Sugar Land is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Located about 19 miles (31 km) southwest of downtown Houston, Sugar Land is a populous suburban municipality centered around the junction of Texas State Highway 6 and Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59.
Sugar Land Town Square, First Colony in 2010
Sugar Land's former Imperial Sugar refinery
Oyster Creek Park
Entrance to Telfair master-planned community
Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days. The county seat is Richmond. The largest city located entirely within the county borders is Sugar Land. The largest city by population in the county is Houston; however, most of Houston's population is located in neighboring Harris County.
Fort Bend County Courthouse, Richmond, November 2008
Fort Bend County Court House in 1948
The former Sugar Land Refinery in Sugar Land, TX
Fort Bend County Justice Center at 1422 Eugene Heimann Cir.