Juliff, Texas | |
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 Juliff sign on FM 521 looking north | |
  Juliff  Juliff | |
| Coordinates: 29°27′01″N95°28′32″W / 29.45028°N 95.47556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Fort Bend |
| Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 77583 |
| Area code | 979 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1378507 [1] |
Juliff is an unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
During the Antebellum (pre-Civil War) period, the area was within the Arcola Plantation. The community received its name from John J. Juliff, a settler. In the 1850s, the community served as a Brazos River shipping point. In 1858, the Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway opened in the community. In 1891, the community received a post office. In 1896, a general store appeared. The post office closed in 1908 and reopened in 1914. In 1933, a man named Thurman "Doc" Duke purchased several acres of land by the railroad line, opened a store, and leased the remaining land to other tenants. The tenants opened a dance hall and a group of taverns. This led to Juliff gaining a concentration of consumption of alcohol, gambling, and prostitution. The population of Juliff began to know the town by the name "Diddy Wa Diddy," after a song made up by a local in 1934. It soon became an unofficial name for the community and appeared in several Blues songs in the 1930s and 1950s. By 1940, Juliff had approximately 50 residents, a church, and three businesses. During the 1940s, the population increased to 150. The post office closed in 1958. By the 1960s, the bars closed or relocated to Houston. By the 1980s, the community consisted of several scattered houses. [2]
The song lyrics "Diddy Wa Diddy - "ain't no town - ain't no city" don't specifically mention Juliff, but according to folklore, Diddy Wa Diddy alludes to a legendary location where food is plentiful and labor is nonexistent, much like The Big Rock Candy Mountains was for hobos. According to other accounts, the song was written by Blind Blake, a guitarist from Jacksonville, Florida, who recorded the song at least twice before going missing in the early 1930s. It is presumed that the unidentified musician in Juliff was merely one in a long line of people who utilized the lyric, since Blind Blake's recordings survive. The vocalist of the song states in one rendition "I just found out what Diddy Wa Diddy means," but in another, she begs for someone to explain what Diddy Wa Diddy means. Additionally, Texas author and journalist Billy Porterfield (who was no stranger to locations such as old Juliff) utilized the words as a title (Diddy Waw Diddy). [3]
The community shipped cotton along the river. The saloons in the area were also said to have moved to a place called "Mud Alley" in Richmond. The community also has much ragweed in the area. [3]
Juliff is located along Farm to Market Road 521 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad on the Brazos River, 20 mi (32 km) east of Richmond, 4 mi (6.4 km) south of Arcola, and 8 mi (13 km) north of Rosharon in eastern Fort Bend County. [3]
Juliff is zoned to schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD). [4]
The community is within the East Division, controlling school board slots 5 through 7. [5]
Zoned schools include:
Before the opening of Hightower High School, Elkins High School served Juliff. [9] For a period, Juliff was zoned to Hightower. [10] The community was also, for a period, served by Ridge Point High School. [6] For a period it was zoned to Schiff Elementary School, [11] and Billy Baines Middle School. [12]
The Texas Legislature specifies that the Houston Community College (HCC) boundary includes "the part of the Fort Bend Independent School District that is not located in the service area of the Wharton County Junior College District and that is adjacent to the Houston Community College System District." [13] Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land, [14] Juliff is in neither location. [15] Juliff is in HCC. [16]
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.
Fifth Street is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Stafford within Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,284 at the 2020 census. Fifth Street is within the ZIP code 77477. Therefore, residents of Fifth Street have an address of Stafford, Texas.
Four Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,103 at the 2020 census, up from 2,954 at the 2000 census.
Fresno is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The local population was 24,486 as of the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 19,069 tabulated in 2010 census, and 6,603 at the 2000 census.
Meadows Place is a city located in Fort Bend County in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city population was 4,767.
New Territory is a master-planned community within the city of Sugar Land, Texas, United States. It was formerly a census-designated place (CDP) and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Sugar Land, in unincorporated Fort Bend County. It was annexed into Sugar Land on December 12, 2017. The population was 15,186 at the 2010 census, up from 13,861 at the 2000 census.
Pecan Grove is a census-designated place and master-planned community within the extraterritorial jurisdictions of Houston and Richmond in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 22,782 at the 2020 census.
Sienna, formerly known as Sienna Plantation, is a census-designated place and master-planned community located in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. It is mostly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of Missouri City with the remainder in the ETJ of Arcola. The population was 20,204 at the 2020 census, up from 13,721 at the 2010 census.
Thompsons is a town in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 156 at the 2020 census.
Mission Bend is a census-designated place (CDP) around Texas State Highway 6 within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Fort Bend and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas; Mission Bend is 4 miles (6 km) northwest of the city hall of Sugar Land and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Downtown Houston. The population was 36,914 at the 2020 census.
Stafford is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small part in Harris County. As of the 2020 census, Stafford's population was 17,666, down from 17,693 at the 2010 census.
Fort Bend Independent School District, also known as Fort Bend ISD or FBISD, is a school district based in Sugar Land, Texas. It operates 86 schools in Fort Bend County It is the 5th most diverse school district in Texas and is the 43rd largest district in the United States.
I.H. Kempner High School, better known simply as Kempner High School, is a public high school in Sugar Land, Texas and a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD).
William B. Travis High School, known simply as Travis High School, is a public high school in Pecan Grove, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. Located off Grand Parkway and in Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction, the school is Fort Bend Independent School District's (FBISD) tenth high school and the largest school by enrollment in the district. Opened in 2006, Travis holds a Richmond, Texas address although the school do not serve any part of the city. The school serves part of Pecan Grove, part of Aliana, and part of New Territory. Travis is considered one of the most racially diverse public high schools in the state.
First Colony is a 9,700-acre (39 km2) master-planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas. The community, with approximately 50,000 residents, encompasses over 9,500 residential houses in 98 neighborhoods located across southern parts of Sugar Land with a few neighborhoods spanning into Missouri City.
Rosharon, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 521 and Farm to Market Road 1462. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,152. There are areas outside of the CDP, with Rosharon postal addresses, in Fort Bend County.
Riverstone is a 3,700-acre (15 km2) upscale master-planned residential community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. Approximately 18,000 residents ultimately will live in 6,000 homes. The development is largely located in unincorporated areas that are in extraterritorial jurisdictions (ETJ) of Sugar Land and Missouri City, with portions being in Missouri City proper and strips of land being in Sugar Land proper.
Ridge Point High School (RPHS) is a public high school located in Sienna, an unincorporated area and planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Almeta Crawford High School, also known simply as Crawford High School, is a public high school in Fort Bend County, Texas. Located near Farm to Market Road 521 and south of State Highway 6, just adjacent to Sienna, Texas, the school opened in the fall of 2023. The school, as Fort Bend Independent School District's (FBISD) 12th consecutive high school, will initially consist of 9th and 10th graders in its inaugural year, with the first graduating class expected to be the class of 2026.
Townewest is an unincorporated area in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. As Town West, it is a former census-designated place, active as of the 1990 U.S. Census. By the 2000 U.S. Census, it was no longer listed.
Juliff, TX. Juliff is on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Farm Road 521, and the Brazos River, twenty miles east of Richmond in eastern Fort Bend County.- GNIS: ID#1378507 - The results put Juliff at the intersection of Texas Farm to Market Road 521 and Juliff Manvel Road. - Compare with the school boundary maps.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties ±Former CDP annexed by Missouri City ^Former CDP annexed by Sugar Land #Still active as a community, but is no longer listed as a census-designated place | |
