Arcola is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 2,034 as of the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 1,642 tabulated by the 2010 census, which represented, in turn, an increase over the 2000 figure of 1,048.
Arcola city limit sign is on FM 521 between Sears Road and Glendale Lakes Drive. The view is north.
Heritage Rose Elementary School of Fort Bend ISD is on Glendale Lakes Drive to the south of Arcola.
Three state historical markers on Highway 6 in Arcola tell about several of the area's early settlers.
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.
