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Fort Bend County

county in Texas, United States
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Summary

Fort Bend County is a county of Texas[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of county of texas entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,475 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Richmond[5]
  • Shares border with: Waller County[6], Harris County[7], Austin County[8], Brazoria County[9], Wharton County[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Richmond[11]
  • Commons category: Fort Bend County, Texas[12]
  • Inception: December 29, 1837[13]
  • Official website: http://www.co.fort-bend.tx.us/[14], https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fort Bend County, Texas[16]
  • Population: 585,375[17], 590,238[18], 607,111[19], 625,853[20], 652,365[21], 716,087[22], 764,828[23], 822,779[24]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Fort Bend County, Texas[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Fort Bend County, Texas[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Fort Bend County, Texas[27]
  • Number of households: 248,299[28]
  • Native label: Fort Bend County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110289[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Fort Bend County, Texas[31]
  • Area: 2282 km²[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 2.7 percent[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Fort Bend County, Texas[34]
  • Per capita income: 40,607 US dollars[35]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Fort Bend County, Texas.tab[36]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Fort Bend County include Houston Fort Bend Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39] and Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority[40], a government agency[41], in United States[42], founded in 1996[43], headquartered in Sugar Land[44].

Why It Matters

Fort Bend County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include Houston Fort Bend Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39] and Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority[40], a government agency[41], in United States[42], founded in 1996[43], headquartered in Sugar Land[44].

Related Entities

Bay Ridge Christian College Brazos River Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . tshaonline.org. tshaonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Abductive · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 29.525555555555556, 'lon': -95.75666666666666}
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'bpy', 'cdo', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'e
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Fort Bend County, T
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Fort Bend County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009745
    Umls cui → C3830086
    Taxonomicon id → 1807875
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  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Texas
    Official website → http://www.co.fort-bend.tx.us/, https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Fort Bend County, Texas
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Richmond
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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