Town West, Texas

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Townewest is an unincorporated area in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. [1] As Town West, it is a former census-designated place, active as of the 1990 U.S. Census. [2] By the 2000 U.S. Census, it was no longer listed. [3]

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The former CDP is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston. [2] [4]

It was developed by the company U.S. Homes circa 1979. It includes a clubhouse. [5]

Government and infrastructure

Northeast Fort Bend County Volunteer Fire Department maintains Station #1 in the former Townewest CDP. [2] [6] [7]

Education

Townewest Elementary School FBISD Towne West Elementary.jpg
Townewest Elementary School

The former CDP is in the Fort Bend Independent School District. [8]

Much of the former CDP is zoned to: [2] Townewest Elementary School. A portion to the southwest is zoned to Sugar Mill Elementary School and a portion to the southeast is zoned to Barrington Place Elementary School. All residents are zoned to Sugar Land Middle School and Kempner High School. [9]

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." [10] Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land, [11] and Town West is not in the Sugar Land ETJ. [4] Town West is in HCC. [12]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1990 6,166—
U.S. Decennial Census [13]
1850–1900 [14] 1910 [15]
1920 [16] 1930 [17] 1940 [18]
1950 [19] 1960 [20] 1970 [21]
1980 [22] 1990 [23] 2000 [24]
2010 [25] 2020 [26]

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References

  1. ↑ "Town West". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "1990 COUNTY BLOCK MAP (RECREATED): FORT BEND County" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp.  13, 20 . Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  3. ↑ "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: SUGAR LAND City" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p.  1 . Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  4. 1 2 "Fort Bend County Cities & ETJs" (PDF). Fort Bend County. Retrieved 2024-03-10. - Compare with the CDP map.
  5. ↑ "Convenient, comfortable: U.S. Home's Town West". Houston Chronicle . 1979-09-08. p. Your Home Section, Classified Display, p. 7 – via Newsbank. - Accessible with a Houston Public Library library card.
  6. ↑ "Fire Stations". Northeast Fire Department. Retrieved 2024-03-10. 14007 Old Richmond Rd. Sugar Land, TX 77498 - Despite the city name in the address, it is not in Sugar Land. The City of Houston stated in 1996 that: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
  7. ↑ "Fort Bend County Fire Stations". Fort Bend County. Retrieved 2024-03-10. Northeast Fort Bend County Volunteer Fire Station #1 14007 Old Richmond Rd, Sugar Land, TX 77498 - Confirms that Northeast Fort Bend County VFD is a fire department.
  8. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2024-03-10. - The former CDP is not directly shown. Compare the map to the CDP maps from 1990.
  9. ↑ "2022-23_Attendance_Boundary_Map.pdf" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District . Retrieved 2023-03-20. - Compare with the CDP map. 2023-2024 school zone map.
  10. ↑ "Sec. 130.182. HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE AREA" . Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  11. ↑ Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
  12. ↑ "HCC Single Member Districts 2023" (PDF). Houston Community College . Retrieved 2024-03-10. - See profile page - Compare to the CDP map.
  13. ↑ "Decennial Census by Decade". US Census Bureau.
  14. ↑ "1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  15. ↑ "1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  16. ↑ "1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  17. ↑ "1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  18. ↑ "1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  19. ↑ "1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  20. ↑ "1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  21. ↑ "1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  22. ↑ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  23. ↑ "1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  24. ↑ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  25. ↑ "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau .
  26. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Fronton, Texas". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

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