square
Erastus (Deaf) Smith
Erastus (Deaf) Smith
First Baptist Church of Rosenberg
Fort Bend
Fort Bend County Courthouse
Fort Bend County Jail
Fort Bend Telephone Company
Foster Community
Fulshear Black Cemetery
Fulshear Cemetery
Hodge's Bend Cemetery
Holy Family Catholic Church
Holy Rosary Catholic Parish
Home of Thomas Barnett
Hope Lutheran Church
Imperial Prison Farm Cemetery
Jane Long Boarding House
John Foster
John Foster Land Grant
John McNabb
Julius Edward Junker
Kendleton
Krasna Settlement
McNabb House
Macario Garcia
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar
Missouri City
Moore Home
Morton Cemetery
Morton Lodge No. 72, A. F. A. M.
Morton-McCloy House
Mrs. Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long
Needville Methodist Church
Needville Methodist Church Cemetery
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Old J. H. P. Davis House
Paschal Paolo Borden
Pittsville
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Powell Point School
Randolph Foster
Randon & Pennington Grant of 1824
Robert James Calder
Robinowitz Brothers
Robinson House
Rosenberg
Rosenberg Cemetery
Rosenberg Post Office
Simonton School
Site of the Home of Elizabeth Powell
Site of the Home of Mirabeau B. Lamar
Site of the Home of Randal Jones
Site of Thompson’s Ferry
Snake Creek Cemetery and Church
Stafford Municipal School District
Stafford Plantation
Stafford’s Point
St. John Missionary Baptist Church
St. John's United Methodist Church
Sugar Land
Sugar Land Auditorium
Sugar Land Independent School District No.17
Sugar Land Refinery
Taylor Ray
Teague-Waddell House
Terry v. Adams
Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building
The Darst-Yoder House
The Fitzgerald and Fenn Families
The John H. Pickens Davis House
The McFarlane House
The Peareson-Winston House
The Sugar Land Refinery
Thomas Jefferson Smith
Town of Fulshear
Town of Needville
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trone-Ray-Lane House
Vogelsang Building
Walter Moses Burton
Williams Family
Wyly Martin