About the Sugar Land, Fort Bend County and Richmond, Texas Area
 

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Sugar Land LOCATION Sugar Land is located southwest of Houston on Highway alternative 90 and highway 6. It is about 20 miles Southwest of downtown Houston. TRANSPORTATION/AIRPORTS   Sugar Land has its own regional airport (3 miles outside of Sugar Land) as well as being 32 miles from the major airport in Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport. There are also 2 other small public-use airports within miles of Sugar Land. Trek Express bus lines and vanpools provide transportation in and around Fort Bend County. BRIEF HISTORY In 1907, Sugar Land began growing at a rapid rate when the sugar refining process was expanded. The process of incorporation of the town began in the fall of 1959. The first mayor was elected on December 15, 1959 and the first City Council meeting was held on January 19, 1960. The Mexican government granted Sugar Land to Samuel M. Williams through Stephen F. Austin. Williams originally called this land “Oakland Plantation” because of the wide variety of oak trees on the land. Samuel M. Williams planted sugar cane stalks that he got from S.M. Swinson. This crop flourished such that a mill was built to squeeze the juice from the stalks. In 1853, the “Oakland Plantation” was purchased from the S.M. Williams family by Benjamin Franklin Terry and William Jefferson Kyle, who had made quite a fortune prospecting gold in California. Kyle and Terry built the railroad from Stafford to Richmond and were instrumental in getting it to run through Sugar Land. EDUCATION In Sugar Land, some of the larger elementary schools have from 700 to 900 students and the larger middle schools have 1,000 to 1,500. The four public high schools have about 2,000 students each and there is one progressive high school with 100 students. There is a private Baptist Academy that has 900 students and serves grades pre-kindergarten through high school. In addition there are three private elementary schools (with one of these being a Montessori school) and one private pre-kindergarten and kindergarten school. The University of Houston has a campus for students in Sugar Land where 34 degree programs through the master’s level can be chosen from. Two community colleges-Wharton County Junior College and the Houston Community College System- provide freshman and sophomore courses and the University of Houston System offer the junior and senior courses and the master’s degree courses. Courses are taught traditionally by university faculty and also via instructional TV, videotapes and KUHT-TV Channel 8, and the Internet. For Sugar Land, these same colleges and Universities mentioned below for Richmond are between 10 and 21 miles away. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Among the top 45 largest cities in Texas, Sugar Land is number on in growth. It is economically strong and a culturally diverse population in the 60,000 range. The City of Sugar Land has many park and recreational facilities. These include many quaint neighborhood parks as well as large athletic complexes. There are hike and bike trails, swimming centers, and greenbelts. There are also three community centers that have both a large recreational program and private rental events.

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